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Changes in land ownership pattern - an aspect of structural change in Indian agriculture
(2010-03-12)
In this paper, discussed about the changes in the structure of land holdings in India during 1960s, vairous processes by which the changes have come about, and the underlying causes which could explain these changes.
South Asian experience in agricultural mechanization
(2010-03-13)
A remarkable feature of economic growth in South Asia during the last decade or so, is the emergence of agriculture as a buoyant sector. This is accompanied with popularization of machine power or the farms. An interesting ...
Agriculture - the next decade
(2010-03-14)
For the coming decade the demand for food and non-food agricultural commodities would warrant a rate of growth of 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent per annum in agricultural production. At the end of 1980s, it is likely that the ...
Academics and rural development: lessons from the Dharampur project
(2010-04-17)
There is a growing demand on the educational institutions to contribute to the development process, particularly in the rural areas. The academicians have responded to this demand in a favorable manner. In the IIMA a faculty ...
Rural development - some issues and approaches
(2010-03-13)
The study of the rural development programmes in our country and abroad would suggest that these programmes have certain discernable attributes, some of these are reflected in their basic approach to economic development ...
Notes on approaches and priorities in rural research
(2010-03-19)
It is necessary to involve practitioners of different disciplines in the tasks of rural development. However, this can become possible only if the objectives of such collaborations are well-defined. In the notes submitted ...
Agricultural labour market: a synoptic view
(2010-03-13)
In this paper, the forces affecting the supply of labour as well as demand for labour in Indian agriculture and the interplay of these forces as expressed in terms of the level of wages and then, will summarise the main ...
Farm and non-farm employment in rural areas - a perspective for planning
(1978-07-26)
The proportion of workers engaged in agriculture to total workforce has remained virtually un
changed despite all the efforts at diversification of rural occupational structure over the past thirty
years.
This continuing ...
National food policy in the frame-work of a national food budget
(1975-05-29)
Interest in food policy in our country varies inversely with the ease in food availability. A great
deal of concern is expressed and a variety of steps are undertaken when the country is faced with scarcity.
But as soon ...
Indian agriculture at 2000: strategies for equity
(1981-09-17)
This paper attempts to focus on the prospects and probleems of Indian agriculture by the turn
of the century. Its emphasis is mainlty on- issues relating to distribution, and the increasing of the
purchasing powiier ...