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India shows the way in Agricultural reform

Farmers plant saplings in a rice field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, July 5, 2019. [REUTERS/Amit Dave]

India has over the recent months witnessed one of the largest protests in world history, with farmers resisting plans by the government to overhaul the country’s agriculture sector.

Towards the end of last year the Indian Parliament debated and passed three sets of laws aimed at radically changing the agriculture sector, particularly liberalising the industry that is still largely government-controlled.

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