Agriculture and those involved in agriculture face a lot of natural as well as man-handled menaces. As a result, (small and marginal) farmers' suicides are a very common caption in newspapers. This has led the economists, public agencies and government to introduce the crop insurance policy supporting and stabilizing the income of farmers. The insurance participation is positively linked with life and livelihood security of the poor farmers enabling them to get free from the trap of rural money-lenders, to optimally use the costly inputs like fertilizer, quality seeds etc. and to rescue from...
Agriculture and those involved in agriculture face a lot of natural as well as man-handled menaces. As a result, (small and marginal) farmers' suicide...