The current study titled “Dynamics and Impacts of Peasants’ Movement in North-Hashtnagar,
District Charsadda, Pakistan, aimed at examining the causes of Peasants' Movement in
Hashtnagar and its socio-economic impacts on peasants’ community. Data for the study were
collected through the interview schedule from 380 sampled respondents belonging to
landlords, peasants and labours community. The study variables included both independent
variables (poverty, alienation, awareness, landlords’ attitude with peasants, ejectment,
agricultural productivity, politics, social relations, law and order, litigation) and dependent
variable (peasants’ movement). Likert scale was used for the measurement of variables, and
the chi-square test was used to test the association between independent and dependent
variables. The Bivariate association between poverty and Peasants' Movement show that
peasants' movement had a highly significant association with poverty lead peasants to
agitation (P= 0.000), peasants got agricultural land due to Peasant's Movement (P= 0.000),
land is self-cultivated (P= 0.000), increase in peasant's income after the peasants' movement
(P= 0.000) and wages of agricultural labour have been increased. Moreover, peasants'
movement had a significant association with peasants can buy and sell land (P=0.001), and
landlords have reduced the rent on peasants (P=0.002). Introduction of innovative
technologies, establishing village-level organizations, inclusion of peasants in farm-level
decisions, starting integrated and participatory agriculture development programs, awareness
of local people by involving local leaders, effective use of mass media in knowledge dissemination, skill development of locals by involving NGO sector, providing loan and
alternate employment opportunities to locals, revitalizing Jirga, activating reconciliation
centres, controlling human rights violations, providing opportunities for mixing up of
landlords and peasants and implementation of land reforms in its true spirit are some of the
policy recommendations in light of the study.
Keywords; Charsadda; Kissani Movement; Peasants Movement; Poverty
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