Thursday, January 13, 2011

AFP: India's farmer suicides blamed on fertiliser over-use

AFP: India's farmer suicides blamed on fertiliser over-use
The agriculture minister of a central Indian state on Thursday blamed a recent spate of farmer suicides on over-use of chemical fertilisers and urged the country to embrace organic production.

Seven cases of poor farmers taking their lives have surfaced in less than a month in Madhya Pradesh and at least five others are battling for their lives having made attempts to commit suicide by drinking pesticide.

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