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A part of this article was written by The Navdanya Organization. It has a primary membership of more than 650,000 farmer families in 22 states of India. It has also established 111 Community Seed Banks (CSBs) in 17 States across India.
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Navdanya has been creating awareness and fighting against the corporate takeover of food by corporations like Monsanto. 200,000 farmers have been converted to organic farming in different parts of the country as result.
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What Happened: Citizens in various parts of India, particularly in New Delhi, are protesting against new agricultural laws that were passed in November. The new legislature leaves farmers open to exploitation from large corporations while simultaneously threatens to destroy their livelihoods.
Right now, a lot of headlines are being put out there citing “violent” clashes between protestors and authorities. Social media today, although at times heavily censored, is telling a different story. It’s not hard to find people in India who have been covering this story from the beginning claiming that these have been peaceful protests, and that the police, and possibly those hired by the government dressed up as police and protestors, are initiating violence. I personally would not at all be surprised if this wa