![]() ![]() The paper contends that by recreating established idioms of aggressive masculinity, the aspiring OBC horticulturists construe horticulture as an arena in which to perform as virile, risk-taking “new farmers” to transact honor with other horticulturists and dry-land farmers within and across castes. But a majority of small OBC dry-land farmers, the late-coming aspirants, are being excluded from horticulture due to the ruinous cost of groundwater. ![]() It suggests that horticulture has enabled a small class of pioneering Reddy farmers and some Kuruba farmers (a local “Backward Caste”)-who have better access to groundwater-to reinforce their economic position in the village. This paper is a case study of this “restructuring” in a semi-arid village in Andhra Pradesh from a longue durée perspective. The area and production of horticulture has, however, grown impressively in the post-liberalization period. India has seen a deceleration in the area and yield growth rates of many food and cash crops since the 1990s. ![]()
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