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080 _a07.05.03 S618
100 _aSingh, Sukhpal
245 _aContract farming in India : impacts on women and child workers
260 _bInternational Institute for Environment and Development
_aLondonGB
_c2003
300 _a24 p.
520 _aDraws 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.
583 _c12/29/03
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942 _cM
_mS618
999 _c25358
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