Agrarian Distress and Farmers Suicides

1 Farmers ’ Suicides in India : Magnitudes , Trends and Spatial Patterns

Suicides among farmers in three southeastern states, 1990-1998.

Several studies have documented higher rates of suicide among farmers in comparison to other occupational groups, both in the U.S. and internationally. The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiology of farmer suicides in three southeastern states (Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina) during the nine-year period 1990-1998. Electronic death certificate data were obtained from ...

Economic Distress and Farmer Suicides in Rural Punjab

Suicides by cultivators and agricultural labourers have been reported in Punjab since the mid 1980s. This paper argues that this unprecedented phenomenon is caused by a multidimensional crisis of the rural economy in the post green revolution phase of agricultural development. A combination of economic factors such as, economic hardship of the pauperized peasant households, crop failure, unempl...

Boserup and Agrarian Ecology

Re: Farmers' suicides in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India: a qualitative exploration of their causes

OBJECTIVE To explore the various perceived reasons for farmers' suicides in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, their common factors, and to suggest solutions. METHODS The present formative research was undertaken in the 23 villages surrounding the Anji Primary Health Centre, located in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. A triangulation of free list and pile sort exercises was used. T...