Subject(s): Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Farmers -- Suicidal behavior -- Economic reforms, small farmer economy and agrarian crisis, contextualizing the agrarian suicides, poor Indian farmers plight and liberalization, path of development and politics in Karnataka, globalization,ahrarian crisis and farmer's suicides, globalization and agrarian crisis in india, cotton farmers in Vidarbha -- Economic reforms and regional disparities, drought prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, distress and deceased in Andhra Pradesh- analysis of cause of farmers suicides, Punjab peasantry- life and debt, agrarian crisis in Punjab and policy options credit through participatory management, short term and long term measures for sustainable agriculture, farmer's suicide - behavioural and social dimensions, providing a level playing field for small farmer