Abstract :
Karnataka is an agrarian state and one of the eighth largest state in India, in the area and seventh state in population. In Karnataka state, about 76% of the population lives in rural areas and about 56% of the workforce is engaged in agriculture and allied activities which generate about 49% of the State’s income. Despite the tremendous agricultural profile, the state is not excluded from the burning issues like the agrarian crisis as well as farmers’ suicide. Out of the last nine years, the state has experienced drought for seven years, this is one of the major reasons for farmers taking the severe step of suicide. Hence, the main intention of this paper is to examine the status and determinants of the farmers’ suicide on the other hand it tries to Study the long-run and short-run relationships between Farmers’ Suicide and other selected variables by using ADF and Johansen’s cointegration tests. The results reveal that there is a long-run and short-run relationship between farmers’ suicide and other explanatory variables.
Keyword :
Karnataka, Agriculture, Farmers’ Suicide, Variables.