I watched the movie called Bitter Seeds in my environmental class. The film was about agricultural problems in India. The film also talked about the suicide rate, how high it is compared to our country. It is said that every 30 minutes, a farmer commits suicide. In India, the economy is not very good, so they opted for more expensive seeds. The culture is completely different from ours, they celebrate Pola, which is the bull festival, they do rituals when something bad happens. Most of the seeds rotted and did not receive enough water, causing the seeds to fail to germinate, the plants eventually died, and farmers committed suicide. The people selling the seeds wanted more money than what it actually should have cost. Banks rarely lend people money, they had to go to a loan shark. The loan sharks were essentially thugs because they charged people 7 to 10 percent interest per month to farm seven acres. I think Indian farmers should be able to get bank loans at a higher rate so they don't have to go to loan sharks and get scammed. The economy is really bad in some parts of India, people generally don't use technology. , the way they cook is unsanitary and the houses are not modern. Indian farmers used seeds that only required cow dung as fertilizer. Jai BT seeds created by Monsanto require two different fertilizers. Jai BT seeds are more expensive than old seeds, so farmers have to pay extra for fertilizer and seeds. The seeds of Jai BT failed to germinate in the soil and rotted, causing a lot of stress to the farmer. Farmers pay high sums for land. If their farm doesn't grow, the farmer doesn't get any money and will eventually...... middle of paper ...... Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology sued Monsanto before the Supreme Court of India and Monsanto was only able to start commercial sales of its Bt cotton seeds in 2002. And, after the damning report of the Indian parliamentary committee on Bt crops in August 2012, the panel of technical experts appointed by the Supreme Court recommended a 10-year moratorium on Bt crops. testing of all genetically modified foods and cessation of all ongoing testing of transgenic crops. But it had already changed Indian agriculture. Monsanto's seeds, the destruction of alternatives, the collection of super profits in the form of royalties and the increasing vulnerability of crops have created a context of debt, suicides and distress that is fueling the epidemic of farmer suicide in India. This systemic control has been intensified with Bt cotton. This is why most suicides occur in the cotton belt.