Rationalisation of Agriculture in Kerala: Implications for Natural Environment, Agro-Ecosystems and Livelihoods
Published By: GIDR on eSS | Published Date: September, 01 , 2012This paper takes on an older debate that the agriculture transformation in
the regional economy of Kerala has been mainly driven by ‘peasant
rationality’. It argues that the agrarian transformation driven by peasant
rationality, in turn, has created a dichotomous agrarian society in the state
with a genre of rich farmers who have significantly benefited by the ‘rational’
switch over to commercial agriculture while another segment of subsistence
farmers who got marginalised by the agriculture development process in the
state.
Author(s): Viswanathan P K | Posted on: Jul 31, 2015 | Views() | Download (579)