however the farmers were forced to make a decision between zero money and not being able to sell their crops or plow them under and get paid 1.5 times the crop amount...
But also only because they have conspired with the government against the market and their own people.
There are also many market oriented, well running permaculture farms.
They dont have any problems atm.
Enough customers. Dont need fertilizer for permaculture. Etc
The farms you are talking about are being paid to kill their land since decades..