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Agrarian Crisis in India: The Way out
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Chandra, K. Suman; Babu, V. Suresh; Nath, Pradip Kumar. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Indian agriculture is presently at the crossroads in more than one sense. The share of agriculture in the GDP has been shrinking and has reached about 15 per cent, while it continues to provide livelihood support to more than two-thirds of the rural population. The slowdown in performance of the sector in the recent years is a cause for concern in the overall agenda for food and income security. More than 80 per cent of the farmers, mostly with marginal and small holdings, depend on agriculture as the primary activity and are highly vulnerable to multiple risks. The escalating cost ... Read more
Indian agriculture is presently at the crossroads in more than one sense. The share of agriculture in the GDP has been shrinking and has reached about 15 per cent, while it continues to provide livelihood support to more than two-thirds of the rural population. The slowdown in performance of the sector in the recent years is a cause for concern in the overall agenda for food and income security. More than 80 per cent of the farmers, mostly with marginal and small holdings, depend on agriculture as the primary activity and are highly vulnerable to multiple risks. The escalating cost ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Foundation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
526
Place of Publication
Ghaziabad, India
ISBN
9789332700321
SKU
V9789332700321
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About
K. Suman Chandra is Professor & Head, Centre for Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation, National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad. His areas of specialisation include agrarian reforms in general and tenancy reforms in particular. A sociologist by training, he has extensive field work experience which served as the basis for training rural development functionaries over the last two decades. ... Read more
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