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Agrifood systems policy research: historical evolution of agrifood systems in Odisha, India

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Title Agrifood systems policy research: historical evolution of agrifood systems in Odisha, India
 
Creator Sarkar, Anindita
Chakraborty, Shreya
Mukherji, Aditi
 
Subject agrifood systems
policies
food production
food security
agrarian structure
political aspects
agricultural productivity
 
Description The diverse political influences and agrarian histories in Odisha have played a major role in determining the heterogenous regional contexts of agricultural development in the region. Several important political-economic developments like land tenure systems, feudal and semi-feudal structures, and their alliance with colonial extraction of revenue and taxation regimes historically have determined the agrarian pathways manifested in present inequalities in access to land, resources, and capital. There is a historical path dependence in agrarian systems, agrarian relations and the policies that aim to bring about changes. Thus “solutions” to a sustainable and resilient agrifood system needs to be contextualized within the historical and socio-political context. This research brief discusses the major drivers of food production and food security in Odisha charting the evolution of agrifood systems in the state. It traces the major political, economic, and social developments in Odisha that have taken place since 1850 that have determined the agrarian relations and agrifood outcomes for the region. It also discusses the major climatic events, particularly droughts and floods, that have influenced food production and livelihoods of rural communities. It brings out the temporal continuities and discontinuities in agrarian relations and technological transformations in agriculture.
 
Date 2022-12-30
2023-01-23T10:41:05Z
2023-01-23T10:41:05Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Sarkar, Anindita; Chakraborty, Shreya; Mukherji, Aditi. 2022. Agrifood systems policy research: historical evolution of agrifood systems in Odisha, India. New Delhi, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA). 14p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127866
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/PDF/agrifood_systems_policy_research-historical_evolution_of_agrifood_systems_in_odisha_india.pdf
H051632
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 14p.
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA)