TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Agricultural crisis and farmers suicides in India
JO  - International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering (IJITEE)
A1  - Sai Sravanth, K.R.
A1  - Sundaram, N.
SP  - 1576
EP  - 1580
VL  - 8
IS  - 11
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2278-3075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.K1855.0981119
ID  - ref1
ER  -