Small and marginal farmers are the worst hit by the problems that afflict agriculture. The macro and micro level factors together have created stress among the poor farmers forcing them to commit suicide.

While passing an interim order staying field trials of genetically modified (gm) crops, the Supreme Court had observed on September 22, that the proceedings of the Genetic Engineering Approval

The trend of cotton farmers' suicides in Vidarbha keeps showing an upward spike since prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the area in early July and the announcement of a package for the