Social Exclusion of Tribal Agricultural Labourers of Kerala

Authors

  • Dhanusha Balakrishnan KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
  • Preethu K Paul KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2017.4.29.5966-5971

Keywords:

Tribe, Adiya, geographic exclusion, economic exclusion, political exclusion, socio cultural exclusion, Kerala

Abstract

The literacy rate and standard of living of the tribal people in Wayanad district in Kerala is still very low and constant efforts are being made by the State government and Central government to improve their conditions. The present study was conducted during 2016-17 in districts of Thirunelly, Mananthavady and Panamaram panchayats. From each panchayat, 30 tribal women and 10 men agricultural labourers were selected making to a total of 120 respondents. The study shows that majority of the tribal women experienced high level of geographic, economic and political legal exclusion.

Author Biographies

Dhanusha Balakrishnan, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Asst. Professor (Contract) Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Preethu K Paul, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Asst. Professor (Contract) Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India

References

Anoop, R. J. (2013). Social exclusion of tribal agricultural labourers: the case of paniya tribe of Wayanad. Unpublished M.Sc. (Ag) thesis, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 83p.

Chandrakumar, A. (2016). A Study on Social Exclusion of Adiya Tribal Community of Wayanad District, Kerala, Unpublished M.Sc. (Ag.) thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Karnataka, 146p.

Prabhu, P. (2011). Sustainable Tribal Development. Journal of Public Administration. 39(3): 479-487

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Published

2018-09-02

How to Cite

Balakrishnan, D., & Paul, P. K. (2018). Social Exclusion of Tribal Agricultural Labourers of Kerala. Journal of Extension Education, 29(4). https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2017.4.29.5966-5971