The interview discusses the ongoing crisis of farmer suicides in Maharashtra, with the state government admitting to 767 such deaths in the Vidarbha region within the first three months of the year. P. Sainath, a senior journalist and Max SSA award winner, provides insights into the issue. He emphasizes that farm suicides are the outcome, not the cause, of the agrarian crisis. Sainath points out that policies leading to the crisis have intensified over the past 30 years, particularly in the last decade. He highlights issues such as the diversion of agricultural credit to non-farmers, high input costs for farming, and the shift from family farms to corporate control. The discussion also touches on climate change and the need for agro-ecological approaches to farming. Sainath warns that the agrarian crisis has evolved into a societal and civilizational crisis, with farmer populations declining globally. #farmsuicides #maharashtraagriculture #agrariancrisis #itwebvideos #vidarbhafarmers #agriculturalpolicy #farmdebt #climatechange #corporatefarming
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