This article explores the rural-agrarian linkages of human trafficking in the Indian Punjab. The study argues that ongoing agrarian crises, high risk-taking ability of some agrarian castes and low level of education in rural areas are fuelling the illicit business of human trafficking of Punjabis to foreign green pastures. Rural-agrarian communities are the main victims of the traffickers' exploitation. The study has wider policy implications as it suggests policy-makers should formulate a comprehensive policy framework for rural areas of Punjab to ensure the "3P" paradigm - prevention, protection and prosecution - of human trafficking. © 2013 The Author. International Migration © 2013 IOM.

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international migration rural area Punjab [India] educational attainment agrarian change India policy making trafficking