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Farmers’ protest in India reignites: A struggle for the future of food and agriculture

Originally published: Dissident Voice on February 18, 2024 by Colin Todhunter (more by Dissident Voice) | (Posted Feb 26, 2024)

In 2021, after a year-long protest, India’s farmers brought about the repeal of three farm laws that were intended to ‘liberalize’ the agriculture sector. Now, in 2024, farmers are again protesting. The underlying issues and the facilitation of the neoliberal corporatization of farming that sparked the previous protest remain and have not been resolved.