Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics back issues from April 2002:
Infrastructure, cost and labour income in agriculture
Apr 01, 2002; ... ARTICLES The structural adjustment programme in agriculture is intended to go hand in hand with infrastructure creation. Such a programme, it is envisaged, will promote a sound communication system in the rural sector and will confer an element of openness to agriculture by facilitating ...
Factors affecting cropping intensity and use of fertilisers and high-yielding variety seeds in Barak Valley
Apr 01, 2002; ... INTRODUCTION The Barak Valley constitutes the southern most part of the state of Assam. Flanked by the hills of the North Cachar Hill district of Assam in the north and the state of Mizoram in the south, the valley is named after its principal river the Barak, which flows in from ...
Groundwater markets in fragile environments: Key issues in sustainability
Apr 01, 2002; ... I INTRODUCTION In India, rights in groundwater belong to the land ownership. The consequence of such a legal framework is that only the landowners can own groundwater. It also implies that rich landlords can be waterlords and indulge in openly selling it as much as they wish ...
Contract farming in tomato: An economic analysis
Apr 01, 2002; ... I INTRODUCTION The globalisation of Indian agriculture in recent years has resulted in the need for the production of export-oriented quality products having competitive advantage. To fulfill the commitment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the recent dismantling of the ...
Farm planning in hills of Meghalaya for augmentation of income and employment vis-a-vis preservation of natural resource base
Apr 01, 2002; ... RESEARCH NOTES The slow pace of agricultural development in Meghalaya State is attributed mainly to the predominance of jhum (shifting) cultivation. Out of a total area of 1,92,983 hectares available for cultivation, 41,600 hectares (21.56 per cent) is under shifting cultivation. In the ...
Economic analysis of commercial dairy herds in arid region of rajastan
Apr 01, 2002; ... INTRODUCTION Dairying in India has emerged as an independent agricultural enterprise. In addition to the maintenance of livestock in the mixed farming systems, a large number of specialised dairy herds have come up in the urban and suburban areas of the country, which fulfill a part of ...
Seasonal variations in buffalo milk production in Ranga Reddy District of Andhra Predesh
Apr 01, 2002; ... Seasonal variations influence milk production and consequently the incomes of dairy farmers. It is reported that these seasonal variations associated with milk production are influenced by a variety of factors. However, the knowledge pertaining to these factors, as also their use in different ...
Who have more access to cheap credit in Vietnam?
Apr 01, 2002; ... Introduction As in many other less developed countries (LDCs), the Vietnam government has taken steps to provide, at times with donor assistance, concessionary or cheap credit facilities with a view to increase the productivity, incomes and employment in the rural areas. Many of those ...
Enviormental Economics: An Indian Perspective
Apr 01, 2002; ... Environmental Economics: An Indian Perspective, Edited by Rabindra N. Bhattacharya, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001. Pp. xiii + 291. Rs. 550.00. The book under review is a collection of interesting, informative and thought provoking papers dealing with environmental economics ...
Technological Change in Indian Irrigated Agriculture: A Study of Water Saving Methods
Apr 01, 2002; ... Technological Change in Indian Irrigated Agriculture: A Study of Water Saving Methods, B.D. Dhawan, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 2002. Pp. 330. Rs. 700.00. Irrigation is no more the primary reason for water related public investments even in developing countries. The basis for ...
Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability in Rural Development: A Natural Resource Perspective
Apr 01, 2002; ... Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability in Rural Development: A Natural Resource Perspective, Edited by Anil K. Gupta, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2001. Pp. lvi + 424. Rs. 900.00. This volume is an outcome of a Regional Training Workshop on Criteria and ...
Managing Canal Irrigation in India: Problems and Their Resolutions
Apr 01, 2002; ... Managing Canal Irrigation in India: Problems and Their Resolutions, Sib Ranjan Mishra, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2000. Pp. 159. Rs. 225.00. In the story of horse and cart, horse is a living being symbolising dynamism arising from time to time. The cart is an object devoid ...
Land Lease Market in Agriculture
Apr 01, 2002; ... Land Lease Market in Agriculture, C. S. Murty, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 1998. Pp. xv + 162. Rs. 350.00. Much of the development literature gives a cardinal importance to social transformation of agriculture and that too to the institutions associated with land. The first set ...
Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience, Vol I and II
Apr 01, 2002; ... Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience, Vols. I and II, Edited by M.A. Oommen, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1999. Pp. XLV + 521. Rs. 900.00. Kerala's development experience has been widely referred to as the "Kerala Model" which received much acclaim in ...
Land, Power and Market - A Bihar District under Colonial Rule, 1860-1947
Apr 01, 2002; ... Land, Power and Market - A Bihar District under Colonial Rule, 1860-1947, Jacques Pouchepadass, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2000. Pp. 574. Rs. 695.00. The author of this massive work Jacques Pouchepadass is. Research Professor at the National Centre for Scientific ...
Decentralised Government and NGOs: Issues, Strategies and Ways Forward
Apr 01, 2002; ... Decentralised Government and NGOs: Issues, Strategies and Ways Forward, Edited by D. Rajasekhar, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1999. Pp. xvi + 180. Rs. 300.00. Equitable development to a large extent depends on participation of people in the development programmes that are ...
Co-operatives in the New Millennium
Apr 01, 2002; ... Co-operatives in the New Millennium, Edited by R. Selvaraju, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2000. Pp. xiii + 245. Rs. 395.00. The co-operative movement in the country stands today at a very crucial juncture. Many serious questions are being raised not only about the past ...
Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Rural World of Contemporary Punjab
Apr 01, 2002; ... Green Revolutions Reconsidered: The Rural World of Contemporary Punjab, Himmat Singh, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001. Pp. ix + 302. Rs. 595.00. In recent years, growth process in developing countries has been accompanied by rapid rise in population, environmental degradation, ...
Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development: Global Perspective
Apr 01, 2002; ... Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development: Global Perspective, Ajoy Kumar Bhattacharya, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2001. Pp.140. Rs. 200.00. The book is an outcome of the project report submitted by the author in the University of Tasmania, Australia on ...
Livestock in Different Farming Systems in India
Apr 01, 2002; ... Livestock in Different Farming Systems in India, Edited by Pratap S. Birthal, Anjani Kumar and Laxmi Tewari, Agricultural Economics Research Association (India), National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 2002. Pp. xii + 252. The volume includes a ...
Cotton Production Prospects for the Next Decade
Apr 01, 2002; ... Cotton Production Prospects for the Next Decade, Fred E. M. Gillham, Thomas M. Bell, Tijen Arin, Graham A. Matthews, Claude Le Rumeur and A.Brian Hearn, World Bank Technical Paper 287, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1995. Pp.xxiii + 277. $ 17.95. This comprehensive report is ...
Protected Area Economics and Policy: Linking Conservation and Sustainable Development
Apr 01, 2002; ... Protected Area Economics and Policy: Linking Conser-ation and Sustainable Development, Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Jeffrey McNeely, Distributed for the World Conservation Union (IUCN) by The World Bank, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1994. Pp. vii + 364. $ 21.95. The volume comprises a ...
Trade and Development Report, 2001
Apr 01, 2002; ... Trade and Development Report, 2001, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva and New York, 2001. Pp. xiii + X + 164. $ 35.00. This report presents an assessment of recent trends and prospects in the world economy, with particular focus on the impact that developments ...
Group-Based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor In Bangladesh: An Institutional-and Household-Level Analysis
Apr 01, 2002; ... Group-Based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor in Bangladesh: An Institutional- and Household-Level Analysis, Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma, Akhter U. Ahmed and Shahidur Rashid, Research Report 120, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 2001. Pp. xiii + ...