How India lost its historic agriculture recovery growth phase in just four years Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and bumper yields News . Distress across India’s rural areas The face of 2017 is the farmer, who has borne the brunt of weather changes, from unseasonal rain to drought. . National agenda for farmers: In conversation with Devinder Sharma Leaders of various farmers movements are coming together to discuss a national agenda . No major agrarian reform has happened since Green Revolution The current crisis is a culmination of decades of negligence . In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day; but what drives them to do it? Debt and crop failures are reasons for 58 per cent of suicides among cultivators
