CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

NAYAYA NAGAR, MITHAPUR, PATNA – 800001

ROUGH DRAFT: SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

-: TOPIC:-
PROBLEMS OF INDIAN FARMERS: – SOCIO-
ECONOMICS ANALYSIS

SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:-

Dr SANGEET KUMAR SARVJIT KUMAR

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY ROLL NO: 2039
SEMESTER: FIRST
SESSION- 2018-2023
INTRODUCTION

Rural farmer or farmers are those who live in rural areas and fully depend on agriculture
and its allied activities for their survival. But the Problems of rural farmer are a major barrier
in economic development of a rural economy of a country like India where around 85 per cent
people are lived in rural sector. Therefore governments of developing countries have a major
responsibility of ensuring that there is adequate rural development in their various communities
and local governments which would lead to effective and efficient agricultural system that will
not supply food and animal protein but also foster the utilization of natural resources in a
sustainable manner (CGIAR, 1995). When the rural farmer lack access to knowledge and
information that would help them achieve maximum agricultural yield, they are not only grope
in dark but are driven to the urban centers in search of formal employment, as the only option
for survival (Munyua, 2000; Blait, 1996) pointed out that the least expensive input for
improved rural agricultural development is adequate access to knowledge and information in
areas of new agricultural technology, early warning systems( drought, pests, diseases etc),
improved seedlings, fertilizer, credit market prices etc. There have been short-comings of
traditional print and library methods (Van and Fortier, 2000) of providing such agricultural
information to rural farmers who are generally illiterate and relatively remote from sources of
information
Agriculture is one of the most important pillars of the Indian economy. The contribution of
agriculture and its allied sectors to India’s GDP stood at 13.9% during 2013-14 (Agriculture
2013). More than half of the Indian population is dependent on agriculture for its subsistence.
Since the beginning years of economic development, it has been one of the main drivers of
growth of the economy as it supplies was a major source of raw materials to most of the
manufacturers.
In spite of its great significance to the Indian economy, the share of agriculture and its allied
activities in India’s GDP is continuously declining over the years. In 2009-10, it was 14.6%
which declined to 13.9% in 2013-14 (Agriculture 2013). The following figure depicts the trend
in the agriculture growth from 2007-08 to 2013-14 as compared to the overall GDP growth.

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Researcher wants to know –

(1) To know the income and productivity of the farmers.

(2) To know the status of farm mechanisation in the surveyed villages.
(3) To know the effect of family size and educational status of the rural farmers.
(4) Impact of natural hazard on rural farmers’ productivity.
(5) To know the socio-economic status of farmers.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Whether Doctrinal or Non-Doctrinal?
My research is a blend of doctrinal and non-doctrinal research. Doctrinal in the sense that i
have collected theoretical material from different sources such as text books and Internet
resources.

2. Whether Primary or Secondary?

Now coming on to whether my research is primary or secondary. My research is a totally based

on secondary material as it is totally based on Text books, articles and Internet research
(secondary source).

3. Analytical or Descriptive?

I have tried to be analytical in writing this project but nevertheless I have included statistics
and important quotes from different sources, as and when considered suitable.

HYPOTHESIS

Problems faced by farmers is ultimately hampering the growth of the economy.

TENTATIVE CHAPTERISATION

1. Introduction
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 2. Problems faced by the farmers

2.1 Shrinking Land Base and Declining Access to Land

2.2 Irrigation System: Its Expansion and Utilisation
2.3 Availability and Access to Credit
2.4 Availability and Use of Other Inputs: Fertilisers, Seeds and Pesticides
2.5 Prices, Costs and Profitability
2.6 Agricultural Marketing
2.7 Agreement on Agriculture under WTO
2.8 Investment in Agriculture
3.Impact on economy of the country
4. Impact on social status of the farmers
5. Solutions to the problems
6.Conclusion

RESEARCH QUESTION

1.Who is responsible for the problems of the farmers?

2.What are the steps that can be taken by various stake holders to improve the status of the
farmers?

3. how it is impacting the overall growth of the country?

SOURCES OF DATA

1. Primary sources:

Field work, Government Data

2. Secondary sources:

District Record, Newspaper, Journal, Books

RESARCH TOOL

1. Observation guide
2. Interview schedule

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 3. Questionnaire
4. Camera

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Bharat Mansatta, The Great Agricultural Challenge: Veteran Natural Farmer, Bhaskar Save's Open
Letters To M.S. Swaminathan

Websites

1.agriculture.gov.in

2.pib.nic.in/TagbasedSearch.aspx?Tag=Ministry%20of%20Agriculture

3.www.niti.gov.in/content/agriculture-development