France, Feb. 18 -- With national elections just months away, India has become the latest country to experience farmers' protests.Tens of thousands of growers marched towards the capital this week, blocking motorways and disrupting transportas they demanded higher crop prices.

Farmers wheeled trucks and tractors packed with food towards Delhi, meeting with tear gas from police.

The demonstrators said they were seeking guaranteed prices for crops, a doubling of farmers' income, loan waivers and withdrawal of charges against those involved in 16 months of protests in 2020-21.

Their key demand is a new law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) - the price below which farmers cannot be compelled to sell.

Unions say it will act as a sa...