Rationalisation of Agriculture in Kerala: Implications for Natural Environment, Agro-Ecosystems and Livelihoods

Viswanathan P K ()

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Abstract: This 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.

Keywords: peasant rationality; natural resources; agro-ecosystems; rubber monoculture; governance; natural environments; Kerala; agriculture; economy; food security; Idukki district; vulnerable; agrarian crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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