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Farmer suicides in India and the weather god

Farmer suicides in India and the weather god

By Nilanjan Banik & Philip Stevens
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2016

This paper examines the reasons for farmer suicides in India, which stem from government interventions that result in agricultural market failures on a wide scale.

The article was published by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) is an open regional network composed of leading trade research institutions and think-tanks across the Asia-Pacific region. It was established by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP)

 

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Nilanjan Banik
Senior Fellow

Nilanjan Banik is a Professor at Bennett University’s School of Business, India and a Senior Fellow at Geneva Network.

Philip Stevens
Executive Director

Philip Stevens in the Founder and Executive Director of Geneva Network. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Malaysia.