BRM Presentation

3. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
To analyze the linkages of farmer suicides with rainfall, irrigation facilities, and
policies like loan waiver.

4. LITERATURE REVIEW

5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Objectives:
•To obtain a research on condition of farmers in maharashtra and formulate the
improvements needed.
•To study the various factors affecting the farmer’s suicide in maharashtra.

6. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
The study would focus on the factors that affects farmer’s suicide.Below are
the hypothesis between independent and dependent variables.
•Mass Poverty is the prime cause of farmer’s suicides in maharashtra.
•There is association between nature of family and farmer’s suicide.
•Most of the suicide victims were from working age group.
•Productivity of major crops in selected district of maharashtra is less than average
productivity of nation.

7. VARIABLES INVOLVED IN STUDY
Following are the variables included in study,
•Independent variables: Environment ,low produce prices,increased cost of
cultivation,family responsibilities .
•Dependent variables: Farmer’s Suicide.
•Mediating Variable: Vidarbha region followed by marathwada and khandesh.
•Intervening Variable: Mental stress

8. RESEARCH DESIGN WITH JUSTIFICATION
It is an descriptive research design because it gives scientific basis of
judgement. This means that descriptive research provides information which
could be used as basis to important decisions that are to be mode.

9. SAMPLING DESIGN
Sr. No. District Farmer’s Suicide
Number
of
Farmers
Suicide
Selected
Blocks
Villages
Selected
Selected
samoles
% of
sample
to
farmers
suicide
of
respectiv
e district
1. Bhandara 280 2 21 39 13.9
2. Wardha 789 2 12 49 6.2
3. Chandrap
ur
323 3 13 17 5.3
4. Nagpur 1967 7 46 105 5.3
5. Yawatmal 2289 5 67 180 7.9
6. Amravati 1798 3 35 124 6.9

10. 7. Buldhana 1212 2 16 61 5.0
8. Amravati
Div.
7274 10 118 365 5.0
9. Vidarbha 9241 17 164 470 5.08
10. Nanded 389 4 41 49 12.6
11. Beed 525 4 20 40 7.6
12. Marathwada 1731 8 61 89 5.2
13. Jalgaon 487 2 21 32 6.6
14. Nashik 195 2 9 20 10.25

11. 15. North
Maha.
1040 4 30 52 5.0
16. Satara 170 1 11 14 8.2
17. Solapur 109 3 15 21 19.3
18. West
Maha.
585 4 26 35 6.0
19. Thane 12 26 6 6 50
20. Rest of
Maha.
1637 10 62 93 5.68
21. Selected
District
8769 35 287 652 7.4
22. All Maha. 12591 35 287 652 5.2

12. DATA COLLECTION METHODS
•Secondary Data:
Documentary data combined with multiple source data.
•Primary Data:
Primary data was collected through questionaires.

13. Questionaire Design