Lease land Farming by Women Collectives: An Enquiry into Earnings of Kudumbashree Groups

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to understand returns (in terms of both cash and non-cash earnings) attained by groups engaged in lease land farming. Towards this an economic analysis is undertaken, taking into consideration costs and returns incurred by JLGs selected into the study (the methodology followed, area selected for the field study and details of sample selection is discussed in Section 4). In addition, the paper attempts to identify challenges and issues faced by the JLGs, and also gives a macro picture on the number of JLGs, area cultivated and crops grown by them across districts.