This book is the outcome of a two-year research project undertaken by the
Foundation for Agrarian Studies and supported by the Rosa Luxemberg Stiftung
(New Delhi). The objective of the project was to examine the socioeconomic
characteristics and viability of small producers in different agro-ecological
regions of India, locating them in the broader context of the capitalist
development of Indian agriculture.
This book seeks to address some key questions concerning small farms and small
farmers in the context of contemporary India, drawing on empirical material of
exceptional quality collected through carefully designed and conducted household
and farm economy surveys in seventeen villages located in nine major states of
India.