A farmer named Lahanu Tatya Khabale and his joint family have been liv

1.	A farmer named Lahanu Tatya Khabale and his joint family have been living in Vidharbha region, Marathwada, Maharashtra for almost five generations. But last year all of a sudden, his grandfather committed suicide. Give possible reasons behind his suicide.
Answer» As per the latest study of Vidharbha regions many farmers suicide focuses majorly on: Crop failure, due to this, many farmers in Vidharbha region are switching to use BT cotton seeds. BT cotton seeds provide higher yield but are expensive and require good irrigational facilities, which are not available in Lahanu Khabale’s land and on top of that irregular monsoons leads to crop failure. Besides this, BT seeds obtained from BT crops cannot be used for the next sowing. Due to that Lahanu Khabale was deeply rooted in debt. He was also in further debt to private money lenders because he had borrowed money for his daughters dowry. Above mentioned economic burdens and social stigma provoked Lahanu Khabale’s grandfather to commit suicide.

A farmer named Lahanu Tatya Khabale and his joint family have been living in Vidharbha region, Marathwada, Maharashtra for almost five generations. But last year all of a sudden, his grandfather committed suicide. Give possible reasons behind his suicide.

Answer»

As per the latest study of Vidharbha regions many farmers suicide focuses majorly on:

Crop failure, due to this, many farmers in Vidharbha region are switching to use BT cotton seeds.
BT cotton seeds provide higher yield but are expensive and require good irrigational facilities, which are not available in
Lahanu Khabale’s land and on top of that irregular monsoons leads to crop failure.
Besides this, BT seeds obtained from BT crops cannot be used for the next sowing.
Due to that Lahanu Khabale was deeply rooted in debt.
He was also in further debt to private money lenders because he had borrowed money for his daughters dowry.
Above mentioned economic burdens and social stigma provoked Lahanu Khabale’s grandfather to commit suicide.