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- Study shows link of high temperature and suicide rate increase in growing season
- Crop losses appear to be the reason as it cause distress and poverty
- Policies such as providing crop insurance may cut suicide rates among farmers
scidev.net_[NEW DELHI] Warming due to climate change may have caused some 59,000 suicides over the last three decades in India, says a new study which statistically links temperature spikes to crop failures and farmer distress and suicides.
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