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In the US, a 2019 study among young Midwestern farmers found that 53% and 71% of study participants met criteria for Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, respectively. [12] This is compared to the general population, where 2.7% of US adults suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder [ 13 ] and another 7.1% suffer from Major ...
Farmers' suicides in the United States refers to the instances of American farmers taking their own lives, largely since the 1980s, partly due to their falling into debt, but as a larger mental-health crisis among U.S. agriculture workers. In the Midwest alone, over 1,500 farmers have taken their own lives since the 1980s. It mirrors a crisis ...
Other farmers struggle with size restrictions when they do want to expand. Ben Shields, 45, owns In Good Heart Farm in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where an easement prevents him from growing crops ...
BOUSSY-SAINT-ANTOINE, France (AP) — Truck driver Jeremy Donf understands French farmers are struggling and he wants to support local food producers. Farmer protests across Europe this week have ...
Building soil health is key for farmers as they adapt to more spring rain. Wendy Carpenter, who owns the 1 1/2-acre Christopher Farm in Modoc, Indiana, uses some sustainable farming techniques to ...
The hunter versus farmer hypothesis is a proposed explanation for the nature of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It was first suggested by radio host Thom Hartmann in his book Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception.
Farmers in India Agrarian distress refers to the economic , political , and social challenges faced by farmers and rural communities due to factors such as low crop yields , fluctuating prices of agricultural produce , high input costs , indebtedness , and lack of access to credit, markets, and infrastructure .
U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market ...