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Contract farming in India : impacts on women and child workers

By:

Singh, Sukhpal

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: International Institute for Environment and Development LondonGB 2003Description: 24 pAction note:

12/29/03 JOYD

Summary: 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.

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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.

12/29/03 JOYD

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