PAPER PRESENTATION On
Causes and Solution of Farmer’s Suicide
PRESENTED BY-
MITAL J. KARIYA
JYOTI D. KARIYA
H.V.P.M COET
MBA (IInd Year)
Topic to be Covered
Introduction
Farmers Suicide In India
Causes of Farmers Suicide
Responses to Farmers suicides
Solution for Farmers Suicide
Step taken by NGO for Farmers Problem
Introduction
Agriculture has always been celebrated as the primary sector in India.
Today, more and more farmers are adopting mechanization for their farming.
Behind all the growth and development lies the reality that Indian farmers have to face - extreme poverty and financial crisis driving them to suicides
Farmer’s Suicide in India
In a country of 70 million farmers, it is 10 in every 1,00,000 farmers committing suicide.
Death is haunting the farmers of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra .
Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen says “The highest suicides are in the regions with the highest debt”
Causes Of Famers Suicide Some main Causes of Farmers Suicide are:
Causes
Lack of small
irrigation projects Below
average rainfall
Heavy load-sheddingLow interest
of Young Generation in farming
Narrowing Farmers'
margins of profits
Rising cost of
Agricultural Inputs
Continued…
In Addition of above cause some more reasons are as follow:-
Apathy of political willpower toward welfare and development of the region.
Farmers get only one crop per year.
Majority of the farmers in India own as little as 2 acres of land.
Absence of institutional finance
These causes have left the farmers with no other solution other than ending their lives
Responses to Farmers Suicides
Lopsided policies of the world trade organization and developed nations.
The Indian government had promised to increase the rate of cotton.
Solution’s
Here are some Solution that could help in improving the state of the farmers:
Water Management
Financial Institutional
Training to Farmers
Empowering Farmers
Continued…In addition to above solution n following solution also
be helpful:-Set Up and Implementation of Insurance SchemeAwareness Campaign about various agro schemesProvide training on Agro-economic, Organic farming, Set up of DairyTo avail Business opportunities for small farmers
Giving information about various loan Facility.
Above solution are helpful to reduce suicide rates of farmers
SHETKARI JAGRUTI ABHIYAN
HVPM NGO has taken a step for welfare of Farmers
It provides following solution for Farmers:-
Training to farmers and their Youth .
Counseling for farmers
‘Maha- Bank self-employed training institute’ in the premises of H.V.P.Mandal opened for Unemployed Farmers.
Conclusion
"Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day but teach him how to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life“
If India has to shine, it is these farmers that need to be empowered.
The solutions should aim at the entire structure of agriculture
General public, NGOs, Corporates and other organizations too can play a part in helping farmers