TY - BOOK AU - Brown, Trent TI - Farmers, Subalterns, and Activists: : Social Politics of Sustainable Agriculture in India SN - 9781108425100 U1 - 338.10954 PY - 2018/// CY - New Delhi PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Sustainable agriculture KW - Farmers--Political activity KW - Land tenure KW - India N1 - Included Bibliography and Index N2 - In theory, chemical-free sustainable agriculture not only has ecological benefits, but also social and economic benefits for rural communities. By removing farmers' expenses on chemical inputs, it provides them with greater autonomy and challenges the status quo, where corporations dominate food systems. In practice, however, organisations promoting sustainable agriculture often maintain connections with powerful institutions and individuals, who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo. This book explores this tension within the sustainable farming movement through reference to three detailed case studies of organisations operating in rural India ER -