ABSTRACT

This article examines the relationship between caste, land ownership and agricultural productivity in India, utilising data from a large-scale survey of farm households. Access to resources like information, technology, inputs, markets, and support institutions are important for sustainable and inclusive growth of agriculture. The results indicate that socially disadvantaged households (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) have lower access to land and also other resources, but they produce more output per unit of land because they are more diversified towards high-value crops that generate more returns and are labour intensive. This calls for policy emphasis on crop diversification in the agricultural sector.

摘要

本文利用来自大规模农户调查的数据，考察了印度的种姓，土地所有权和农业生产率之间的关系。获得信息，技术，投入，市场和支持机构等资源对于农业的可持续和包容性增长至关重要。结果表明，社会处境不利的家庭（预定种姓和预定部落）获得土地和其他资源的机会较少，但由于它们向高价值农作物多样化，从而产生更多的回报并成为劳动力，因此他们每单位土地的产出更多。密集的。这就要求政策强调农业部门的作物多样化。