Changing Labour Employment Pattern in Physiographically Forbidden Terrain of Chhota Bhangal of Kangra District in Himachal Pradesh
2011
Lal, Harbans | Kumar, Virender | Sharma, K.D. | Kumar, Vijay
Labour employment scenario is witnessing visible changes in marginal states such as Himachal Pradesh, where urbanization and industrialization are weak forces fuelling the development process. In these areas marked by mountain specificities, such changes are resulting from the niche-based agricultural diversification. The present study has examined the impact of crop diversification on labour employment in the Chhota Bhangal region. The results have revealed that vegetable crops such as cauliflower, cabbage, radish and potato dominate the cropping pattern in this area. The cultivation of vegetables could generate 86 per cent more labour employment as compared to cereals on more diversified farms. The composition of total employment has revealed that 28 per cent employment was generated through farm activities. Labour productivity was substantially higher on more-diversified farms vis-à-vis less-diversified farms. In the determinants of employment diversification, both the size of landholding and number of fragments have been found to have a significant positive effect. These findings navigate to the inference that the diversification of agriculture to off-season vegetables in such remote areas can augment employment opportunities considerably that would help raise farm incomes in otherwise forbidden hill interlands.
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