How do small farmers fare? Evidence from village studies in india?
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Agrarian Studies 5
How Do Small Farmers Fare?
Evidence from Village Studies in India
Edited by Madhura Swaminathan, Sandipan Baksi
9789382381976 | HC | pp. xii+356 | 2017 | | Economics
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This volume examines the characteristics and viability of small producers in different agro-ecological regions of India, locating them in the broader context of the capitalist development of Indian agriculture.
As in many developing countries, agriculture in India has been dominated by peasant farming, with a little less than half of total operated area under small holdings. In the voluminous literature on small farms and small farmers, there is a distinct tendency to romanticise small farming. Various virtues are ascribed to the small farm. For example, it is claimed to be more efficient and ecologically more worthy of preservation than the large farm.
The essays in this volume seek to examine the socio-economic characteristics of small farmers in relation to other strata of the rural population, drawing on empirical material collected through carefully designed and conducted household