Rajatar: Chintaguda, becoming socio-ecological processes in a village in Northern Andhra Pradesh
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2015
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Kalasapudi, Lakshman
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Starting from the overall Revitalizing Small Millets in South Asia (RESMISA) project objective and question, how to increase millet production and consumption, I will use the same to enter Chintaguda and understand how that can be accomplished in the village. As millets do not occupy a significant aspect of the lives of people in Chintaguda, I essentially sought to understand the general decision-making logics that operate therein. This objective will help me understand which factors and their interactions influence activities around socio-ecological engagements. I aim to devise a framework to comprehend these logics and the complexities found in Chintaguda by using social theories. These will help me stitch together a narrative for Chintaguda that will contextualize the people’s relationship to millets. This study will show the various ways people can and do relate to millets.
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india, millets, south asia, savara, adivasi, indigenous, agriculture, swidden agriculture, development, cultural logics, meshwork, andhra pradesh, srikakulam, finger millet, foxtail millet, anthropology, village ethnography