Peasants and Proletarians in Harevli and Mahatwar

V. K. Ramachandran and C. A. Sethu

Review of Agrarian Studies, 2025, issue 2

Abstract: This note analyses socio-economic changes among peasants and rural workers in Harevli and Mahatwar based on surveys conducted in 2006 and 2023. It examines shifts in family and hired labour use, sources of income, and patterns of proletarianisation. Findings show a marked decline in family labour and growing dependence on non-agricultural income. Despite this, peasant households continue to contribute over 70 per cent of village agricultural output, underscoring their enduring significance. The study also notes increasing landlessness and diversification of livelihoods through migration and leasing, highlighting persistent inequality and the evolving character of rural class relations.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/395212/files/R ... rians_in_Harevli.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ragrar:395212

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Review of Agrarian Studies from Foundation for Agrarian Studies Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().