Good article on Sikh farmers in Georgia

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Some in the west have wised up and sold their land but kept some land/house just in case they ever have to stay in India which is smart as they will never farm there or have kids who want to do it but want to keep their presence in the village. But if you're ever feeling lonely, tell some Sikhs you want to sell your land and watch as your phone rings nonstop as randoms from all over the UK offer to give you loads of money to buy it. There are still plenty who want land, regardless of how badly off they are in the UK. Some of them even rub peoples noses in it back home, telling them they can buy the land because they are so rich in the UK when they actually live in a 2 up, 2 down in Southall. This just gets peoples backs up back in East Punjab and fuels a lot of animosity and distrust.

The thing is, if you want to be a farmer be a farmer because you like the lifestyle not because owning land is a sign of being a 'big' man. The rest of us cant dictate to them because its not our livelihoods on the line nor do we want to affect 'food security' in an adverse way. But with companies like Monsanto opening labs in East Punjab, the uneducated farmers are ripe to be exploited. Funny how these foreign companies target India and Africa for their experiments, isnt it? The English call it 'not ****ting on your own doorstep'. Unfortunately the East Punjab government dont take food security seriously, so expect the worst. Sikh farmers face issues no different to what other farmers around the world have faced but they have managed to get over it. Hopefully ours will too, before they end up like those african farmers who are suffering thanks to western companies (though we never hear about it on our news here).

Though it's good to hear people there arent just doing what NRIs are telling them to. Leaving NRI land will hopefully get them to sell and lead to sustainable sized farms for those who actually want to do the work or lead to less overfarming.