Dataset: Investigation into the causes and potential mitigation of the high incidence of farmers' suicide

This study addresses the pressing issue of farmer suicides in India, a problem that has escalated significantly since 1995, with over 0.3 million recorded cases. While scholars and activists have proposed various factors contributing to these suicides, quantitative insights into the influence and probabilistic significance of these factors remain elusive. <br>The dataset comprises ``Research Articles on Farmer Suicides in India''. A total of 150 articles were downloaded from Google Scholar and PubMed, utilising the search keyword ``Farmer Suicides in India''. Subsequently, meticulous scrutiny led to the selection of 87 PDF articles. The collected documents underwent conversion from .pdf to .txt format. Each PDF document was accessed via Foxit PDF reader software and then saved in .txt format. The aggregation of these 87 and manually collected causal sentences files constitutes the dataset for this study.Our analysis reveals that health-related causal factors account for over 50% of farmer suicides, while economic, social, and socio-economic factors contribute to 26%. By meticulously investigating these causal elements, our approach has the potential to substantially mitigate future instances of farmer suicides.