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22 April 2006 SUICIDES BY FARMERS As the central government prepares to put together a package to address the phenomenon of suicides among farmers, this special issue examines the incidence of suicides, the proximate causes and the deep-rooted problems in agriculture. Political Economy of Agrarian Distress --K C Suri Beyond `Crises` --Surinder S Jodhka Farmers` Suicides in Maharashtra --Srijit Mishra Dimensions of Agrarian Distress in Andhra Pradesh --K C Suri --P Narasimha Rao Analysis of Farmer Suicides in Kerala --S MohanaKumar --R K Sharma Why Do Farmers Commit Suicide? --V Sridhar Suicide Mortality Rates across States of India, 1975-2001 --Srijit Mishra
