Now you might be wondering, why is that happening? And why am I asking you such an absurd question? Right? Well, there are almost 40,000 farmers right now protesting against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. So I researched the laws that the farmers are protesting against. And to be honest, I felt that there was nothing wrong with it. But then why are farmers protesting?
We don't really know, but that's the thing, right? We don't even really know what exactly the farmers are protesting for, because we haven't really been impacted yet. And I think it's a common notion that unless we are impacted by it, we don't really want to take anything forward. But I like this initiative, and I'm looking contribute to it and be a part of it somehow. So I would love to know what the others think about this as well
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 4:21
The positive thing about these laws, and so they are claiming is that you will see much more money for the crops that you are producing. But the offset or counter to that positive now is that now you may have to compete with corporations. And here's the problem with that money is the X factor in this scenario, and I'm going to list off many reasons why. So for one, let's start with the farmer, and this is a hypothetical
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Harsh S
@ItIsHARSH · 3:12
One of the main reason is that they still have the mentality of lower cost and upper caste and you know, the whole being a servant thing. Now BJP, Congress and all the other parties out there, they will play their politics. They always will. But most of the time they forgot what the poor people goes through. The politics played in the protest is so Maleficent that many of those protesters are not even farmers. They are people who are paid to protest as a farmer
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:23
I would think it would be helping the farmer, but it seems like the government doesn't want the middleman either, and I'm a little confused, but I love the confusion because confusion comes deeper, critical thinking and some huge epiphany is going to happen by the time this conversation is over. Thanks for inviting me
They are run by committees made up of farmers, often large landowners and traders or Commission agents who act as middlemen for brokering sales, organizing storage and transport and even financing deals. The new reforms allow farmers to rely less on these markets and promise to improve their income. But farmers are not convinced we will lose our lands. We will lose our income if you let big business decide prices and buy crops we don't trust. Big business free markets work in countries with less corruption and more regulation
Harsh S
@ItIsHARSH · 4:19
If we would have stuck to our traditional methods, then we would never see climate change or any such acts of the nature. And this will definitely harm us as a species. So now comes the traditional farming method. We should definitely stick to our traditional method. These thoughts are my dilemma. So thank you so much, professor, for your thoughts. I'll say it has opened a route, a new direction to this topic
Harsh S
@ItIsHARSH · 2:48
And as you said, no one likes middleman, but still farmers are protesting because there is a powerful player out there who is playing with his horases. And this way, this is the way he might achieve the power. In simple words, what if all this is just politics? Now this is what the government should also focus on. And the old guard thing. I completely agree with it
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 2:32
And you can potentially look at prices at the time that you plant and decide what you want to hedge at. And if the market is saying, hey, wheat is not the thing to plant because you're not able to hedge your planting of wheat properly, then you look at certain other crops that you can potentially plant in your soil at that time and opt for that. I think there is a financial services play here that can help the farmers with what they are afraid of