The world over, a tribe that is weak and worried, and hence open to manipulation, is that of the farmer. Causes are aplenty. Let us discuss some major one's behind the typical plight of the Indian farmer.
The most vital cause behind the farmer's plight would be the technology. Well, it is costly on the one hand, and, on the other, takes away from the farmer his traditional friends/co-workers, the farmhands and the farm animals such as the bullocks, both getting rarer and costlier each season.
Yet another major problem is the divided land. With the joint family splintered, the land that would belong to a family would now belong to many families. Let us say if a farmer earlier had some twenty acres, when divided among the multiple stakeholders, given the fractured family, it would he hardly two to three acres, the expenses for which would eat in to the basic capital investment so heavily that the typical farmer would almost be broke.
Thus begins the horrible issue of private money lenders and their harsh methods. Given the vagaries of the climate currently, the farmer's life is tough! Add to it the social prestige which results in very many grand ceremonies, be it the marriage dowry or the grand celebrations, for example, even of birthdays which now are almost always in swank hotels.
Technology is developing so fast currently that individuals can already grow their own food, quite organically and on the wall vertically. That would render the farmers a severe blow, especially because they belong to the produce economy, and lack any skills needed for the service sector, for instance!
Pratima@Farmers feed the world, they say. Who would how feed the farmer!??!
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