Farmer suicides
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According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data record, there have been 166,304 farmers’ suicides in a decade since 1997 in India. Of these, 78,737 occurred in five years between 1997 and 2001. The next five years - from 2002 to 2006 – proved worse, seeing 87,567 take their lives. This means that on an average, there has been one farmer’s suicide every 30 minutes since 2002.

See: Globalization  Dr. Vandana Shiva  Famine  GM foods

[pdf] SEED MONOPOLIES, GENETIC ENGINEERING AND FARMERS SUICIDE by Vandana Shiva

[2009 April] 1,500 Farmers Commit Mass Suicide in India

[pdf 2008 Dec] Toxic Genes and Toxic Papers : IFPRI covering up the link between Bt. Cotton and Farmers Suicides by Vandana Shiva

[2008] GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY: Interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva By Gary Null

86,922 farmer suicides in 2001-05

[2008 Nov] The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops

[2007] Economic globalisation has become a war against nature and poor by Vandana Shiva

[2004] Corporate Globalisation By Vandana Shiva

[2001 Dr Devinder Sharma interview] Montsanto Genetically Modified Cotton Pushing Indian Farmers  into a Death Trap 

Monsanto Indian Farmer Suicide