PepsiCo is suing four farmers in India, claiming they were growing a variety of potatoes registered by the company for exclusive use in its Lays potato chips. But farmer unions and activists are fighting back.
The company's Indian subsidiary filed lawsuits against the farmers earlier this month. They were heard by a court in the Indian state of Gujarat on Friday, when a lawyer for PepsiCo offered to drop the case provided the farmers join thousands of others in the company's authorized cultivation program. "That was a discussion that happened in the court today," a PepsiCo spokesperson told CNN."We told them, why don't you join our program and we will provide seeds ...
The farms they operate have only a few acres each. "The company was compelled to take the judicial recourse as a last resort to safeguard the larger interest of thousands of farmers that are engaged with its collaborative potato farming program," PepsiCo's spokesperson said.The company will not be seeking any compensation if the farmers agree to the settlement offer, the spokesperson added.
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