TY - BOOK AU - Joseph,Sophy K. TI - Customary rights of farmers in neoliberal India: a legal and policy analysis T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780190990480 AV - KF8218.2 U1 - 343.54076 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Farmers KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - India KW - Plant varieties KW - Protection KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law KW - thema N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Though India was among the first countries in the world to have passed legislation granting farmers' rights in the form of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001, yet more comprehensive and interdisciplinary efforts are required to improve the condition of farmers in India. The text discusses the impact of international economic policies on Indian food sovereignty and on the farmers' livelihood. One of the main objectives of this work is to understand the evolutionary process of economic and legal policies that resulted in subjugation of the Indian government to international pressure disregarding the domestic conditions and self-reliance of the country UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190121006.001.0001 ER -