Monitoring the agrarian change through household panels: VLS approach

Rao, K P C and Kumara Charyulu, D and Devi, K U (2006) Monitoring the agrarian change through household panels: VLS approach. Asian Economic Review, 48 (3). pp. 439-455. ISSN 0004-4555

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Abstract

Semi-arid Tropics (SAT) of India are the poorest regions with the highest incidence of rural poverty, unemployment and indebtedness. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (1CRISAT) has been monitoring trends in technology adoption, viability of cropnnd live stock enterprises, underemployment and migration, resource degradation, investment patterns etc., through Village Levels Studies (VLS), which are being conducted in six representative villages since 1975. Two of the villages, from Mahbubnagar District of Andhra Pradesh with low and uncertain rainfall and shallow red-soils andtwofrom Solapur District in Maharashtra represents deep black soil areas with low and uncertain rainfall and post rainy season cropping. Another pair from Akola District in Maharshtra represents medium black soils with assured rainfall conditions. A sample of 40 households from each of these six villages was studied intensively between 1975 and 1985. Subsequent surveys were carried out in 1989 and 1992-93 in these . villages. These Villages Level Studies were resumed since 2001-02 on a regular basis with enlarged samples and additional modules. All these six villages witnessed considerable changes in the agrarian structure, enterprise mix, labour market conditions and investment options over the three decades., Semi-arid Tropics (SAT) of India are the poorest regions with the highest incidence of rural poverty, unemployment and indebtedness. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (1CRISAT) has been monitoring trends in technology adoption, viability of cropnnd live stock enterprises, underemployment and migration, resource degradation, investment patterns etc., through Village Levels Studies (VLS), which are being conducted in six representative villages since 1975. Two of the villages, from Mahbubnagar District of Andhra Pradesh with low and uncertain rainfall and shallow red-soils andtwofrom Solapur District in Maharashtra represents deep black soil areas with low and uncertain rainfall and post rainy season cropping. Another pair from Akola District in Maharshtra represents medium black soils with assured rainfall conditions. A sample of 40 households from each of these six villages was studied intensively between 1975 and 1985. Subsequent surveys were carried out in 1989 and 1992-93 in these . villages. These Villages Level Studies were resumed since 2001-02 on a regular basis with enlarged samples and additional modules. All these six villages witnessed considerable changes in the agrarian structure, enterprise mix, labour market conditions and investment options over the three decades

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	semiarid zones, agrarian reform, ICRISAT, monitoring, India, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
Subjects:	Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	28 May 2013 09:23
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2015 09:53
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/6821
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