The Pesticide Trap

The story of Anan, a peasant farmer in southern India caught up in the vicious cycle of pesticide-dependent cotton growing.

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People & Blogs

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• Cotton
• Farming
• India
• Pesticides

[zato3]

This video is difficult to watch. No one wants to see someone sacrifice his or her health for money. Humans are strong, but damage from pesticides adds up, and some of them are so lethal, there is no possibility of recovery. Don't sell your health for money.

[donze52]

I do not use pesticides,

I grow my own bug repellent for my crops.

The leaf of my wild gourd is never eaten by bugs, so I make a tea out of the leaf and spray my crops, the bugs think it is wild gourds and have less than 2% damage to the crops, here in south west Nebrasaka. hope this helps the world and stops pesticide use.

[composertimbeek]

@MrRunyon LOL nice one :P

[TheBubbaZinetti]

Because of companies like Monsatano, most farmers believe the ONLY way to grow crops is to soak them in pesticides and herbicides. There are natural ways to do away with both and increase production without poisons. Read the book 'The One Straw Revolution', and you will see that it works. I used nothing unnatural in my garden this year, and my plants are better than ever, my yield is up, and my pests and weeds are down. Fuck Monsatano and get back to real farming.

[vidaripollen]

monoculture n pesticides go hand in hand.

[JordanPAT]

India doesn't care about it's people.......it's doing to collapse onto itself.

[suzieq379]

Hey, MAN, swersh, why don't you go get them some reespirators, MAN. Get sme respect.

[swersh]

@suzieq379 i dont think respirators and such are in his budget lady

[pavitravoice]

Its a shame to see how big greedy poison giants can be so heartless that they are causing pain sickness to the people and environment .Anything to make a buck.Famers need too go back to there anceint ways which benefits everyone .

[DocGreen15]

Cant they use Neem Oil from the Neem Plant?

[suzieq379]

This is what happens to ignorant people. Why not wear shoes and protective clothing, respirator, etc.? Duh! This is just plain stupid. At least try to learn to read, okay? This is like Homer Simpson working carelessly at the nuclear plant, but he's a cartoon character.

[govindas999]

Thanks to the vedas or sacred scriptures of india,we can now grow anything without pesticides or fertilisers:says SUBHASH PALEKAR........HE IS SAVING LIVES!