Category: Rural Sociology

  • Pastoralism: Meaning, Origin and Criticism

    Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture that emphasizes the development of farm animals. Animal husbandry is a popular term in which animals like cow, camel, goats are taken care with cattle and other necessities to earn better agriculture results. It is a process which involves the movement of herds for grazing and water just like…

  • Agrarian Class Structure in India

    Post- Independence, we can say that rural India has structured itself into four classes and that is what becomes a part of the system. If we look at the agricultural field then it has three classes within itself- landowners, tenants and the laborers; while the fourth class being of the non- agriculturalists. The data of…

  • Impact of green revolution and Social Consequences

    Green revolution, the word by itself explains the importance of greenery. The green revolution is started by middle-class peasantry community which had strong love towards the land and trees.  This tradition and process started with a change of generation, change of government, change of ways of administration, change of ways of earning a livelihood, change…

  • Impact of Modern Science and Technology on Rural Areas

    India’s rural demographic has largely been employed in agriculture, with the only changes over the decades being in the efficiency, production, and development of the sector. Gradually, post-independence, two major issues were realized, that Despite a majority of India’s population being engaged in the agriculture sector, there was the low inefficient production of crops, low…

  • Short Notes on Indian Farmers: technology, benefits, crop insurance, schemes

    In spite of the major importance given both in terms of institutional and policy methodology right from the 1950s, the Indian farmer’s Agriculture has taken a back track on growth progress with a meager  3.2℅ of agri-GDP growth. The reason for the same can be different from one state to other but on a broad…