September 23, 2025Social ProblemsOpen Access

Toward a critical caste ecology: how does agrochemical harm interact with caste relations in rural India?

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This framework reveals how agrochemical harm interplays with caste relations in rural India, suggesting new paths for environmental justice.

The analysis reveals that agrochemical environments significantly transform caste-based social relations and rural ecology.
Ethnographic data emphasizes how caste systems, particularly involving backward caste farmers, are maintained through agrochemical networks.
The framework of critical caste ecologies challenges traditional environmental justice views shaped by Western and Brahmanical influences.
By developing critical caste ecologies, the research underscores the intertwined fate of caste and ecological changes impacting Dalit livelihoods.

Anupriya Pandey (2025) studied this question.

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This framework reveals how agrochemical harm interplays with caste relations in rural India, suggesting new paths for environmental justice.