India’s Farmers’ Protest: An Inclusive Vision of Indian Democracy

Behl, Natasha

doi:10.1017/s0003055422000156

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“…India witnessed a number of major events during the three waves, which included several regional elections spanning 2020—2022 [ 98 ], farmers protest [ 99 ], and roll-out of vaccines [ 100 ]. Our results show that the first, second and third waves observed a variety of overlapping, as well as, distinct topics.…”

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Deep learning for COVID-19 topic modelling via Twitter: Alpha, Delta and Omicron

Lande,

Pillay,

Chandra

2023

PLoS ONE

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Topic modelling with innovative deep learning methods has gained interest for a wide range of applications that includes COVID-19. It can provide, psychological, social and cultural insights for understanding human behaviour in extreme events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we use prominent deep learning-based language models for COVID-19 topic modelling taking into account data from the emergence (Alpha) to the Omicron variant in India. Our results show that the topics extracted for the subsequent waves had certain overlapping themes such as governance, vaccination, and pandemic management while novel issues aroused in political, social and economic situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also find a strong correlation between the major topics with news media prevalent during the respective time period. Hence, our framework has the potential to capture major issues arising during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic which can be extended to other countries and regions.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deep learning for COVID-19 topic modelling via Twitter: Alpha, Delta and Omicron

Lande,

Pillay,

Chandra

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…We use data from a primary survey of 1021 farming households from 52 villages in Punjab, India, conducted in 2018. This survey generated information from a relatively 'normal' year as the last several years have been disrupted by the COVID-19 epidemic (Ravindra et al 2022) and political unrest in response to National Farm Bills (Behl 2022). The sample for this survey applied a stratified random sampling strategy to ensure the coverage of paddy farmers who lived in 'high' and 'low' residue burn districts and had access to different zero-till equipment (see Keil et al (2021) for details on sampling and survey).…”

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Mitigating agricultural residue burning: challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India

Krishnapriya,

Pattanayak,

Somanathan

et al. 2024

Environ. Res.: Food Syst.

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India has some of the world’s dirtiest air, adding to global climate problems. Despite the national ban on agricultural residue burning and various incentive schemes, farmers in northern India continue open field burning, posing severe threats to health and the environment because of ambient pollution. Using data from 1021 farming households in rural Punjab in India, we examine the patterns and drivers of the adoption of no-burn agriculture, particularly for farmers who mulch instead of burning crop residue. We find a growing trend in no-burn farming practices among farmers between 2015-2017, with the highest adoption rates among large farmers compared to medium and small farmers. Our findings suggest that access to equipment and learning opportunities may increase the likelihood of farmers using India faces significant air quality challenges, contributing to local health and global climate concerns. Despite a national ban on agricultural residue burning and various incentive schemes, farmers in northern India continue to face difficulties in curbing open-field burning. Using data from 1021 farming households in rural India, we examine the patterns and drivers of the adoption of no-burn agriculture, particularly for farmers who mulch instead of burning crop residue. We find a growing trend in no-burn farming practices among farmers between 2015-2017, with the highest adoption rates among large farmers compared to medium and small farmers. Our findings suggest that access to equipment and learning opportunities may increase the likelihood of farmers using straw as mulch instead of burning it. Specifically, social learning appears to increase the likelihood of farmers embracing no-burn practices relative to learning from extension agencies. Furthermore, the form of learning depends on farm size. While large and medium farmers exhibit a variety of learning strategies, small farmers primarily self-learn. These results underscore the importance of a multiprong policy that provides sufficient access to equipment and a combination of learning platforms that enabling farmers from different land classes to adopt no-burn technologies.

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“…When a different group of people tried to hoist a Sikh community flag on the historic Red Fort, 40 security personnel were injured, and 200 other farmers were detained. The mainstream media did not bother to check the sources and continued to compare the peaceful protesters as violent on different TV and news channels (Behl, 2022). Researchers have suggested that public intellectuals, judicial independence and media outlets have all helped in spreading the antisecular vision of the Modi government.…”

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From Delhi to Global Headlines: Examining the Media Coverage and Internationalization of the Farmers' Protests

Siwach

2024

PIJR

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The metamorphosis growth of social media platforms has helped to expand the information-sharing capabilities of people. People can share information and communicate more freely. The importance of social media in the farmer's protest of 2020-2021 has been shown within the present research.The study has shed light on the problems which led to the eventual riots and protests across the country,the role of both domestic and international news sources has also been presented in the study.The manipulation of mainstream media by the Indian government has been the most important factor studied in the research.The research emphasizes how the farmers found refuge in social media for support when the national media had failed them,their posts became viral on social platforms drawing the attention of other countries and making the protest international.

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India’s Farmers’ Protest: An Inclusive Vision of Indian Democracy

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Deep learning for COVID-19 topic modelling via Twitter: Alpha, Delta and Omicron

Deep learning for COVID-19 topic modelling via Twitter: Alpha, Delta and Omicron

Mitigating agricultural residue burning: challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India

From Delhi to Global Headlines: Examining the Media Coverage and Internationalization of the Farmers' Protests

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