Rural non-farm employment

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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2158100
AutoresMridul Eapen (Centre For Development Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen28
Número3
Páginas67-88
Fecha de publicación2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150108438775
OpenAlexW2033547335
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias 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