Changes in Production Structure and Class Composition in Agriculture: An Analysis of Agrarian Question Based on Punjab Experience

Tiwana, Balwinder Singh; Singh, Paramjit

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6014-4_7

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“…As far as existing literature on Punjab agriculture is concerned, many scholars have made attempts to study the socioeconomic and ecological consequences of Green Revolution technology (Chand, 1999; Johl and Rao, 2002; Mittal et al, 2013; Prasad and Karman, 2017; Sidhu, 2002; Srivastva et al, 2015; Tiwana and Singh, 2017). However, there is hardly any comprehensive attempt to study the drivers of and constrains to organic farming as an alternative to bring Punjab agriculture out of economic distress and ecological crisis.…”

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Farmers’ Attitudes Towards Conventional and Organic Farming in Indian Punjab: A Behavioural Analysis

Singh

Kaur

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This study is an attempt to identify the socioeconomic factors that affect farmers’ decision-making process regarding the adoption of organic farming. A total of 100 (50 organic and 50 conventional) farmers were interviewed and their demographic, socioeconomic and ecological behaviour differences were studied. The behavioural analysis identified education, environmental concerns and social benefits as the prominent drivers of organic farming, while lack of government support in marketing, managerial and technical spheres as major constraints to its adoption. The probit model confirms that farmers with a smaller size of holding who are educated, younger and practice diversified cropping are more inclined towards organic farming.

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