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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Punjab's Small Peasantry: Thriving or Deteriorating? -Sukhpal Singh and Shruti Bhogal

Punjab's Small Peasantry: Thriving or Deteriorating? -Sukhpal Singh and Shruti Bhogal

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published Published on Jun 27, 2014   modified Modified on Jun 27, 2014
-Economic and Political Weekly

 


The small peasantry in agriculturally advanced Punjab faces a severe economic crisis. Though the total workforce has increased over time, the proportion engaged in agriculture has been falling and the number of marginal and small holdings has been declining. The farm surpluses of indebted farmers are very low, and 14% of marginal and 9% of small farmers are effectively bankrupt. Low profitability has prompted many small farmers to leave agriculture and 28% of them have entered the labour market. More pressingly, a significant number have preferred to take their own lives.

Sukhpal Singh (sukhpalpau@yahoo.com) and Shruti Bhogal (shrutibhogal@gmail.com) teach at the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the valuable comments and suggestions of an anonymous referee.

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Economic and Political Weekly, Vol-XLIX, No. 26-27, June 28, 2014, http://www.epw.in/review-rural-affairs/punjabs-small-peasantry.html


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