Employment generation in agriculture, a study in Mandya District, South India

The data for the study came in large part from farm surveys in Mandya district, Karnataka, and from a survey of laborers employed in rural public works schemes. Those detailed data then provide the basis for analysis of various policy alternatives for increasing the participation of landless laborers in the fruits of economic growth. The study examines a wide range of such potentials and compares their implications in different types of physical conditions and in comparison with public works and other means of expanding employment. Attention is also given to policy measures for facilitating increased labor intensity in agricultural production.