India, Feb. 24 -- The back of the Indian farmour is against the wall amid rising costs of inputs, climate change-induced risks and faulty market mechanisms

More than 28 farmers and farm labourers die by suicide in India every day, according to the 2021 State of India's Environment (SoE) report - an annual brought out by Down To Earth in association with Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The SoE report highlighted the suicide numbers in recent years:

* 5,957 farmers in 17 states (and Union territories) and 4,324 farm labourers in 24 states in 2019

* 5,763 farmers in 20 states and 4,586 agricultural workers in 21 states in 2018

The toll in increased between the two years in:

* Andhra Pradesh

* Assam

* ...