US EditionClimate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides
- Amol Khindkar, a farmer from Maharashtra's Marathwada region, died last year after swallowing poison amid mounting debts and crop failure.
- Extreme weather last year damaged 3.2 million hectares of cropland across India, including over 60 percent in Maharashtra, worsening farmers' income crises.
- Amol's debts exceeded US$8,000, hundreds of times the average farming income, reflecting a broader trend of farmers relying on high-interest loan sharks to offset declining yields.
- The National Crime Records Bureau reported 3,090 farmer suicides in Marathwada between 2022 and last year, with thirty deaths daily nationwide linked to extreme climate risks and income instability.
- Experts urge government support through insurance schemes, agricultural research, and climate risk management to reduce suicides and stabilize farmer livelihoods nationwide.
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Drought, loss of harvest and debt. A human and economic tragedy in India, a country that experienced in 2024 its warmest year since 1901 by sweeping the desperately arid land around
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The increase in extreme weather events in India exacerbates the financial difficulties of farmers, sometimes pushing them to suicide. Amol was putting on his soy crop, which was the main source of food.
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