The Union Government today informed the Kerala High Court that no farmers suicides were reported from Kerala during 2009-11.

According to reports furnished by the state government, there has been a declining trend in suicides in farming.

In the report indicating number of suicides by farmers due to agrarian reasons, no cases were reported from Kerala in the three years from 2009-11, Ms Sadhana Khanna, Under Secretary, Agriculture Department, said in a counter affidavit on a petition seeking to take steps to curb suicides among poor farmers in Kerala.