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Farmers urged to go for barter system during bandh
News:
- Farmers organizations is planning to adopt barter systemduring the upcoming village shutdownacross the country.
Important Facts:
- Farmers’ organizations across the country have called a 10-day ‘gaon bandh’ (village shutdown) from June 1.
- The Kisan Ekta Manch and the Kisan Maha Sangh an umbrella body have requested the farmer to go for barter system during the protest.
- Note: Previous year farmer agitation has led the angry farmers to emptied milk tankers and thrown vegetables on the roads.
- Farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab and Chhattisgarh have been told to follow this System.
- The farmer will have to identify nearby villages where they can directly exchange perishable agricultural products for other goods or services.
- The farmer’s community is using social media platform to spread the messages to nearly 10 lakh farmers.
