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This book is a compilation of papers examining women's role in
rural production systems in India. The book is divided into six
sections; the first section explores conceptual, theoretical, and
methodological issues with respect to understanding women's work.
The second, third, and fourth sections present evidence from
primary and secondary data on women's work in agriculture and
nonagricultural activities, and include a discussion of the nature
of work among Dalit and Adivasi women. The fifth and sixth sections
provide a brief historical perspective of rural women's employment
in the colonial period and analyze women's access to banking.
This book is a collection of essays written in tribute to N. Ram,
journalist, writer, and person of the Left. Its title reflects
Ram's concern that journalism, and indeed intellectual endeavor, be
both informative and credible and committed to the social good. The
contributors to the book are: Venkatesh Athreya, Wayne Barrett, C.
P. Chandrasekhar, John Cherian, Noam Chomsky, P. Jacob, T.
Jayaraman, Kumari Jayawardena, Prakash Karat, C. T. Kurien,
Parvathi Menon, Prabhakara S. Motnahalli, Suresh Nambath, Prabhat
Patnaik, V. K. Ramachandran, Alan Rusbridger, Nirmal Shekar, M. S.
Swaminathan, and Romila Thapar.
This book is the outcome of a two-year research project undertaken
by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies and supported by the Rosa
Luxemberg Stiftung (New Delhi). The objective of the project was to
examine the socioeconomic 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. This book seeks to address some key questions
concerning small farms and small farmers in the context of
contemporary India, drawing on empirical material of exceptional
quality collected through carefully designed and conducted
household and farm economy surveys in seventeen villages located in
nine major states of India. Chapters based on household data
examine issues such as the productivity of small farms, the
economic viability of small farming, the multiple sources of
household income of small farmers, the patterns of input use, and
the extent of labor performed by small farmers on their own
holdings. While not romanticizing the role of small farmers, the
book brings out the need for strong state support to enable small
farmers to meet the challenges they face.
The book is a report on the village economy of the state of Tripura
in India, based on a survey of three villages in the state
conducted by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies in May-June 2016.
The villages-Mainama in Manu block, Chailengta tehsil, Dhalai
district; Khakchang in Dasda block, Anand Bazaar tehsil, North
district; and Muhuripur in Muhuripur tehsil, Julaibari block, South
district-were surveyed under the ongoing Project on Agrarian
Relations in India (PARI). The survey was conducted using a
stratified simple random sampling method. A team from the
Foundation for Agrarian Studies revisited the three villages in
April 2017 to conduct case studies. These villages were also
surveyed in 2005 for the Tripura Human Development Report 2007.
In 2005, the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS) initiated the
Project on Agrarian Relations in India (PARI), with the aim of
studying village-level production, production systems and
livelihoods, and the socio-economic characteristics of different
strata of the rural population by means of detailed village
surveys. The present volume is the third in a series of field
reports on surveys conducted by FAS in three villages in Karnataka:
Alabujanahalli in Mandya district, Siresandra in Kolar district,
and Zhapur in Gulbarga district. A census survey was conducted in
the three selected villages. A unique feature of these surveys is
the estimation of household incomes based on detailed information
on income from crop production, animal resources, agricultural and
non-agricultural wage labor, salaries, business and trade, rent,
interest earnings, pensions, remittances, scholarships and other
sources. The two previous volumes in the series, Socio-Economic
Surveys of Three of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of
Agrarian Relations and Socio-Economic Surveys of Two Villages in
Rajasthan: A Study of Agrarian Relations, have already appeared
from Tulika Books.
This is the second in a series of field reports on village surveys
conducted by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies. This report deals
with agrarian relations in two villages of Rajasthan: Rewasiin
Sikar district and 25 F Gulabewala in Sri Ganganagar district. It
presents an analysis of statistical data collected through
census-type surveys conducted in both villages. The focus of the
study is on differences across socio-economic classes and social
groups in respect of a rang eof variables, including land, assets,
incomes, crop production, employment, indebtedness, schooling, and
housing. The report attempts to contribute to the discussion on
agrarian relations and economic distress in contemporary rural
Rajasthan and India.
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