The situation was not much better before the pandemic. In 2019, the average household debt of farmers in Andhra Pradesh – Rs. 2.45 lakhs – was the highest in the country. The recently released Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019 notes that 93 per cent of agricultural households in the state were in debt that year.

 https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/chittoors-tomato-farmers-at-a-thin-red-line/

The entry of corporates as the buyers of farm produce, in this case mangoes, overtaking the traditional mandi system, doesn’t seem to have benefitted the mango farmers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Claims to the contrary should be taken with a pinch of salt, says Mr Kumar Reddy, of the AIKS. 

https://www.theindiaforum.in/letters/corporate-entry-no-help-mango-farmers-chittoor-andhra-pradesh?