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The Macro-Costs of Forced Displacement of the Farmers in India: A Micro-Level Study

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  • Abhijit Guha

    (Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India.)

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Les risques d’appauvrissement que les grands projets industriels en Inde représentent pour les fermiers pauvres comportent en particulier le danger d’insécurité alimentaire et celui de se voir privés de terre. Le système de compensation monétaire datant de l’époque coloniale ne permet pas aux fermiers d’utiliser leurs indemnités de manière à reconstruire leurs économies ménagères. Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude micro-économique de la confiscation de terres au Bengale occidental, entreprise pendant la période de gouvernement communiste dans un contexte plus large de libéralisation économique. Les résultats de l’étude révèlent que l’acquisition de terres par de grands projets industriels a généré une grande insécurité alimentaire au niveau des ménages de fermiers pauvres, mais a aussi compromis les processus récent de réforme agraire au Bengale. En particulier, l’absence de principes de partage des bénéfices semble rendre inadéquat le projet de loi de 2011 relatif à l’acquisition et le réaménagement des terres, en tout cas par rapport au rétablissement des moyens de subsistance des familles de fermiers pauvres décrites dans cet article. Cette situation est aussi pertinente aux centaines d’autres cas similaires en Inde.

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  • Abhijit Guha, 2013. "The Macro-Costs of Forced Displacement of the Farmers in India: A Micro-Level Study," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 25(5), pages 797-814, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:25:y:2013:i:5:p:797-814
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    1. Bidhan Kanti Das & Nabanita Guha, 2016. "How do Women Respond in the Context of Acquisition of Agricultural Land? A Micro Level Study in Semi-urban South Bengal, India," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 10(2), pages 253-269, August.
    2. Gutu O. Wayessa & Anja Nygren, 2023. "Mixed Methods Research in Global Development Studies: State-Sponsored Resettlement Schemes in Ethiopia," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 35(6), pages 1440-1464, December.

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