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DOI	10.3389/fpubh.2019.00246
	Groundwater Storage Trends and Their Link to Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra State, India
	Chinnasamy, Pennan 1; Hsu, Minna J.2; Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy 1,3
通讯作者	Chinnasamy, Pennan ; Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	2296-2565
出版年	2019
卷号	7
英文摘要	Threats posed by land degradation and desertification continue to destabilize India's agriculture productivity and food security. The enduring negative environmental consequences of the agricultural intensification that started during the 1960s have further contributed to the depletion of soil nutrients in farmlands through heavy input of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. More than half of India's population depends on farming. When crop productivity fails, the economically-depressed farmers are unfortunately pushed toward suicide. The news of farmers committing mass suicide in Maharashtra state of India has lately received world attention. Although suicide may involve various psychological, social and economic factors, access to irrigation water remains a contentious matter in the agriculture business. The groundwater (GW) data from government sources are limited and not displayed in the public domain for verification. Hence, this study used the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data to compare farmer suicide rate in Maharashtra with GW storage estimates at broad spatiotemporal scales. The results show significant correlations (r = -0.85, p < 0.005) between water storage and suicide rate when time lags of 2 years are introduced between them. Based on the new findings, this study recommends that the GW status needs to be monitored scientifically across India's suicide zone. By doing so, the worst case scenarios can be logically predicted well in advance. The government then may have the advantage to mobilize its resources on the ground to implement rapid emergency measures and farmer consultations to minimize future farmer suicide cases.
英文关键词	GRACE groundwater crisis farmer suicide land degradation India Maharashtra CGWB social consultations
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	India ; Taiwan
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000483427500001
WOS关键词	RECHARGE ; POVERTY ; LAND ; GUJARAT ; AQUIFER ; GRACE ; DAMS
WOS类目	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215837
作者单位	1.NM Sadguru Water & Dev Fdn, Dahod, India; 2.Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 3.Tajen Univ, Coll Pharm & Hlth Care, Yanpu, Taiwan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chinnasamy, Pennan,Hsu, Minna J.,Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy. Groundwater Storage Trends and Their Link to Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra State, India[J],2019,7.
APA	Chinnasamy, Pennan,Hsu, Minna J.,&Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy.(2019).Groundwater Storage Trends and Their Link to Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra State, India.FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH,7.
MLA	Chinnasamy, Pennan,et al."Groundwater Storage Trends and Their Link to Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra State, India".FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 7(2019).