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The Antidote to Farmer Suicide Southern India

2015-08-26 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: It is late-July. A car drops us off at the edge of a patchwork of agricultural fields on the outskirts of Mysore in a village called Bannur in the South Indian State of Karnataka. Despite the oppressive heat, the women clad in colorful saris, and the sacred cows--more plentiful than potholes--artfully dodged by cars and motorbikes every 20 yards or so along the road, I am reminded of the Midwest. No matter that there is no corn or soybean in sight and that parcels measure 5 acres instead of 400....

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