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Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Agriculture and Rural Development

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  • Author   :    Ed.: Ambrish K. Jha
    Year of Publication   :   2021
    ISBN   :   9788195386888
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   324
    Size   :   23 cms
    Categories   :   2021, Agriculture, Economics, New Books
    Price  :  1200
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    The Book

    This book Agriculture and Rural Development consist of 32 articles comprising the basics of agriculture and rural development in India mostly dealing with rural development policies, policy models and policy instruments followed in India. This book also covers various organisational and managerial aspects of rural development especially principles, policies and management for the benefit of teachers, trainers, students, policy-makers and rural development agencies. It unravels the lessons learned from India’s experience with various development programmes and their management.

    This book belong to the ideas of modernization of agricultural methods, crop-sowing efficiencies, modern methods of irrigation, agricultural unemployment in rural India and the dependence on rains for irrigation of crops, farmers distress, access to a sustainable livelihood, entrepreneurial opportunities and productive resources, improvement of farm productivity through better access to resources, technologies, markets and organizations and connectivity to markets, strengthen rural-urban linkages, and increase agricultural and non-agricultural productivity. The book succeeded in linking agriculture to rural development in terms of reviewing different local and state-level experiences focussing on future developments. Though the articles included in the book are somewhat eclectic but they do span for the main features of agriculture and rural development.

    Contents : Rural Development : Agriculture and Rural Non-farm Sector; Rural Development and Financial Inclusion; Rural Credit from Non-Institutional Sources; Agriculture and Rural Development; Role of Agricultural Marketing and Economic  Development; Smart and Sustainable Agriculture; Strategies for Sustainable Growth and Development of Agriculture; Information Technology for Agricultural Development; Trends in Terms of Trade in Indian Agriculture; Role of Non-Farm Sector in Rural Development; Problems and Prospects of Agriculture Diversification; Mechanization of Indian Agriculture; Convergence of Agricultural Wage Rate Across the Indian States; Technology of Rainfed Agriculture and Alternate Land Use Pattern; Crop Diversification, Regional Disparity and Convergence in Agricultural Development; Agriculture Diversification and Changing Structure of Rural Economy; Rainfall and Foodgrains Production in Rajasthan; Doubling Farmer’s Income in Andhra Pradesh; Doubling Farmers’ Income in India; A Study on Doubling Farmers’ Income in Tiruvananmalai District, Tamil  Nade; Analysis of Doubling Farmers’ Income; Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022 : A Study with Reference to Government Outlook; Doubling Farmers’ Income; Role of Credit for Doubling Small and Marginal Farmers Income in India; Agrarian Distress in Indian Farmers; Farmers’ Distress : A Great Reason for Rising Rate of Suicides in Indian Farmers’ Community; Indebtedness Among Deceased Farmers and Agricultural Labourers in Andhra Pradesh; Causes and Issues of Farmers Distress in India; A Study on the Extent of Rural Indebtedness of Farmers in India; Organic Farming; Agrarian Conditions among Adivasis; Linkages of Farm and Non-Farm Sector of India.

    The Editor

    Dr. Ambrish Kumar Jha is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics of M.L.S.M.  College, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga (Bihar). Dr. Jha has keen interest in the field of research. A minor project sponsored by UGC was running in the Department of Economics in which he had worked as a principal investigator. Dr. Jha has published more than twelve research papers in refereed journal of India. Also, Dr. Jha has participated in national seminars/conferences/ workshop. He is a life member of different learned society. He has successfully supervised more than four research scholar for his Ph.D. degree.