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Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself

Farmer suicides have a long history in India, but extreme weather caused by climate change is adding fresh pressure

Between 2022 and 2024, more than 3,000 farmers took their own lives in Marathwada

Last year, extreme weather events across India affected 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) of cropland

Shaikh Imran took over the running of the family smallholding last year after his brother took his own life

Some farmers turn to loan sharks offering quick cash at exorbitant interest rates, and risking catastrophe if crops fail

Thirty people in the Indian farming sector killed themselves every day in 2022

A combine harvest in Lincolnshire, eastern England, as Britain suffers its driest spring in over a century

A nearly dry pond near Oud-Heverlee in Belgium