Indian farmers staged the biggest protest in world history in order to force the government to take back reforms that would have ended an important subsidy. That subsidy was introduced in the 1960's to prop-up an American way of farming intended to save India from famine... but decades later, those techniques are destroying farmers’ health, finances, and land. We explore why protesting farmers can’t afford to quit a system that’s failed them for generations.

印度农民举行了世界历史上规模最大的抗议活动,目的是迫使政府收回一些改革,这些改革原本会终止一项重要补贴。这种补贴是在20世纪60年代引入的,目的是促进一种美国式的农业,旨在将印度从饥荒中拯救出来。但几十年后,这些技术正在摧毁农民的健康、财政和土地。我们探讨了为什么抗议农民无法承担退出这个系统的代价,尽管这个系统让他们失望了几代人。