 When the Company refused to negotiate, Ayodhya Prasad and other Kisan Sangh leaders then concentrated on working amongst the farmers to ensure that the farmers did not plant cane and instead planted Rice, Corn and Peas, confident that if the farmers stuck together, the Government would pressure the Company to act since the strike would have a devastating effect on Fiji's economy.On 17 January 1940, the Company unilaterally produced a contract and the Company overseers started approaching the farmers to sign it.The contract met some of the demands of the Kisan Sangh.