Distress and the Deceased; Farmers Suicides in Andhra Pradesh; A Plausible Solution

Prabhakar Tada

The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, 2004, vol. III, issue 5, 47-59

Abstract: The farmers were in a distressed condition devoid of adequate irrigation, institutional credit and the consequential impact on the low yield and/or no yield and increasing debt burden. Further, the problem has been aggravated by tenancy in Telangana and coastal Andhra regions. It was found that the farmers are committing suicides in Andhra Pradesh due to lack of adequate irrigation, mounting debt burden in the absence of institutional credit, lack of minimum support price and its execution and lack of crop insurance scheme etc. The payment of rent for leased in land varies from region to region in the state. Furthermore, it was found that the fixed market rent has to be paid to the landholder in coastal Andhra region whether the tenant gets the harvest or not. It was found that the issue is far more complex and needs to be addressed in a holistic fashion if it has to be controlled immediately. Therefore, the policy has to have twofold measures, which can avert the farmers deaths in AP. Having seen the problem of farmers suicides and their pathetic situation in the countryside the article provides the policy recommendations in order to prevent them and provide them a better life in the society.

Date: 2004
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