PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUICIDE COMMITTED FARMERS OF MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT OF TELANGANA STATE (original) (raw)

2019, International journal of multilogic science

Agriculture sector plays an important role in the growth of a developing nation like India. It is well known that economies of developing countries are based on agriculture sector. In India, every year the farmers have to suffer huge losses either due to droughts, floods or damage by pests and diseases. In our country farmers commit suicides after getting upset by economic exploitation at the hands of land lords and money lenders. This phenomenon of farmer's suicides linked to agrarian crisis. The present study was conducted in mahabubnagar district of Telangana state with 30 respondents. The respondents were suicide committed farmers. Simple random sampling method was followed in this study. From the study It was concluded that majority of the suicide committed respondent's age was 42 to 46 years, were from OBC category, having own farming as occupation, with illiterate education, family type as nuclear and family size is low, less than 1-2 ha as land holding, having thatched house with low mass media exposure, extension contact, social participation and market facility. While majority of the respondents had indebtedness over 2 lakhs.

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