JPS Forum on India’s Agrarian Question: Class, Caste and Agrarian Change

Jens Lerche (SOAS, London), Surinder Jodhka (JNU), and Satendra Kumar (Inst. of Advanced Studies, Shimla), in conversation with Michael Levien (Johns Hopkins University). The Forum is organised by the Journal of Peasant Studies in partnership with the Department of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, and the Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University.

February 9, 2021

Farmers’ Protest in India: A Manifestation of Rural Agrarian Crisis

By: Debottam Saha, Kranthi Nanduri & Raya Das (All authors contributed equally, names of the authors appear in alphabetical order) On January 26, 2021, the people of India celebrated the 72nd anniversary of their republic and constitution. Every year on this day, the President of India unfurls the national flag amidst a spectacular parade by…

August 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and complex effects on farmers and food-supply chains: an early dispatch from India.

R. Venkat Ramanujam and Amit John Kurien Agriculture’s contribution to the Indian economy is critical and complex. It contributes 16% of India’s GDP but supports between 50-60% of the labour force and up to 70% of all rural households (see a quick overview here). Livelihoods in agriculture have been stressed for some time now due…