Social Profile of Agricultural Entrepreneurs-Economic Behaviour and Life-Style of Middle-Large Farmers in Central Gujarat

Economic Behaviour and Life-Style of Middle-Large Farmers in Central Gujarat Mario Rutten Based on field-work in the Charotar tract of Kheda district in central Gujarat, this paper analyses some qualitative aspects of the economic behaviour and life-style of the class of middle-large farmers. After reviewing the economic progress of the Charotar area from the second half of the last century and the upward socio-economic mobility of the class of middle-large farmers, the present mode of farming, organisation of labour, pattern of investment and lifestyle of the farming households are described. It is argued that besides the features usually associated with a capitalist mode of agricultural production