Video Short
Why So Many Indian Farmers Want to Quit
Around three out of four Indian farmers say they would leave farming if they could, not because they dislike it, but because tiny plots and thin margins mean it barely pays. This short explores why no country has grown rich with half its workforce on one-hectare farms, and why the answer is better jobs outside agriculture rather than trapping more people in it.
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