Constance Senekal, a teacher by profession, initially ventured into pig farming to sustain her family. She used to keep her livestock under an open structure where it was exposed to harsh weather. With a grant from the Lesotho Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (SADP), Constance was able build a larger protective structure and buy more stock. She now successfully runs Senlet Family Piggery where she sells piglets and pork.
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Indian farmers called for a one-day nationwide strike on Tuesday after days of blockading New Delhi in a bid to force the government to repeal its new market-friendly farm laws. Tuesday’s strike, called Bharat Bandh, saw tens of thousands of farmers blocking key roads and rail lines across the country, affecting transport services and offices. They have received support from railway workers, truck drivers and other unions, who are joining them in the strike. The farmers have emphasized that the strike is a peaceful protest, and they will ensure that emergency services such as ambulances and fire brigades aren’t affected.

The strike comes after five rounds of talks between farmers’ unions and the government failed. The sixth round of talks is scheduled for Wednesday. Tens of thousands of farmers have camped near the border of New Delhi since November 27 to protest the new laws, blocking most of the entry points to the national capital. The farmers have said they will not return home until the laws are repealed. The Indian government issued an advisory to all states and union territories to boost security. Thousands of extra police personnel have been deployed in Delhi and neighboring states where farmers have been protesting for nearly two weeks.

In September, India’s parliament passed three controversial agriculture bills aimed at liberalizing the country’s farm sector. They were subsequently signed into law, sparking farmers’ protests across the country. The government argued that the new laws will give freedom to farmers to sell their produce outside regulated markets and enter into contracts with buyers at a pre-agreed price. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insists that the laws will fetch better prices and free farmers from traditional middlemen who dominate the trade. The government hopes that its new policy will double farmers’ income by 2022. Farmers’ associations say the legislation does not guarantee the acquisition of farm produce through state-run organizations that guarantee a minimum support price (MSP), thus leaving them at the mercy of corporations that are now expected to enter the country’s troubled farming sector. Opposition parties and even some allies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have called the laws anti-farmer and pro-corporation and called on the government to accept the farmers’ demand to roll them back.

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  • santosh kumar

    1. The three farm bills are already in place and working fine as of now
    and they are part of congress , bjp, ncf parties 2019 election manifesto.
    ex farmer minister of ncp and present congress chief minister of punjab also
    supported the same reforms in the past. Now all oppositon parties change their stand and making farmers scape goat.

    2. post dialogue with farmers and govt ,On december 9th clarified with 10 point
    amendment
    that all the doubts farmers posed and will be tabled in next session of
    parliament. But protesting farmers unions change stand after dec 9th
    and want full repeal.

    3. In 2019 farmers can't sell their
    produced rice/wheat/vegetables etc out side of the district or county
    and cant sell to any one outside of the APMC market yards/mandis and
    farmer has to pay 8.5 percent fees( 3% to market yard improvement, 3% to
    district development , 2.5% to licensed commision agents). In some
    markets they collect both from seller and buyer each 8.5% . These new
    2020 farm laws allows farmers to sell to any where in india to any one .
    no restriction. It is upto local government to charge needed cess or
    fees.

    4. In 2019 only 10% of total agriculture produce (mainly
    wheat and rice)was bought by government agency FCI (Food Corporation of
    India as a stockpile for emergeny security) . 85% was purchased by
    private buyers . In 2019 only 15% of produce of total agriculture was
    purchased at minimum support price (MSP) and rest was purchased at lower
    price. Till 2010 the minimum support price was lower than the
    international price of the goods. After 2010 the minimum support price
    was increased higher than international price and no exporter is
    buying at msp except govt agency and all godowns of FCI agency are full with 4.5 trillion tonnes of wheat and rice .

    5. who is at loss due to this farm bills of 2020 are

    A. punjab state governments who charge 3% cess for district
    developement will loose around 15000 millions (1500 crores) indian
    rupees per year income.

    B. the punjab licensed commision agents (who are mainly punjabi sikh jat caste landlords )who get 2.5%
    charge per transaction thro markets will loose 1000 crores (10000
    million) rupees per year only in punjab state.

    c. Other than punjab and haryana no other state charge district fees and market cess
    and they charge only commision agent fees. Some states there are no
    markets/mandis like in kerala (since 1980) and bihar (since 2008).

    6. The funding for protest is happening by charging 500 rupees per farmer .
    80% farmers own only less than 2 hectres /5 acre land.

    7. The foreign punjab seperatist/secissionist group sikh for justice announced 1
    millon dollars as donation and indian banks stoped the
    distribution asking account holder to show FCRA ( Foreign control regulatory) registrants for permission

    8. All want farm reforms. Punjab and Haryana farmers unions want to repeal
    and rest of indian country farmers are happy that they can sell
    anywhere. I think if central/union govt gives that 1500 crores to punjab
    govt per year and 1000 crore to punjab commision agents it will stop.

  • Madhu S

    Omg..it’s only Punjabi/Haryana state farmers who are protesting and creating all this ruckus..DW news do your homework more please..DW news please study the cause of air pollution for New Delhi,India s capital and you will know yourself..DW News check out how much surplus grains have the Punjabi/Haryana farmers produced(Grains needed for whole India for the next two years..Crazy)

    So please don’t say Indian farmers..

    RestOfIndia farmers are welcoming the government farm laws..

    Punjab state farmers have exploited the current system and tax payers money and have looted rest of India s farmers..

    Why there are no South Indian farmers in the protest if there is flaw in the new law?

    The whole law is mis understood and the issue is blown out of proportion..

    Market based grain production is need of the hour and it’s still farmers who will do this for us..

    The MSP system is bleeding the exchequer with funds locked up in grain stocks rotting in the godowns. The farmers mandi political nexus wants this system to continue at the cost of Tax payers money.and I pay 40% tax..

    The government is ready to make valid changes and these protesting funded farmers have failed ten rounds of talks and are not open for negotiating the law..They are demanding scrapping of the law which shows the level of exploitation of the current system..

    Farm Bill is clearly designed to cut out the middlemen and allow farmers to get the best possible price for their products. Food being the most essential commodity will always appreciate in price. Thus, I do not see how it will hurt farmers.

    Let other RestOfIndia farmers grow please..

  • Amrit arora

    I want to convey this message by way of your channel that farmer never demanded this contentious bills.. even then the demanded legal guarantee price on the agriculture of the field

    Secondly now the situation of the India is this we can never trust on our prime minister because it totally corrupted Election CCommissio, National Investigation agencies and all other Agencies which directly control under the Indian government. … Our the people of India never seen the most corrupted pm across the world.. I reckon that the day is not far away when again India would under the control of external aggression just because of our prime minister policies and norms

  • santosh kumar

    1. The three farm bills are already in place and working fine as of now
    and they are part of congress , bjp, ncf parties 2019 election manifesto.
    ex farmer minister of ncp and present congress chief minister of punjab also
    supported the same reforms in the past. Now all oppositon parties change their
    stand and making farmers scape goat.
    2. post dialogue with farmers and govt ,On december 9th clarified with 10 point
    ammendment that all the doubts farmers posed and will be tabled in next session of
    parliament. But protesting farmers unions change stand after dec 9th and want full
    repeal.
    3. In 2019 farmers can't sell their produced rice/wheat/vegetables etc out side of
    the district or county and cant sell to any one outside of the APMC market yards/mandis
    and farmer has to pay 8.5 percent fees( 3% to market yard improvement, 3% to district
    development , 2.5% to licensed commision agents). In some markets they collect both
    from seller and buyer each 8.5% . These new 2020 farm laws allows farmers to sell
    to any where in india to any one . no restriction. It is upto local government to
    charge needed cess or fees.
    4. In 2019 only 10% of total agriculture produce (mainly wheat and rice)was bought by
    government agency FCI (Food Corporation of India as a stockpile for emergeny security) .
    85% was purchased by private buyers . In 2019 only 15% of produce of total agriculture was
    purchased at minimum support price (MSP) and rest was purchased at lower price. Till 2010
    the minimum support price was lower than the international price of the goods. After 2010
    the minimum support price was increased higher than international price and no exporter is
    buying at msp except govt agency and all godowns of FCI agency are full with 4.5 trillion
    tonnes of wheat and rice .
    5. who is at loss due to this farm bills of 2020 are
    A. punjab state governments who charge 3% cess for district developement will loose around 15000 millions
    (1500 crores) indian rupees per year income.
    B. the punjab licensed commision agents (who are mainly punjabi sikh jat caste landlords )who get 2.5% charge
    per transaction thro markets will loose 1000 crores (10000 million) rupees per year only in punjab state.
    c. Other than punjab and haryana no other state charge district fees and market cess and they charge only commision
    agent fees. Some states there are no markets/mandis like in kerala (since 1980) and bihar (since 2008).
    6. The funding for protest is happening by charging 500 rupees per farmer . 80% farmers own only less than 2 hectres /5 acre land.
    7. The foreign punjab seperatist/secissionist group sikh for justice announced 1 millon dollars as donation and indian banks stoped the
    distribution asking account holder to show FCRA ( Foreign control regulatory) registrants for permission
    8. All want farm reforms. Punjab and Haryana farmers unions want to repeal and rest of indian country farmers are happy that they can sell
    anywhere. I think if central/union govt gives that 1500 crores to punjab govt per year and 1000 crore to punjab commision agents it will stop.

  • coc video video's

    Absolutely wrong no political party we allow to sport us we are over here for our rights nothing else no politics is allowed in this we have direct strike with the government and prime minister of India near about 10 lakh people doing this strike

  • chathrapathy Shivaji maharaj pablo

    Every body listen actual situation of india is very critical….modi tried to sale whole contry to Reliance corporates…….please support indian poor farmers………

  • simp1234579

    "I've now studied India's new farm bills & realize they are flawed and will be detrimental to farmers," Kaushik Basu, a former chief economic adviser to the federal government, wrote on Twitter.