Editing Big Agro and the Seed Monopoly (section)

==== Countering the Effects of Big Agro, One Farmer at a Time ====
SOUL Society for Organic Living, started by Tarachand Belji, has created a method to enable the easy adoption of organic/natural farming practices, improving soil health and fertility and ensuring quality produce. The organization caters to the end-to-end management of organic farming practices by providing organic agricultural input products and education, advice and training to farmers. Small-scale resistance movements such as these prove that Bhārata, which has its own indigenous knowledge systems and experience when it comes to agriculture, need not be reliant on the products or techniques advocated by big agro chemical companies, multilateral organizations and global lobby groups in order to successfully produce a high yield of high quality produce. Moreover, the practices reduce dependency on patented seed varieties and inorganic chemicals, decreasing the burden on the state, which subsidizes these inputs for farmers. Through its focus on farmer support, education and awareness, and their able hand-holding of farmers through the transition period, SOUL’s methods and callback to ancient Indian wisdom have been catching on and have the potential to mount a significant response to the global agrochemical nexus.