Abstract

The researcher has argued that land reforms in Jammu and Kashmir have been on a whole a success story as it was able to bring greater equality and justice in the rural areas. There were certain shortcomings in the land reforms because of which influential people managed to retain more land than required by the law. The successive State governments when realised the shortcomings in the existing laws made amendments in the law so that there was more equitable distribution of land. One of the drawbacks of the reform has been that it created a situation of extreme land fragmentation and parcelisation with the average farm size being below the optimal size of farms. Research has revealed that small land holdings are not the best place to introduce Green Revolution which requires large land holding and also technological/ capitalist investment. Agriculture scientists suggest green revolution technology in Kashmir to boost agriculture growth as climate and topography do not help in sufficient food production.