The Indian independence movement owes a great deal to the peasant uprisings that served as symbol of people India's awareness colonial force and their desire for self-government. This research study is trace out major developments peasants’ struggle in Punjab province with focusing on agrarian revolts 1907. revolt 1907 was game changing event peasants classes resist along political forces which...

Land degradation is one of the most serious problems facing resource-poor tropical hillside farmers. Studies examining determinants of farmers’ decisions to invest in land improvement technologies have focused on economic and financial factors, neglecting individuals’ perceptions and awareness of the problems and how they affect land use and behavioral change that enhance environmental sustaina...

Since the publication (in 1977) of her book on witchcraft in the Bocage of western France, the author has received numerous requests to help dewitch people. These requests came from readers convinced, despite the fact that they were raised in a cultural context devoid of witchcraft, they had been bewitched in the same way as Bocage peasants. How could they rid themselves of the series of incomp...

This study aims to explain how a peasant community makes decisions in response recurring crises order maintain their farms, and the extent which vulnerability contexts (external) institutions influence peasants’ decision-making regarding livelihoods. In doing so, we present case of Village Ranga, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, where data collected through semi-structured interviews, observ...

Northbound roads from Ankara, the capital of Turkey pass through immensely wide plains containing almost no trees. There is a small hill above Tuney village located at the right side of the road 80 km north of Ankara, and it is conspicuous by a small forest. How did this forest survive until today? This is a curious question for everybody interested in nature. This study aims to review and anal...

Agroecology has played a key role in helping Cuba survive the crisis caused by the collapse of the socialist bloc in Europe and the tightening of the US trade embargo. Cuban peasants have been able to boost food production without scarce and expensive imported agricultural chemicals by first substituting more ecological inputs for the no longer available imports, and then by making a transition...

ABSTRACT This article analyses processes of dadan contract negotiations between Bengali intermediaries and indigenous Tanchangya peasants the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, in culantro sector. The research extends debates on system interlocked market relationships by highlighting everyday dynamics issue ‘just price’ that arises from such contracts. argues loan leads to greater spaces for e...