State of the Indian Farmer: A Millennium Study; 27 Volumes with CD
Alagh, Yoginder K. & et. al. (Eds.)
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Book ID : 23739
ISBN-10 : 81-7188-370-2 / 8171883702
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2004
Edition :
Language :
Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
27 volumes comprise : An Overview * Land Resources * Water Resources * Rural Infrastructure * Technology Generation and IPR Issues * Agricultural Extension * Agricultural Credit in India * Input Management * Crops and Cultivation * Rainfed Agriculture * Horticulture Development * Animal Husbandry * Fisheries Development * Cost of Cultivation and Farm Income * Terms of Trade * Post-Harvest Management * Agricultural Marketing * Agricultural Exports * Globalization & Liberalization of Agriuclture * Information Support * Natural Disaster Management * Risk Management * Role of NGOs * Cooperatives in Agriuclture * Women in Agriculture * Policy & Organizational Support * Index * CD-Rom The Millennium Study was conceived, planned and coordinated over the last four years, by officers of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, involving, among others, the Secretary of the Ministry having experience several years in the field of agriculture and rural development. Beginning in the year 2000, the projects involved the efforts of over a hundred economists, policy-makers, academicians and scholars with three reputed institutions acting as coordinating/fecilitating nodal centres, namely (i) Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi (ii) Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, and (iii) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. State of the Indian Farmer: A Millennium Study (published in 27 volumes along with a CD-Rom) is unique in the sense that it is focused on the 'farmer' - the man behind agriculture. This is the most comprehensive effort after the National Commission on Agriculture submitted its reports in 1976. These studies, on various individual themes, under this mega-project, are quite penetrating and painstaking, their authors being recognised authorities on the concerned subjects. A Comprehensive overview of these studies by Prof. Y K Alagh, provides a critical appraisal of the major issues addressed in these volumes. The mega study has been further enriched by a crisp and insightful preface by Prof. C H Hanumantha Rao touching almost every issue concerning the Indian farmer in today's scenario. The 27 volume study, documenting the progression of agricultural development during the last five decades, will indeed go a long way in enriching our understanding of the nuances of development process and its welfare implications. The study will certainly help the future planners, policy-makers and all those interested in the welfare of the Indian farmers and the alleviation of rural poverty.
