The Economics Behind India’s Farmers’ Protest – South Asian Voices

Editor’s Note: A version of this piece originally appeared on The Diplomat and has been republished with permission from the editors.

India’s farmers are on the warpath again, just a few weeks before the country’s general elections. More than 20,000 farmers, riding on tractors and trucks, have been trying to head toward New Delhi since February 13, in an attempt to pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government into meeting their demand for guaranteed minimum support prices for crops. The farmers tried to push through…