Labour partnership, sharecropping and tribal migration: Unravelling the Bhagiya system in north Gujarat
- Economic & Political Weekly
- 56(26-27), Jun 26, 2021: p.37-43
This paper discusses the distinct form of sharecropping arrangement known in Gujarat as bhagiya mazdoori involving migrant tribal households. The main purpose is to understand this institution in terms of its specific features as practised in north Gujarat positioned as it is in a changing agrarian system. The livelihood condition of the tribal sharecroppers in the source villages and their work and living conditions in the farms at the destination locations are the core themes of the discussion. The paper delineates relevant policy measures to prevent perpetuation of exploitative arrangements that bhagiya system represents. – Reproduced
Labour partnership, Tribal migration, Bhagiya system, North Gujarat