Bumper crop fails to stop suicides in India
Massive rice harvest in India’s West Bengal state leads to drop in prices, forcing farmers to take extreme step.
Published On 2 Feb 2012
A bumper harvest in one of India’s rice producing states has led to a rash of farmer suicides.
Cheap rice has flooded the market which has caused prices to drop sharply.
Rice mill owners and middlemen continue to make a profit, as desperate farmers trying to cut their losses sell their rice at low prices.
Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports from the Burdwan District of West Bengal.
Source: Al Jazeera