@article{ref1,
title="Agricultural crisis and farmers suicides in India",
journal="International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering (IJITEE)",
year="2019",
author="Sai Sravanth, K.R. and Sundaram, N.",
volume="8",
number="11",
pages="1576-1580",
abstract="Agricultural sector is the main income for the rural people in India. It plays a significant role in their life. In India, small and marginal farmers account for 70%, according to the 2011 census of the Government of India. These small and marginal farmers took credit from banks and private money lenders. The non-repayment of credit led to an agricultural crisis and farmers' suicide. This study focused on the reasons that caused such a disaster. The study rests on a review of the literature which was extracted from journals, reports, and newspapers from 2004 to 2019. The review identified the following reasons for the agricultural crisis and farmer's suicides-poverty, indebtedness, crop failures, distress, lack of awareness on new technologies, inadequate debt, marketing of produce, the high interest of non-institutional credit, and depletion of water levels. The article concluded noting that-the government had to shift its focus from industries to agriculture and shift its agricultural policies from short-term to long-term ones. © BEIESP.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2278-3075",
doi="10.35940/ijitee.K1855.0981119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.K1855.0981119"
}