Vidarbha Farmers' Suicides Inspire Highway Blockade Across India

[jennifer english]

At the root of the thousands of suicides among Vidarbha cotton farmers is a credit squeeze by legitimate banks, which forces them to depend on illegal money-lenders, while they must use expensive genetically modified seeds, pesticides and fertilizers.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2007/2007-10-03-01.asp