He came, he spoke and he got 54000 jobs. This was the day when US President Barack Obama, visited India and charmed his way to force open Indian agriculture to American Corporations, and there hangs the fate of millions of small and marginal farmers.
Top on the agenda is to push Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allow the entry of Multi-brand food retail. Agriculture sector needs well functioning markets to drive growth, employment and economic prosperity in rural areas.
Although nowhere in the world has big retail helped the farmers.Despite the growth of retail like Wal-Mart & Carrefour in US, farmer number has dwindled and come down to a very low level. Hunger and poverty has broken a 14 year old record. In Europe , notwithstanding the presence of Tesco, one farmer quits agriculture For India too , multibrand retail will be the beginning of the end for Indian Farmers.No assessment has ever been made of the extent of job losses in the farm sector.
US is therefore trying to pierce open the developing country agriculture to sustain its own economy.Obama has made it abundantly clear when he repeatedly talks of seeking more market access from India.
Wonder how many more human lives are required to be sacrificed before the most powerful person on the earth, takes notice, and revive global farming by encouraging low external-input sustainable agriculture.Unitedworld Executive.
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