The 'Shetkari Sanghatna' leader Amar Habib, along with several farmers' leaders, activists and concerned citizens observed the token fast.
Habib observed his fast in Yavatmal district, where a farmer Sahebrao Karape had ended his life with his family on March 19, 1986.
The farmers' organisations claimed that it was the first suicide of a farmer due to agriculture distress.
The activists alleged in a statement that farmers have been killing themselves in Maharashtra as well as across the country.