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Suicide of Farmers and Farm Workers Amid COVID-19 in India

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Title Suicide of Farmers and Farm Workers Amid COVID-19 in India
 
Creator RH, Raghavendra
R, Anil Kumar
H, Shakunthala
 
Subject Farmers Suicide
Agrarian Distress
Sustainable Development
Irrigation
Agrarian crisis
 
Description The purpose of the study is to examine the current scenario of farmers’ suicide in India. Farmer suicides in India refer to the national catastrophe of farmers committing suicide since the 1990s. The farmers’ suicide rate in India had ranged between 1.4 and 1.8 per 100,000 total population, over a 10-year period through 2005, however the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted not only physical health but also mental health and wellbeing globally. These impacts can be critically higher among marginalized individuals and populations like farmers and agricultural laborers in India. While most of them live in poor socioeconomic conditions, recent psychosocial challenges due to the COVID-19 lockdown had brought endless suffering in their lives. In this way, present study depicts about farmers and farm workers suicide amind COVID 19 India has been discussed
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2022-12-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/158718
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022); 33
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/158718/56638
 
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