WHY INDIA’S FARMERS FIGHT TO SAVE A BROKEN SYSTEM –

Last year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed through new laws that would reduce the government’s role in agriculture, aimed at fixing a system that has led to huge rice surpluses in a country that still grapples with malnutrition. But the laws could also jeopardize the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on the land. (New York Times)