India: Faced with farmer protests, police block access to the capital. On the second day of large demonstrations, farmers were blocked by police barricades and sprayed with tear gas as they tried to enter New Delhi.
Farmers are demanding the setting of a minimum price for crops as well as a series of other concessions including the cancellation of debts. Thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide every year due to poverty, debt and crops affected by increasingly erratic weather due to climate change. The threat of further protests comes ahead of national elections expected in April.