Daily Archive for January 2nd, 2008

The SEZ versus the ‘unrewarding’ small farm

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Aseem Shrivastava

Kakinada farmer Narasimha Murthy’s 5-acre farm supports 50 people, each living on around Rs 800 a month, more than twice the official rural poverty line. Why would farmers like him in 16 villages in Andhra Pradesh want to give up this livelihood for the Kakinada SEZ? What does the SEZ offer them anyway? Continue reading ‘The SEZ versus the ‘unrewarding’ small farm’