5524 Of the 10 lakh farming families in 1991, about 5 lakh were small ones in Punjab. Photo for representation purpose only Sukhpal Singh Indian agriculture is passing through a critical phase. Farmers are facing problems related to crop production, marketing and profitability. The new farm laws may enhance farm productivity, but these are bound to change the prevailing system. The ownership farming system is prevalent in Punjab, Haryana and other states as owned land forms a major part of operational landholdings. The model of the Green Revolution (GR) improved the economy of the farmers, but later their economic condition started deteriorating, along with the depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation. Capital-intensive technologies reduced work opportunities on the farm for labour. Globalisation policies pushed farmers into debt, depeasantisation and suicide. Every day, 28 farmers/farm labourers commit suicide (according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau) and about 2,400 leave farming in our country. In Punjab, every farmer family has an average debt of Rs 10 lakh. On an average, two farmers and one labourer have been committing suicide daily since 2000.