The spate of farmers' suicides in different parts of the country has been linked to which condition caused by structural changes in agriculture and changes in policies?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Agrarian distress
Option (1) Commercialisation of agriculture — Incorrect. Commercialisation of agriculture is the shift to growing crops for sale in the market. It is one of the background changes, and the crisis it helped to cause is the condition linked to the suicides.
Option (2) Agrarian distress — Correct. Agrarian distress is the deep crisis in farming caused by structural changes in agriculture and by new economic and agricultural policies. The wave of farmers' suicides is linked to it.
Option (3) Feminisation of agricultural labour — Incorrect. Feminisation of agricultural labour means women becoming the main source of farm labour as men migrate for work. It is an effect of migration and has no link with the suicides.
Option (4) Circulation of labour — Incorrect. Circulation of labour is the seasonal movement of workers between their home villages and richer farming areas. It describes migration and has no link with the suicides.
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