Smallholders’ Challenges: Realizing Peri-Urban Opportunities in Bengaluru
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-22T15:00:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-22T15:00:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09-10 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel | ger |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.17170/kobra-202112215300 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13458 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
| dc.relation.doi | doi:10.3390/su131810160 | |
| dc.rights | Namensnennung 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | peri-urban | eng |
| dc.subject | non-farm activities | eng |
| dc.subject | formal credit | eng |
| dc.subject | collateral | eng |
| dc.subject | Bengaluru | eng |
| dc.subject.ddc | 330 | |
| dc.subject.swd | Bangalore | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Suburbaner Raum | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Kleinbauer | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Kredit | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Sicherheit | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Investition | ger |
| dc.title | Smallholders’ Challenges: Realizing Peri-Urban Opportunities in Bengaluru | eng |
| dc.type | Aufsatz | |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
| dcterms.abstract | Urban expansion creates potential for increased incomes among previously rural smallholders from sources other than traditional agriculture. Harnessing this potential, however, requires investments into agricultural upgrading or non-farm activities. The article addresses the question concerning to what extent these investments are realised in the peri-urban space of Bengaluru. Its answers are based on a review of the literature and extensive field surveys in two differentially developed districts assessing the smallholders’ economic situation in 2019 and as a recall in 2009. Our findings are that only a few smallholders were able to realise the peri-urban opportunities. Household income increased in real terms only by a little, especially from farming. Instead of a traditional farm to non-farm production linkage, surpluses from the non-farm sector were seen to meet the working capital needs of the farm sector. While physical access to formal financial institutions has significantly improved, formal borrowing is dominated by small-sized loans from registered self-help groups or traditional priority sector loans. Only a few households took up non-farm activities as many others failed to obtain sufficient credit and lacked knowledge about remunerative non-farm projects. Overall, rising outlays for education and health services leave little resources for any productive investments. | eng |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
| dcterms.creator | Rajeev, Meenakshi | |
| dcterms.creator | Scherrer, Christoph | |
| dcterms.source.articlenumber | 10160 | |
| dcterms.source.identifier | eissn:2071-1050 | |
| dcterms.source.issue | Issue 18 | |
| dcterms.source.journal | Sustainability | eng |
| dcterms.source.volume | Volume 13 | |
| kup.iskup | false |