Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

FARMERS‘ SUICIDES : SOME GRASS ROOT LEVEL REFLECTIONS AND POLICY OPTIONS

Dr. B. Sudhakar Reddy

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The oad contours of the paper are, in first section made an attempt to define what is suicide and causes of it with a focus on farmers. In the second section, attempted examine the difference between fact and truth about the favorable terms of trade to agriculture in India. In the third section, suggested measures not only to prevent farmers’ suicide but also aiming at inclusive growth of agriculture. The study revealed that the following factors in the descending order of significance come in the way of farmers’ inclusive growth to the benefits of favorable terms of trade to agriculture at macro level which include market imperfections in buyers’ market, followed by no match between consumers’ price and producers’ price, the burden of other financial obligations, limited role of the state, high cost of production, trader is the ultimate beneficiary, inter state restriction the movement of farm produce, distress sale, poor extension services, inadequate warehousing, commodity exchange loans are less advantageous and low minimum support prices. It is suggested to ensure the inclusion of farmers into the stream of benefits of favorable terms of trade to agriculture so as to enjoy the fruits of favorable terms of trade to agriculture and avoid unfortunate and undesirable consequences including suicides by the farmers include; food processing industry must be developed, high end cold storage and warehousing must be made accessible to all sizes of farmers, commodity exchange loans must be made accessible to all sizes of farmers and agriculturists’ development should be given equal weight age on par with agriculture development.

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Dr. B. Sudhakar Reddy Farmers¥ Suicides : Some Grass Root Level Reflections and Policy Options Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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