How Modi govt can avoid another farmersâ protest-like crisis â consult better before reforming When changes are introduced through consultation & engagement, people can get used to new ideas without friction. Bad ones can be dumped; good ones made better. Text Size: A+ While ushering in a set of reforms that liberalise agricultural markets to benefit farmers, the government is, ironically, facing huge protests. The reforms will allow farmers to sell their produce directly to anyone they want, and they should have welcomed the new laws, as they free them from the clutches of middlemen and could provide them better price for their produce. But instead, the farmers fear that the reforms could pave the way for the government withdrawing from its obligation of procuring agricultural produce at minimum support prices (MSP).