State of India's environment: Why farmers kill themselves
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
* ...
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