once against nidhi dutt. >> sanjeev sen is a man of the land. his family has been farming rice paddies for three generations. the golden days of agriculture in india is long gone. >> over the past so years, the amount of rice i produce have found. costs have doubled, tripled. >> he sells the rice he harvests to mill openers like nidhi dutt. he can only pay $22 for every 100 kilograms. >> i have to follow the government's orders, and procure a set amount of race. it's a raw deal for some farmers. i can't help it. >> half of the rice processed is spread into a contribution system, subsidised prices for the poor. the state government standardized the amount of rice bought for farmers, to give them a chance to make a decent living. this is a beneficial thing. in practice, some say it doesn't help enough. >> the quota leaves farmers like this with tonnes of rice to take care of. stock stored in warehouses is a blessing and burden for thousands like him across india. >> that is where middlemen come in. >> i applied the left-over risk from farmers at a

nidhi dutt has more on that. >> sa; jeev sen is a man of the land. his family has become farming rice paddy for three generations, san jooef says the golden days of agriculture in india are gone. >> translation: over the past 10 years the amount of rice i produced has fallen. my costs have almost doubled or tripled. >> sanjeev sells the rice to mill owners like man. >> k -- manik dutta. he can only pay farmers 22 for every 100 kilograms unlead. >> translation: i have to follow the governments orders and prue cure a set amount of ace at a set rate. it's a raw deal for stom farmers but i can't hep it. >> half the rice processed here is fed into the india's foot distribution system, which subsidizes prices for the poor. the state government in west bengal standardized the of rice bought from farmers to give more of them a chance to make a decent living. it doesn't help much. the government quota leaves farmers with tonnes of race to take care of. stock stored is a blessing and a burden for thousands across india. >> that is where middlemen like sheikh n