TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pathak, Yogesh J.
AU  - Roy, Anil Kumar (Guide)
TI  - Farmers distress and suicides in Vidharbha region (social and geographical determinants) (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1261 
PY  - 2011///
N1  - CONTENTS1 Introduction  1 1.1.1 Liberal Import of Agricultural Products  3 1.1.2 Cutback in Agricultural Subsidies.  3 1.1.3. Lack of Easy and Low-cost Loan to Agriculture  3 1.1.4  Decline in Government Investment in the Agricultural Sector  4 1.1.5. Restructuring of the Public Distribution System (PDS)  5 1.4 Need for study  5 1.4.1 Case of vidharbha region:  5 1.4.1Aim  6 1.4.2 Objectives:  6 1.4.3 Research questions:  7 1.4.4 Scope of work  7 1.5 Methodology  for selection of area  8 1.5.1 Introduction to Vidharbha  8 1.5.2Introduction to Yavatmal District  12 1.5.2 Introduction to Gondia district  13 2 Literature review  14 2.1 Distress of farmers and suicides in Vidharbha:  15 2.2 Risks, Farmers' Suicides and Agrarian Crisis in India   16 2.3 Suicide of Farmers in Maharashtra -Causes & Remedies  16 2.4 Farmers Policy 2006-07: (NABARD, Farmer Policy, 2006-07)  17 2.5 Crop insurance  18 2.6 Overview of Maharashtra state  19 2.7 Risk management in Agriculture for the eleventh year plan  20 2.8 Tool for Sustainable Agriculture (Murugvel, 2009-10)  21 2.9 Agri tourism: Alternative source for livelihood  22 2.10 Concluding Remark from literature review  22 2.11 Issues identified from Literature review.  23 3 Farmers distress and suicides in Vidharbha  24 3.1Farmers distress and suicides in Vidharbha  25 3.2 Credit facility in the Region:  25 3.3 Irrigation and water source in the region:  26 3.4 Poverty and hunger:  29 3.5 Loan a need to live:  29 4 Determinants of Farmers Distress (Socio economic issues)  31 4.1 Determinants of Farmers Distress (Socio economic issues)  32 4.2 House hold level Analysis  33 4.3 Caste wise Income  35 4.4 Reasons for suicides of farmers in Maharashtra:  38 4.5 Major Government schemes in the regions:  40 5 Conclusion  43 5.1Problems related to agriculture in studied area  44 5.2  Psycho-Sociological Factors responsible for distress 44 5.3 Factors for distress at household level 44 6 Policy recommendation 51 9 Bibliography  55 10: Annexure 58
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