17,500 Farmers Killed Themselves every Year in India

[Red_Ink_inc]

Quote from toc:

In India a day labourer earning Rs 200 a day would not be able to do any better than a mud hut and other variables noted. Do not have to go travelling just do some research on the internet and find for yourself.

Government has money but lots of it is squandered in waste and looted via corruption. Poor and middle class suffer............it is a jungle!

Well research on the internet is all good and well. Provided it's from a credible source which is increasingly rare on the internet. If you had traveled there you'd have recognized the importance and strength of the family unit.

Get 4 or more day labourers together and all of a sudden they can actually manage. That's how people live over there.

On your point of government being corrupt, you are absolutely correct.
The government there does squander tons of money. Then again so does the US government........ bailouts, multiple wars, QE after QE.

 

[peilthetraveler]

Quote from Red_Ink_inc:

Well research on the internet is all good and well. Provided it's from a credible source which is increasingly rare on the internet. If you had traveled there you'd have recognized the importance and strength of the family unit.

Get 4 or more day labourers together and all of a sudden they can actually manage. That's how people live over there.

On your point of government being corrupt, you are absolutely correct.
The government there does squander tons of money. Then again so does the US government........ bailouts, multiple wars, QE after QE.

All that is true. I've known people that not only made those wages, but could save 50% of that income every month.

 

[hippie]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Bummer. Farming is hard work... and to do it for minimum wage would be a drag.

Americans have it so much better. 50% of us make much more than minimum wage.. DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL... except remembering to vote for Democrats.

Even if you can't vote, all you need is a baby to get all the benefits. Much better deal than a minimum wage job.

If you don't have housing help from a partner or family, a minimum wage job leads to homelessness in parts of the country. These jobs provide no benefits, though you may be able to live hand to mouth in perfect health, an illness can easily caused homelessness for workers on low-wage jobs.

 

[Dragons Teeth]

Quote from toc:

Stupid Indians have not been able to follow up on the Israel's 'drip irrigation' technology whereby plants and crops are fed water in a special way that even 1/4th of water supplied is equivalent to normal amount used. Something to do with supplying water to plant areas where use is every efficient and no water is wasted.

Israelis have converted their desert into a greenery and CORRUPT Indians have wasted good $10B and above in an unfinished desert canal project that they have been working on since the early 1980s.

Water is not the main issue in India and many of the suicides have occurred amongst cotton growers who adopted Bt Cotton. Israeli agriculture has also had its bad years but it has plush welfare provision and many other sources of income.

 

[toc]

Quote from Dragons Teeth:

Water is not the main issue in India

DO I NEED TO ANSWER THIS ZOOOOOMMMMMBBBBBBIIEEEEEEEE LAND COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bearice]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

In the US we have about 1,000 farmers commit suicide per year. (of course a much smaller population of our country actually farms not to mention we have 1/4 the population of india.) I wonder if we looked at the number of suicides per 100,000 farmers how different the numbers would be.

In USA, 1,000 farmers commit suicide per year. So my statement "Without farmers there will be no world economy. Farmers of all country are important for the world economy".

 

[bearice]

Example, If USA has 10 farmers then India must be having 50 farmers. So farmer suicides in USA must be near to India farmer suicides.

These are serious informations which have been hidden from the world.

 

[toc]

Quote from bearice:

Example, If USA has 10 farmers then India must be having 50 farmers. So farmer suicides in USA must be near to India farmer suicides.

These are serious informations which have been hidden from the world.

With that logic there is little improvement coming for the Indians. When third or second world folks start to point fingers back at the US/West then argument becomes illogical and leaves little room for correcting the dragging factors.

It seems you are trying to equalize the US and Indian agricultural sector................two entities that are 50 years apart in terms of development and modernization. Get Practical Man!

 

[bearice]

Quote from toc:

It seems you are trying to equalize the US and Indian agricultural sector................two entities that are 50 years apart in terms of development and modernization. Get Practical Man!

India is a agricultural country where 60% population is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture.

But USA is highly industrialised country so less population is dependent on agricultur. Also USA agriculture is supported by heavy and big machines so less population is needed for agriculture.

 

[bearice]

Does all countries have farmers suicides problems similar to India and USA?