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Give the factors (cited by the scholars) that have led farmers to commit suicides.

Solution

According to scholars, following factors have led farmers to commit suicide:

1. The shift from traditional farming to the farming of high yielding commercial crops, when there was no technical support.

2. Decline in public investment in agriculture in the last two decades.

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