Choose the correct option:

Farmers suicide can be linked to ‘agrarian distress' caused by structural changes in agriculture. These include:

A. Liberalization policies

B. Declining State Support

C. High Cost inputs

D. Community involvement increased in agricultural operations

E. Changing Crop pattern

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C, E

The spate of farmers’ suicides that has been occurring in the different parts of the country since 1997-98 can be linked to the ‘agrarian distress’ caused by structural changes in agriculture and changes in economic and agricultural policies. These include: the changed pattern of landholdings; changing cropping patterns especially due to the shift to cash crops; liberalisation policies that have exposed Indian agriculture to the forces of globalisation; heavy dependence on high-cost inputs; the withdrawal of the state from agricultural extension activities to be replaced by multinational seed and fertiliser companies; decline in state support for agriculture; and individualisation of agricultural operations.