Notes 1 See 'The Development of a Dual Economy', Dale W Jorgenson, Economic Journal, June 1961, 2 For a detailed discussion of such problems in the Indian context, see 'Subsistence Sector in Indian...
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Two opposite views have crystallised in the current debate on the indirect effects of the "new agricultural policy". According to one of these views, the policy is responsible for widening the gap,...
This paper attempts, on the basis of the findings of a survey undertaken by the authors in Dhulia and Jalgaon districts of Maharashtra, to examine the performance of the present marketing system in...
During the last few years, the agricultural sector has benefited from a high level of prices which has turned the terms of trade in its favour. Quantitative assessment of the impact of this factor...
In the theories of economic growth it is now usual to refer to a dual economy, i e, an economy with an advanced or modern sector as well as with a backward sector. The situation envisaged is that...
Review of Agriculture is published four times a year, on the last Saturday of March, June, September and December. Manuscripts intended for publication should reach the Editor at least six weeks...
(a) to bring together relevant data on the spatial distribution of agricultural income and to squeeze as much information as possible out of these data; and, (b) to attempt preliminary projections...
India's 'Surplus' Cattle Some Empirical Results C H Hanumantha Rao K N Raj, who has questioned the widespread assumption about the existence of a large surplus of livestock in India, raises the...
Regional Distribution of Agricultural Income B Sen Profitability of HY Wheat and Rice Robert W Herdt Rice vs Jute in Bengal C C Majl Agricultural Development in Maharashtra Deepak Lal Capitalist...
Second Instalment of Results Ashok Rudra This paper presents the second instalment of the results of a sample survey of large farms in Punjab carried out in the summer of 196869.
There is a marked relationship between agricultural incomes and availability of water in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Ahmednagar being a dry area, the farmer has to depend on irrigation...
Ashok Rudra (Review of Agriculture, September 27, 1969) tells us that he is more interested in the 'Red Revolution' than in the 'Green Revolution', The colour of the revolution which I have seen in...
(i) examine the functional relationship between inputs of fertiliser, water, labour and plant protection devices and crop output; (ii) estimate the marginal products of each of these inputs in aman...
The slower acceptance of HVY rice compared to HYV wheat may be because of (i) differences in the responsiveness of HYV rice and wheat to fertiliser or (ii) higher quality-based price discounts for...
Mechanisation of agriculture elicits sharp reactions where employment is a major problem. Its cost- benefit for any region has therefore to be carefully considered.
