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The farm suicide rate was 12.9 suicides per 100,000 farmers, which was higher than the general suicide rate at 10.6 for 2001 in India. [94] By gender, the suicide rate was 16.2 male farmer suicides per 100,000 male farmers compared to 12.5 male suicides per 100,000 for the general population.
The spectre of farmers' suicides; Farmers are committing suicide in western Odisha :Kosal Discussion and Development Forum; Farmers committing suicide due to crop failure in western Orissa, Govt refuses ; Congress MP demands separate W Orissa state; Farmers threaten mass suicide [permanent dead link ] List of Farmers committed suicide in Orissa
In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.
According to Shiva, "Soaring seed prices in India have resulted in many farmers being mired in debt and turning to suicide". The creation of seed monopolies, the destruction of alternatives, the collection of superprofits in the form of royalties, and the increasing vulnerability of monocultures has created a context for debt, suicides, and ...
Female farmers warn of mental ... “It should be of huge concern to every one of us that the suicide rate among male farmers is three times the national average, and the highest among any sector ...
The term "agrarian distress" gained prominence in India in the 1990s when a wave of farmer suicides occurred in the country. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The reason for the suicides were due to various causes such as inadequate credit, poor market conditions, and insufficient technology that led to indebtedness.
A farmer with skulls allegedly belonging to the farmers who had committed suicide. March 14: Around 80 farmers started their protests in Jantar Mantar, Delhi led by a 72 year old farmer, P. Ayyakannu demanding loan waivers from the central government. [18] [19] The first day the farmers protested with the skulls of the farmers who had committed ...
Regarding suicide methods in India, hanging is the primary method of suicide in India and has shown increasing trends among both males and females between 2001-2021. [17] [18] Pesticide poisoning rates observed a downward trend, especially over 2011–2014 following a national ban on endosulfan (a commonly available pesticide). [19]