The Grim Reaper: Major farmer protests around the world in the past 100 years

One of the largest protests in human history got the world's attention as hundreds of thousands of farmers marched to India's capital and set up camp at its borders to protest the new farm laws. As this visual survey of past protests show, farmers the world over have been trapped by bureaucratic and oppressive government policies, exploitation by landholders, crippling debts, losses on marketed goods, and devastating weather, leading to some significant protests in those countries
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Published: Jan 25, 2021
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PHILIPPINES, 2012

Indigenous farmers and fishermen stage a 'die-in' protest to dramatise their plight upon their arrival in Quezon City on December 10, 2012, in Manila, Philippines. The group traveled 350 kilometers by foot from the northern region of Casiguran, Aurora to Manila in an effort to stop the construction of APECO, an export processing zone. The farmers say the project has already displaced 3,000 families in the area and will remove their sources of livelihood and disrupt their lives. A total of 12,000 hectares of farm and coastal lands have been appropriated for the project.