Agricultural growth, rural poverty, and environmental degradation in India /

This book studies agricultural growth, rural poverty, environmental degradation, and participatory rural institutions in India as a series of closely interrelated processes, and examines the implications for development strategy and policy in the context of the ongoing economic reforms. Dr Hanumanth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanumantha Rao, C. H.
Corporate Author: Institute of Economic Growth (India)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:Studies in economic development and planning ; no. 59.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Recent Trends in Agricultural Growth, Investment and Productivity
  • 2. Instability in Agricultural Output and Droughts
  • 3. Distribution of Gains from Agricultural Growth
  • 4. Agricultural Technology: Perspectives and Policy
  • 5. Poverty and Development: Characteristics of Less Developed Regions in India
  • 6. Agricultural Growth and Variations in Rural Poverty
  • 7. Poverty Alleviation Programmes: An Evaluation
  • 8. Strategy for Poverty Alleviation
  • 9. Agricultural Development and Environmental Degradation: An Analytical Framework
  • 10. Agricultural Technology, Livestock Economy, Rural Poverty and the Environment
  • 11. Decentralized Planning for Rural Development
  • 12. Perspectives on Participatory Rural Development
  • 13. Economic Reforms and Emerging Perspectives for Agriculture
  • 14. Conclusions and Policy Implications
  • Publications of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.