author(s)
Manjuprakash and V Govinda Gowda

abstract
Farmer suicides are seen all along the length and breadth of the country for various reasons, it is difficult for farm family to sustain after the death of the breadwinning farmer. In this regard the current study was undertaken to delineate the consequences of farmer suicides on their family in Mandya and Haveri districts of Karnataka during 2019-2020. A total of 60 respondents were selected by using purposive sampling technique with a representation 30 respondents from each district. The collected data was scored and analysed using frequency and percentage. The consequences were categorised into social, economic and psychological domains. The results revealed that, among social consequences, a good majority (83.33 %) of the wives of the suicided farmer became self-reliant followed by slightly less than three-fourth (73.33 %) of them expressed that, they shouldered sudden and huge responsibilities. Equal proportion (68.33 %) of the children left schooling after the suicidal death of the father and the family was disconnected from the relatives. Two-third (66.66 %) of the families felt that their reputation in the society started diminishing after the suicide incident in the family. Among the economic domain, 60.00 per cent of the families expressed that their outstanding debt increased and 26.66 per cent of them sold their property. 61.66 per cent of the respondent family members felt sense of hopelessness and (51.66 %) of them developed sense of insecurity and 13.33 per cent of the family members died after suicide incident in the family were the psychological consequences.