India's Farming Crisis

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Hundreds of millions of people work on India's millions of small farms, but life on them seems to be becoming increasingly economically challenging. More than sixty thousand Indian farmers have committed suicide over the last 3 decades. Climate change and shifting crop valuations have led to growing levels of debt and hardship. The government is making concessions to prop up farmers' incomes. But In the Balance asks whether there are too many people in India trying to make a living off the land? Ed Butler is joined by three expert guests from Delhi and Mumbai to work out how India can finance its huge agricultural sector. (Picture: Indian farmers take part in a protest in New Delhi, 2017. Photo credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)