Contract farming in India : impacts on women and child workers
Singh, Sukhpal
Contract farming in India : impacts on women and child workers - LondonGB International Institute for Environment and Development 2003 - 24 p.
Draws on case studies of hybrid cottonseed production in Andhra Pradesh and vegetable farming in Punjab to examine labour conditions in contract farming in India. Argues that agriculture is becoming 'formalised' as men move out of the sector more quickly than women, and as women become the preferred labour type for many employees.
07.05.03 S618
Contract farming in India : impacts on women and child workers - LondonGB International Institute for Environment and Development 2003 - 24 p.
Draws on case studies of hybrid cottonseed production in Andhra Pradesh and vegetable farming in Punjab to examine labour conditions in contract farming in India. Argues that agriculture is becoming 'formalised' as men move out of the sector more quickly than women, and as women become the preferred labour type for many employees.
07.05.03 S618