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100			_aVisaria, Leela and Joshi, Harish _931961
245			_aSeasonal sugarcane harvesters of Gujarat: Trapped in a cycle of poverty
260			_aJournal of Social and Economic Development
300			_a23(1), Jun, 2021: p.113-130
520			_aBased on primary data collected from the households of Dangs district in South Gujarat, India, the paper shows that every year a third of young adults migrate to Surat district and neighbouring areas for half a year to work as sugarcane harvesters. The data show that they live in temporary shelters in harsh conditions with bare minimum necessities and amenities. A large share of their earnings, much lower than the minimum wage rate for agricultural labour, is used to pay the labour contractors who provide cash advances during the lean post-monsoon months. Paying back the principal amount with hefty interest on it traps generations of migrant workers in the vicious cycle of poverty and indebtedness. – Reproduced
650			_aSeasonal migration, Dangs, Koyta, Labour contractor, Indebtedness, Poverty _929277
773			_aJournal of Social and Economic Development
906			_aAGRICULTURAL LABOUR
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