socio-economic profile of rubber tappers in the small holding sector

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This study could not have been possible without the co- operation and intellectual support of a number of persons, both from the academic and non -academic fields. First of all, we would like to express our deep gratitude to Dr. K. Narayanan Nair, Programme Coordinator, KRPLLD, Centre for Development Studies, for the initiative he took to get us involved in the activities of KRPLLD and the assistance and guidance extended for carrying out the project. We are highly indebted to Dr. P. R. Gopinadhan Nair, Programme Advisor, KRPLLD, for all the advice he has rendered to me at all stages of the preparation of the project. We wish to acknowledge our grateful thanks to Dr.G.Christopher and Dr.Praveena, Research Associates, and all other staff of KRPLLD for the invaluable services they have extended to us. We take this opportunity to express our thanks to authorities of local bodies and Rubber Board regional office at Kanjirappally for the services rendered to us during field investigation. We wish to thank the staffs of Rubber Board, Kottayam, Rubber Research Institute of India at Puthuppally, District Labour Office, Kottayam, who were helpful in providing necessary data and information on the related topic. A large number of small growers, tappers, management staff of various estates and trade union workers gave us all sorts of help during field survey. It is only due to their help this work has come to this form. We
extend our grateful thanks to all of them. We extend our gratitude to Sri. K.R. Suresh , School of Social Science and Sri. G. Suresh Kumar, Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishath(KSSP), who have actively participated in the field survey. Secondary data collection was mainly undertaken in a number of libraries including those of Rubber Research Institute, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Cochin University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, School Of Social Science, Kottayam and Public library, Kottayam . We are very much thanksful to the librarians of all these libraries for helping us during the period of our reference work .We would like to acknowledge thanks to the Centre for Rural Management for their valuable service. T.V.Ushadevi V.N.Jayachandran
Page 1: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF RUBBER TA
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF TABLES Table No. Title Page
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I Kerala has a
Page 9 and 10: egarding wage structure, terms and
Page 11 and 12: Bent Hansen, Bhalla, Errikson, Robe
Page 13 and 14: the Kanjirappally panchayath. The s
Page 15 and 16: The present study has also made use
Page 17 and 18: Cheramar Total Roman Catholic commu
Page 19 and 20: Family Size Table2.4 Distribution o
Page 21 and 22: Types of roof Tiles Asbestos Concre
Page 23 and 24: total sample households, 46.5percen
Page 25 and 26: Newspaper and Magazines 0.70 Medica
Page 27 and 28: 35000-50000 9 4.50 50000-75000 3 1.
Page 29 and 30: Table2.11 Adoption of Tapping Syste
Page 31 and 32: Distribution of Sample Tappers on t
Page 33 and 34: Women tappers represent only a smal
Page 35 and 36: 3.1 Demand Side Tree crops, includi
Page 37 and 38: from agriculture. But most of the t
Page 39 and 40: Farmer tap himself 15 7.50 Total 20
Page 41 and 42: The Minimum Wages Act has made prov
Page 43 and 44: sole reason. There is a belief amon
Page 45 and 46: other laws. Unsettled cases are for
Page 47 and 48: CHAPTER IV Problems And Prospects O
Page 49 and 50: leg in an accident. Then she became
Page 51 and 52: some amount out of their income. No
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tappers’ households. As cooking f
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having a land area below 5 cents be
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power of tappers to a level below t
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Books Bardhan Pranab,
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Devi, Usha .T.V, 31.07.1997, ‘Rub
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