Rural non-farm employment

Agricultural versus urban linkages - some evidence from Kerala state, India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2158100
AutoresMridul Eapen (Centre For Development Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume28
Fascículo3
Páginas67-88
Data de publicação2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150108438775
OpenAlexW2033547335
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas12

Rural non-farm employment is regarded as a critical component of rural transformation in LDCs given the failure of the industrialization-led development strategies of the 1950s. An issue much debated in the restructured development dialogue was: Is the process of rural diversification primarily agriculture-driven, or do the impulses derive from the urban economy? Our study addresses this question for Kerala by examining changes in employment patterns in rural areas between 1971 and 1991. An examination of certain socio-economic characteristics (proxies for 'agricultural' and 'urban' linkages) for 1971 in those villages which became urban in 1991 reveals the importance of both types of linkages in generating non-farm employment, depending on the location of the village vis-à-vis large urban settlements

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Farm workers · Geography · Socioeconomics · State (computer science · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Social and Economic Development in India