View: Why do India's farmers kill themselves? Can market reforms help?

Only about 50% or less of the household income of cultivating farmer comes from farming with the rest made up of wages, off-farm and non-farm work. Therefore, nonfarm sources of income are suggested to be crucial for small farmer families to escape poverty or earn a decent livelihood.

from Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3i9wPXw