Rural
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Farmer's Suicide
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Debt
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Farmer Distress
The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state.
Economy
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Economic Crisis
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Destitution
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Shrimp Farmers
Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into poverty
Rural
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Farmer's Suicide
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Farmer Distress
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Inadequate Water Access
The crisis is well known and has been written about for decades now. Government intervention has taken place but little has changed.
Economy
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Agrarian Economy
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Minimum Support Price
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Farmer Distress
Out of the 1,000 farmers interviewed, a majority of them said they sold their produce at lower rates, and over 90% of them said they were not aware of any government agency that procures the produce at MSP.
Economy
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Exports
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Farmer Distress
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Agricultural Prices
India is the world's second-biggest wheat producer, but the government -- itself the country's biggest buyer of the crop -- said it chose to protect food security for its mammoth population despite inflation concerns.
Rural
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Farmer's Suicide
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Farmer Distress
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Agricultural Workers
Gazing across the pristine fields in the district of Sangrur in northern India, there was little indication families here were struggling.
Rural
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Agricultural Reforms
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Farmer's Protest
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Land Reforms
Farm prosperity must reach farm workers. Unfinished tasks of land reforms should be realised.
Rural
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Farmer Distress
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Suicide
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Debt
Punjab government’s data states that 3,330 farmers have taken their lives due to farm debt since 2000 till date, of which 698 committed suicide in the past four years, most of them in the Malwa region.
Rural
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Farmer Distress
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Farmer's Suicide
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Data
Despite the centrality of agriculture in India, there is no standard measure of farmers’ distress. The most commonly cited measure is the number of suicides.
Justice
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Farmer Distress
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Farmer's Protest
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Rural-Urban Divide
Unprecedented farmers’ protests in India that began in August can widen the rural-urban divide into a political problem, the United Nations has warned
