Risks, farmers' suicides and agrarian crisis in India: Is there a way out?

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-54

  Mishra, Srijit ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45249083620     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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