Homesteads in Kerala - Homesteads in Kerala - The changing trendsThe changing trends

Dr.D.Sajith BabuDr.D.Sajith BabuNational Centre for Land GovernanceNational Centre for Land Governance

Homestead is an operational farm unit in which a number

of crops (including tree crops) are grown with

livestock, poultry and/or fish production mainly for the purpose of satisfying the

farmer's basic needs: Nair and Sreedharan (1986)

SIZE COMPARISSON OF HOMESTEADS

Location Name designated

Size / Specii

Kerala Purayidam - Homestead

0.22 ha

Northern Tanzania

Chagga 0.68 ha

Sri Lanka Kandyan 1.00 ha

Bangladesh Homestead 0.097 ha

North East Thailand

Hut garden 77-100 Spp.

Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Nauru & Papua New

GuineaHome garden 65-114 Spp.

The average area of land owned per household in the rural sector was highest in Rajasthan (2.077 ha) and lowest in Kerala (0.234 ha)

Any clarifications?Any clarifications?