A non-Brahmin rich peasant elite, engaged in sugarcane cultivation for about half a century, had by the 1950s established a powerful position for themselves in the socio-political and economic life for Maharashtra. This power, which they continue to wield, has its chief economic base in sugar,...

Cooperatives and Payment Schemes -- Content -- Preface -- Guidance for readers -- 1 Summary -- 1.1 The Danish pig industry as an example -- 1.2 The theoretical challenge -- 1.3 The practical challenge -- 1.4 The criteria -- 1.5 Payment schemes -- 1.6 Multiple-criteria evaluation -- 1.7...