Seeds, Soil, Survival: Towards a Saner Agricultural Future

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Ashish Kothari

Ashish Kothari

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Published May 14, 2016

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Towards a Saner Agricultural Future

Several farmers' initiatives in India are showing pathways to sustainable, equitable production, towards food sovereignty, farmer control over agriculture, and other alternatives to the destructive, currently dominant state-imposed or corporate model. 

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