Resources & Links


 Useful links for students of agrarian studies:


 Socio-Economic Survey of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Agrarian Relations Edited by V. K. Ramachandran, Vikas Rawal and Madhura Swaminathan

Recent articles written by the FAS collective and beyond: 

Chavan, Pallavi (2010), "How 'Rural' is India's Agricultural Credit?"

Swaminathan, Madhura, (2010) "The New Poverty Line: a Methodology Deeply Flawed"
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Ramachandran, V. K.,
Yoshifumi, Usami, and Sarkar, Biplab (2010), "Lessons from BPL Censuses"

Shiva Kumar, A. K. (2010), "The Plight of the Peasant"

Yoshifumi, Usami, Sarkar, Biplab, and Ramachandran, V. K. (2010), "Are the Results of BPL Census 2002 Reliable?" download PDF file

Swaminathan, Madhura, (2010) "A Methodology Deeply Flawed"

Isaac, T. M. Thomas, and Ramakumar, R (2009), "The Assault on Food Security: A Critique of the Food Security Bill in the Context of Kerala" download PDF file

Rawal, Vikas (2009), “Economic Policies, Tenancy Relations and Household Incomes: Insights from Three Selected Villages in India”  download PDF file 

Ramakumar, R. (2009), "Indian Agriculture under Economic Reforms: A Preliminary Review"

Arivukkarasi, N. A., and Nagaraj, K. (2009), “Some Aspects of Socio-Economic Change In Rural Arni with Special Reference to the Silk Weaving Industry”  download PDF file    

Chandrasekhar, C. P. (2009), “Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Agrarian Situation in India”  download PDF file   

Athreya, Venkatesh (2009), “The Economic Crisis and Rural Livelihoods”  download PDF file    

Ramachandran, V. K., and Rawal, Vikas (2009), “The Impact of Liberalisation and Globalisation on India’s Agrarian Economy”      

Ghosh, Jayati (2009), "Issues facing the peasantry in India today: A presentation"  download PDF file    

Athreya, Venkatesh, Djurfeldt, Göran, Jayakumar, N., Lindberg, Staffan, Rajagopal, A., and Vidyasagar, R. (2008), “Agrarian Change and Social Mobility in Tamil Nadu”  download PDF file    

Rawal, Vikas, Swaminathan, Madhura, and Dhar, Niladri Sekhar (2008), “On Diversification of Rural Incomes: A View From Three Villages of Andhra Pradesh”  download PDF file    

Swaminathan, Madhura (2008), “Programmes to Protect the Hungry: Lessons from India”  download PDF file    

Swaminathan, Madhura (2008), “Public Distribution System and Social Exclusion"  download PDF file  

Rawal, Vikas (2008), “Ownership Holdings of Land in Rural India: Putting the Record Straight”  download PDF file    

Athreya, Venkatesh, “PRIA II: Work in Progress: Changes in the Agrarian Economy of Tamil Nadu, 1980-2005”  download PDF file   

Nagaraj, K. (2008), “Farmers’ Suicides in India: Magnitudes, Trends and Spatial Patterns”  download PDF file    

Chavan, Pallavi (2008), "Gender Inequality in Banking Services in India: A Notedownload PDF file   

Papers Presented at the Colloquium “Studying Village Economies in India: A Colloquium On Methodology,” Chalsa, December 2008:

Mizushima, Tsukasa, “Records, Changes, and GIS for Studies in Rural South India.”  download PDF file    

Nagaraj, K., “A Note on Methods of Village Study.”  download PDF file    

Usami, Yoshifumi, “A Note on Construction or Regional Social Accounting Matrix with Natural Resource Accounts: Linking Village/Industry Level Data to Regional Level Studies.”  download PDF file    

Bakshi, Aparajita, “A Note on Household Income Surveys in India.”  download PDF file   

Rawal, Vikas, “Estimates of Rural Household Incomes in India: Selected Methodological Issues.”  download PDF file    

Surjit, V., “Evolution of the Study of Cost of Cultivation.”  download PDF file    

Chavan, Pallavi, and Ramakumar, R., with Saha, Partha, and Dhar, Niladri Sekhar, “Debt and Assets of Rural Households in India: A Note on the Primary and Secondary Sources of Data.”  download PDF file  

Sugimoto, Daizo, “Utilisation of Land Holding Survey For an Analysis on Ownership of Land by Urban Households.”  download PDF file   

Yanagisawa, Haruka, “Some Key Aspects in Understanding Historical Changes in South Indian Village Society: Landholding and Non-Farm Job Opportunities.”  download PDF file    

Karashima, Noboru, “Epigraphical Study of Ancient and Medieval Villages in the Tamil Country.”  download PDF file   

Bakshi, Aparajita, and Ramachandran, V. K., “A Note on Land Use and Crop Area Statistics in West Bengal.”  download PDF file    

Surjit, V., and Okabe, Jun-ichi, “Village-Level Birth Records: A Case Study.”  download PDF file    

Bakshi, Aparajita, and Jun-ichi, Okabe, “Panchayat Level Data Bases: A West Bengal Case Study”  download PDF file    

Harriss, John, “Village Studies from an Economic and Political Anthropological Perspectivedownload PDF file

Recent Articles on West Bengal:

Ramachandran, V. K., Swaminathan, Madhura, and Bakshi, Aparajita (2009), “Food Security and Crop Diversification: Can West Bengal Achieve both Simultaneously?”  download PDF file   

Ramachandran, V. K. (2008), “West Bengal: Agrarian Foundations of Industrial Transformation”  download PDF file   

Bakshi, Aparajita (2008), “Social Inequality in Land Ownership in India: A Study with Particular Reference to West Bengal”  download PDF file    

Ramachandran, V. K. (2008), “Land Reform Continues in West Bengal”  download PDF file  

Bakshi, Aparajita, and Jun-ichi, Okabe, “Panchayat Level Data Bases: A West Bengal Case Study"  download PDF file   

Bakshi, Aparajita, and Ramachandran, V. K., “A Note on Land Use and Crop Area Statistics in West Bengal.”  download PDF file