Farmers are driven to inaction because our sanctimoniously preached policy blocks all the avenues open to them. The least we can do is to applaud the enterprise of people like Dheeraj, Himmatrao and others who are charting a path that others could follow.
Ashok Kotwal is professor of economics, University of British Columbia. Milind Murugkar researches agricultural policy at Pragati Abhiyan and is a fellow of the India-China Institute