Indian agriculture at 2000: strategies for equity
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1981-09-17Author
Ali, Ifzal
Desai, Bhupat M.
Radhakrishna, R.
Vyas, V. S.
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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 of the poorest segments of the population.
Its findings are that by the turn of the century, even under the most optimistic conditions of
economic development, about 18 crore people depending on agriculture will be living below the poverty
line. The problems. of these Indian poor cannot be solved within agricultuire because this sector ca71nnot
by itself provide enough employment and income.
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