Rural labour market in varhad: a case study of agricultural labourers in rain-fed agriculture in India

C. R. Reddy

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper based on a case study of conditions of employment among agricultural workers in commercial farming in the rain FED region of Varhad, India - notes on-going labour surplus and stagnating agricultural production with a trend towards proletarianization; regrets failure to develop adequate agricultural technology adapted to agroclimatic conditions; points out negative impact of contract farming on agricultural income, etc. Graphs, maps, references, statistical tables.

Keywords: conditions of employment; agricultural workers.; commercial farming; labour surplus; agricultural production; trend; proletarianization; failure.; agricultural technology; contract farming; agricultural income; statistical table; conditions d'emploi; travailleur agricole; agriculture commerciale; condiciones de empleo; trabajador agrícola; agricultura comercial; excédent de main-d'oeuvre; production agricole; tendance; prolétarisation; échec; technologie agricole; agriculture contractuelle; revenu agricole; tableau statistique; excedente de mano de obra; producción agrícola; tendencia; proletarización; fracaso; tecnología agrícola; agricultura contractual; ingreso agrícola; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 85 P. pages
Date: 1985
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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