H C Behera
Biographic Data
| ID | 52326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H C Behera |
| GIVEN NAMES | H C |
| FAMILY NAME | Behera |
| SIGNATURE | BEHERA H C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Statistical Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0078-9780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Legal pluralism, perceived tenure security, and distress diversification
The study examines the relationship between legal pluralism, perceived tenure security, and distress-driven livelihood diversification among tribal households in Jharkhand, India. It develops tenure security indices to show the gap between de jure and de facto tenure and to assess how the coexistence of legal and customary tenure affects land tenure and perceptions of security. An ordinal logistic regression model is used to identify the determin…
Water, Sacred Culture and Conservation in India
Through this article, the authors narrate the cultural dimension of water through wide-range rituals practised in India using the historical approach and build up their significance traditionally for (human) ecology and conservation. The authors also discuss the changing perspective of water usages and conservation with the emergence of growing material and consumer culture. Primarily, the article is developed as a perspective with an intention t…
Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment of the Forest Dwellers
This study aims to undertake the Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment (PLVA) of forest dwellers in the Jharkhand and Odisha states of eastern Indian region. The study covers 15 tribes that included 8 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and 7 other tribes from eight districts of Jharkhand and Odisha. The authors combined both participatory and survey-based approaches and used the simple indexing method for PLVA. They observe…
Philosophy of sustainable development
Small and Marginal Farmers' Participation in Potato Contract Farming in West Bengal, India
There are ongoing discourses on contract farming across the world. Contract farming is an issue of serious concern in India today, among farmers as well as policymakers. Such farming among small and marginal farmers, who are facing several problems in agriculture, requires special attention. Considering the large presence of small and marginal farmers and PepsiCo's Frito-Lay model of potato contract farming in the state of West Bengal, which is I…
Livelihood Assets and Income Generating Activities
The main objective of the article is to identify different types of livelihood assets, income generating activities (IGAs) and choices of these activities by households across social groups in the Fifth and non-Fifth Scheduled areas of Jharkhand in eastern India. It is based on a primary survey of 785 households randomly selected across caste and Scheduled Tribe groups in Giridih and Latehar districts of Jharkhand. K-means clustering is applied f…
Traditional Agriculture, Culture and the Indigenous Knowledge (IK) among the Kondhs in Odisha, India
The study aims to explore different types of agricultural practices including the shifting and the settled cultivation practices of the Kondhs in Kandhamal district in Odisha. The author attempts to understand their traditional beliefs, perception, rationality and knowledge in agricultural practices. Besides, the author briefly focuses on the issue of transformation in traditional agriculture, opportunities and challenges. The nature of the resea…
Land Allocation Choice in Both Contract and Non-Contract Farming
This paper analyses how farmers to take decision to allocate and use their lands for potato production when both contract and non-contract farming options are available in West Bengal. We used a primary data collected from 327 potato producing households in Bankura and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal. We used generalized least squares fixed effect model in the empirical analysis. We observed that imposed restriction of seed supply limits the c…
Agrarian Questions under Neoliberal Economic Policies in India
The Pattern of Landholdings and Emerging Agrarian Relations
In this paper, the author's attempt is to discuss about emerging landholding pattern, caste wise distribution of landholdings, caste-class relations based on the nature of landholdings, and other social issues concerning agrarian society in north Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand, India through a micro-level study. The focus in the paper is also about agrarian relations in the region through a caste based analysis
Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment of the Forest Dwellers
This study aims to undertake the Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment (PLVA) of forest dwellers in the Jharkhand and Odisha states of eastern Indian region. The study covers 15 tribes that included 8 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and 7 other tribes from eight districts of Jharkhand and Odisha. The authors combined both participatory and survey-based approaches and used the simple indexing method for PLVA. They observe…
Land Allocation Choice in Both Contract and Non-Contract Farming
This paper analyses how farmers to take decision to allocate and use their lands for potato production when both contract and non-contract farming options are available in West Bengal. We used a primary data collected from 327 potato producing households in Bankura and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal. We used generalized least squares fixed effect model in the empirical analysis. We observed that imposed restriction of seed supply limits the c…
The Pattern of Landholdings and Emerging Agrarian Relations
In this paper, the author's attempt is to discuss about emerging landholding pattern, caste wise distribution of landholdings, caste-class relations based on the nature of landholdings, and other social issues concerning agrarian society in north Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand, India through a micro-level study. The focus in the paper is also about agrarian relations in the region through a caste based analysis
Agrarian Questions under Neoliberal Economic Policies in India
Livelihood Assets and Income Generating Activities
The main objective of the article is to identify different types of livelihood assets, income generating activities (IGAs) and choices of these activities by households across social groups in the Fifth and non-Fifth Scheduled areas of Jharkhand in eastern India. It is based on a primary survey of 785 households randomly selected across caste and Scheduled Tribe groups in Giridih and Latehar districts of Jharkhand. K-means clustering is applied f…
Traditional Agriculture, Culture and the Indigenous Knowledge (IK) among the Kondhs in Odisha, India
The study aims to explore different types of agricultural practices including the shifting and the settled cultivation practices of the Kondhs in Kandhamal district in Odisha. The author attempts to understand their traditional beliefs, perception, rationality and knowledge in agricultural practices. Besides, the author briefly focuses on the issue of transformation in traditional agriculture, opportunities and challenges. The nature of the resea…
Land Allocation Choice in Both Contract and Non-Contract Farming
This paper analyses how farmers to take decision to allocate and use their lands for potato production when both contract and non-contract farming options are available in West Bengal. We used a primary data collected from 327 potato producing households in Bankura and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal. We used generalized least squares fixed effect model in the empirical analysis. We observed that imposed restriction of seed supply limits the c…
Philosophy of sustainable development
Small and Marginal Farmers' Participation in Potato Contract Farming in West Bengal, India
There are ongoing discourses on contract farming across the world. Contract farming is an issue of serious concern in India today, among farmers as well as policymakers. Such farming among small and marginal farmers, who are facing several problems in agriculture, requires special attention. Considering the large presence of small and marginal farmers and PepsiCo's Frito-Lay model of potato contract farming in the state of West Bengal, which is I…
Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment of the Forest Dwellers
This study aims to undertake the Participatory Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment (PLVA) of forest dwellers in the Jharkhand and Odisha states of eastern Indian region. The study covers 15 tribes that included 8 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and 7 other tribes from eight districts of Jharkhand and Odisha. The authors combined both participatory and survey-based approaches and used the simple indexing method for PLVA. They observe…
Water, Sacred Culture and Conservation in India
Through this article, the authors narrate the cultural dimension of water through wide-range rituals practised in India using the historical approach and build up their significance traditionally for (human) ecology and conservation. The authors also discuss the changing perspective of water usages and conservation with the emergence of growing material and consumer culture. Primarily, the article is developed as a perspective with an intention t…
Legal pluralism, perceived tenure security, and distress diversification
The study examines the relationship between legal pluralism, perceived tenure security, and distress-driven livelihood diversification among tribal households in Jharkhand, India. It develops tenure security indices to show the gap between de jure and de facto tenure and to assess how the coexistence of legal and customary tenure affects land tenure and perceptions of security. An ordinal logistic regression model is used to identify the determin…
Geography (9 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (3 works)