Agrarian Distress and Farmers Suicides in India

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This book attempts to address the major issues concerning agrarian crisis in India which led farmers to suicide in a big way. Taking a close look at the status of agriculture in the country, with special reference to Andhra Pradesh, it assesses trends in farmers’ suicide phenomena and analyses the factors that led them to suicide and its impact on socio-economic, psychological and moral aspects of affected households.

It also examines the government-sponsored measures to tackle this problem and suggests some alternative policy measures to find a lasting solution to the agrarian crisis and its resultant suicides of farmers.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Yadagira Charyulu

M. Yadagira Charyulu is presently lecturer in Economics, Government degree College, Mulugu, affiliated to Kakatiya University, Wrangal. He obtained Ph.D. degree in 1991 on his work Regional Imbalances in A.P. His areas of specialization are regional economics, development economics, agricultre and environment isses. He has attended a number of  national and international seminars and presented a paper in a conference in Sweden in 2007. He was the best  teacher awardee of 2001 and has translated 3 books 12 research papers.

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Title
Agrarian Distress and Farmers Suicides in India
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9788183875998
Length
xx+312p., Illustrations; Maps; 22cm.
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