on the outskirts of jabal pool the opposition congress party is holding a campaign rally. its leader to hold gandhi is promising a separate budget for farmers a complete loan waiver and is vowing the criminal proceedings will not be allowed against farmers who default on their loans. nearly seventy percent of india still relies on agriculture for a living. experts say there's a lot of political rhetoric around this huge voting block. but little will to tackle the underlying crisis. what india needs to do what political parties need to do is to go into the root of the a gradient crisis on how farmers and farming can become the crucial engine of economic growth in india that's where the solution is for now there's no sign of that at the local wholesale market farmers that come in from surrounding areas to sell the grain and vegetables the government sets fixed prices for certain commodities to incentivise production. but farmers here say they're not getting those prices. the overriding view here is that farming simply isn't viable. one hundred eighty here the prices of prett

that led to thousands of farmers committing suicide the other correspondents on our farm travelled to jabal port in the state of whatever they wish to meet a family living with the burden of india's farm sector mismanagement through the tail is an old hand at this he's been farming since he was a teenager here in eastern might have a dish throwing pulses and see real crops but these aren't patil spiels today he's at a friend's farm in the midst of the week top assist and he's struggling with full memories in mid march unseasonal he'll hit the neighboring district patel's own four acre farms located in the storm battered his crops and pushed him to a mental breakdown. so clearly destroyed much of the. board money to some of the crops my first thought was the lone wolf i was shocked and lost all hope he couldn't think straight and i swallowed some pesticide to end my life. but taylor was rushed to hospital where he spent days recovery he's still weak and suffers from frequent dizziness and nausea. he's not sure when he can work again. at the beginning of the year patel took a bank loan over t