Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) in association with Hasiru Sene has demanded the immediate intervention of State and the Union governments into the challenges currently encountered by farmers community.
A group of national farmers’ leaders who addressed a media conference here on Saturday expressed concerns about the life and welfare of farmers who are currently exposed to a several issues including increasing cost of farming, price fall of certain commodities, fear of an impending drought, rising debts, and descrimatory policies of the Union government to keep farmers away from the bilateral benefits available under the WTO regime. KRRS also mooted the formation of a Watch Cell to ensure WTO benefits reach farmer communities across the country.
K.T. Gangadhar, founder member of KRRS, told The Hindu that a two-day farmers’ national convention held in Bengaluru on September 7 and 8 was attended by farmers’ co-ordinator committees from 12 different States and identified eight key issues that have to be addressed by states and central governments.
