Posted inIndia, South Asia

Debt burden driving farmers to suicide in Punjab’s food bowl

Crippling debts have driven thousands of farmers in Punjab to commit suicide and raised long-term concerns over India’s food security as families wait for a promised government bail-out. Known as India’s food bowl, the state has historically produced the highest yields of any Indian farm belt, but a run of crop failures due to whitefly […]

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