The feminization of agriculture or the feminization of agrarian distress? Tracking the trajectory of women in agriculture in India

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 138-155

  Pattnaik, Itishree ^a   Lahiri Dutt, Kuntala ^b   Lockie, Stewart ^c   Pritchard, Bill ^d  

^a Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR)   (India)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrarian distress; Census of India; feminization of agriculture; rural India

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; EMPOWERMENT; FEMINIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 85039560561     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2017.1394569     Document Type: Article

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