29-01-2013 08:42 AM | India

Agriculture distress cause of farmers' suicide, says study

Distress in agriculture, compounded by the lack of water to save standing crops, resulted in the suicide of some farmers in Cauvery Delta districts, according to a study.

The South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements (SICCFM), which studied the circumstances in which seven farmers died, said four of them committed suicide, and distress in agriculture was the major reason behind the suicides.
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