The peasants left behind in the Indian economy
Farmers protesting in New Delhi on January 26, 2021, cover their faces after tear gas fire during clashes.
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By: Jean-Pierre Boris Follow
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In India, for several months, peasants have taken over the country's major cities to protest against the reform of the Indian agricultural system of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Thousands of them camp at the gates of New Delhi.
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Why such a clash between the government and the Indian peasant masses?
What state is the Indian agricultural system in?
Are the peasants left behind in the Indian economy?
And what impact does this movement have on India's place in international agricultural trade?
These are the questions raised during this program and put to the three guests here.
Guests:
- Damien Bazin,
lecturer in economics at the Université Côte d'Azur and researcher at the Laboratory of the School of Economic Law in Nice.
He published in 2019 with Harmattan “
Environmental justice
” and will publish, this year (2021), with Routledge, a British university publisher.
This book is entitled: “Sustainable Human Development: A Capability Approach”, co-written with Jérôme Ballet and Jérôme Pelenc.
- Frédéric Landy,
professor of Geography at the University of Paris-Nanterre, and associate researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry, of which he has been the director, for the past 4 years.
Author of the book “
India, from development to emergence
”, published by Armand Colin.
- Thierry Pouch,
economist, head of the Studies and Prospective department of the Chambers of Agriculture of France, associate researcher at the REGARDS Laboratory of the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne and member of the French Academy of Agriculture.
His latest book “
China at the risk of food addiction
” was published by Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
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