title: Property structures, demography and the crisis of the agrarian economy of colonial Bombay Presidency.
abstract: Reasons for the relative failure of agricultural development in India during the colonial period are analyzed, and the effects of the scarcity of capital, the absence of suitable technology, and the growth of the population are assessed.  "The article explores the manner in which peasant possession of land and other means of subsistence limited productive utilisation of capital and technology, triggered a certain demographic regime and, in turn, disrupted further developmental possibilities."  The geographical focus is on the area coinciding with the modern states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kaiwar
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013672:Technology
keywords: Agricultural Development; Asia; Capital; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Historical Survey; India; Land Tenure; Macroeconomic Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Rural Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia; Technology