Rural poverty and income distribution were critically analysed based on an intensive survey (1996-97) in eight villages representing all agro-ecological regions of Bihar. Results indicated that...
Review Of Agriculture
Intensive household surveys in six rice-growing villages of Chhattisgarh region under two different ecosystems, irrigated and rainfed, indicate that income from all economic activities is much higher...
This article highlights aspects of growth and distribution of incomes in rural Bangladesh by focusing on a set of households in the period between 1987-1995. It reports findings on changes in...
Conceiving 'private sector' broadly to include not only the corporate sector but also the consultancy and contracting firms, water users' associations, non-governmental organisations, and the general...
Policy initiatives on the farm sector have often been uncoordinated and ad hoc and have come under criticism for their deleterious effect on the farm economy. Even more importantly, the movement...
In India, lack of effective groundwater institutions at the local level has resulted in misallocation, deteriorating quality of water and severe overdrafts. To promote sustainable use of groundwater...
Such agricultural modernisation as was introduced by the British raj was based on exploitative land, labour and credit relations and was promoted with our eye to colonial interests. The modernisation...
This paper reviews the performance of Indian agriculture in the context of the development in agricultural trade especially agricultural exports internationally and outlines a strategy for augmenting...
On the basis of available, sparse data this paper finds the functioning of water users' associations (WUAs) in Maharashtra beneficial on various fronts. Not only have the WUAs increased their...
This paper attempts to build a composite index of rural infrastructure statewise and examines the relationship between infrastructure development and levels of production and growth in agriculture.
