Determinants of Farmers’ Perception on Legalising Leasing Contracts in Central Kerala

Authors

  • Shine Raju Kappil Ph.D. Scholar at Central University of Haryana, Haryana
  • Ranjan Aneja Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Central University of Haryana
  • Ajeet Kumar Sahoo Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Central university of Haryana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2020/v39/i4/150748

Keywords:

Leasing Contracts, Logit, Central Kerala.

Abstract

This paper explores the determinants of tenant’s opinion regarding the legalisation of tenant contracts in Thrissur, Idukki and Ernakulam districts of Central Kerala. The primary data was collected from one hundred tenant farmers selected from five blocks of Thrissur, four blocks of Idukki and five blocks of Ernakulam. The results of the study found that the majority of tenant farmers demand legalisation of leasing contracts. Among the tenant households, 67 per cent were in support of the legalisation process of leasing contracts. The Binary logit model was used to examine the factors that determine the tenant’s opinion on the legalisation of tenancy contract in Central Kerala. Estimated results reveal that the age of the tenant, years of schooling and area of land leased by the tenants were significant variables in determining the opinion on the legalisation of tenancy rights.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2021-05-13

How to Cite

Kappil, S. R., Aneja, R., & Sahoo, A. K. (2021). Determinants of Farmers’ Perception on Legalising Leasing Contracts in Central Kerala. Journal of Rural Development, 39(4), 552–568. https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2020/v39/i4/150748

Issue

Volume 39, Issue 4, October-December 2020

Section

Articles
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

References

Cherian, O. (2003). Changes in the Mode of Labour Use to shift in the Land Use Pattern Discussion Paper No. 81. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Devi, P. I., & Thomas, J. (2015). Structure and Dynamics of Lease land farming in Kerala. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 53(2), 173-179.

Department of Economics and Statistics, Government of Kerala. (2017). Agricultural Statistics, 2016 17. http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in

Devi, P. I., & Thomas, J. M. (2017). Institutionalising Land Market operations for Lease land Farming-the scope and constraints. International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, 7(8), 170-184.

Eswaran, K. (1990). Re-emergence of Land Leasing in Kerala: The Case of Kuttanad. Social Scientist, 64-80.

Government of Kerala. (2016, October). Land Reforms in Kerala. Retrieved from Kerala.gov.in: https:// kerala.gov.in/land-reforms

Gujarati, D. N. (2004). Basic Econometrics, Fourth Edition, The McGraw-Hill Companies, India.

Haque, T., & Nair, J. L. (2014). Ensuring and Protecting the Land Leasing Right of Poor Women in India. 2014 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington DC.

John, K. K. (2004). Crop Rotation in Kerala: A Case Study of Kaduthuruthy Block. Discussion Paper No. 94. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Kappil, S. K. (2018). A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Problems of the Tenants in Central Kerala. (Unpublished MA Dissertation). Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala.

Kumar, S. K. (1991). Informal Leasing in Kerala: A Study of Kuttanad, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 46(3), 369-373.

Mathew, R. (2011, February). Government Proposes Informal Leasing of Farmlands. Retrieved on April 15, 2018, from http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala

Miassi, Y., & Dossa, F. (2018). Social-Economic Determinants of the Adoption of Agricultural Contracts: Case of Cashew Farmers in North-Eastern Benin. International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies, 6(2), 243-250.

Nair, K. N., & Menon, V. (2004). Reforming Agriculture in a Globalized World: The Road Ahead for Kerala. NCCR-IP6 Working Paper No. 3. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Nair, K. N., & Menon, V. (2006). Lease Farming in Kerala-Findings from Micro Level Studies. Economic and Political Weekly, 41(26), 2732-2738.

NITI Aayog. (2016). Report of the Expert Committee on Land Leasing. New Delhi: Govt. of India. Retrieved from http://www.niti.gov.in

NSSO. (2013). Household Ownership and Operational Holdings in India. New Delhi: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, NSSO, Government of India.

Patnaik, S. (2016, June). Why Restrictions on Renting Agricultural Land in India Must Go. https://scroll.in

Panagiriya, A. (2016). Land leasing: A Big Win-Win Reform for the States. Retrieved April April 3, 2017, from https://niti.gov.in/writeraddata/files/document/NITBlog2_VC.pdf

Soman, N. S. (1991). Law of Tenancy Protection in Kerala (PDF document). Retrieved from http://dspace.cusat.ac.in

Times of India. (2017, May). Kerala Moots Law to Allow Agricultural Land to be Leased. Retrieved April 5, 2018, from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com