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Agricultural landownership among rural women in India

While most post independence reforms have encouraged agricultural landownership among rural women as daughters, what exists in actual practice? A study explores.

Bina Agarwal

Pervesh Anthwal

Posted on 24 Dec, 2023 09:23 AM

It is now widely recognised among policymakers and practitioners that women’s ownership of agricultural land is an important determinant of their economic and social status, physical security, and the wellbeing of their family informs this paper titled 'How many and which women own land in India?

Farm women in India (Image Source: Asian Development Bank via Wikimedia Commons)

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