Rural India Perspective 2017
Price: 795.00
ISBN:
9780199491469
Publication date:
15/10/2018
Paperback
336 pages
Price: 795.00
ISBN:
9780199491469
Publication date:
15/10/2018
Paperback
336 pages
NABARD
India’s growth story is set to take a significant turn with the Government of India announcing its mission of ‘Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022’. Issues facing India’s rural economy are going to come under sharp focus. NABARD’s Rural India Perspective 2017 provides a comprehensive view of these issues, and prescribes policy interventions to address them. It is a compilation of insightful essays by eminent researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of Indian agriculture and rural development. It recommends carrying out innovations to make agriculture more profitable, productive, and sustainable.
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Description
India’s growth story is set to take a significant turn with the Government of India announcing its mission of ‘Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022’. The Indian government expects significant increases in the income of farmers through enhancement in agricultural production and productivity, reduction in cost of cultivation, crop diversification, promotion of allied and off-farm activities, efficient value chain management, and marketing of produce through electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). Issues facing India’s rural economy are thus going to come under sharp focus. NABARD’s Rural India Perspective 2017 provides a comprehensive view of these issues, and prescribes policy interventions to address them. The volume is a compilation of insightful essays written by eminent researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of Indian agriculture and rural development.
It recommends carrying out innovations all along the agricultural value chains in order to make agriculture more profitable, productive, and sustainable. This, however, would entail massive investments in various fields such as irrigation, high-value agriculture, dairy, poultry, and rural infrastructure.
About the Editors
Debesh Roy is currently Deputy General Manager in the Department of Economic Analysis and Research, NABARD, Head Office, Mumbai, India.
Gopakumaran Nair is currently Deputy General Manager, NABARD, Kerala Regional Office, Thiruvananthapuram,India.
Gyanendra Mani is currently General Manager and Officer in Charge, NABARD, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Office,India.
Contributors
R. Amalorpavanathan
Ashwini Baje
Indrajit Barman
Pratap S. Birthal
Ramesh Chand
H.R. Dave
Vasant P. Gandhi
Ashok Gulati
C. Hazarika
Jaya Jumrani
Tulsi Lingareddy
P.M. Mathew
Santosh Mathew
Jugal Mohapatra
Gopal Naik
Amar K.J.R. Nayak
G. Raghuram
J. Dennis Rajakumar
R. Ramakumar
Shweta Saini
Shivendra Kumar Srivastava
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Table of contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes vii
Foreword xv
Acknowledgements xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
About the Editors and Contributors xxvii
1. Agriculture Performance in India: Main Trends, Commercialization, and Regional Disparities 1
Ramesh Chand and S.K. Srivastava
2. Agricultural Inputs in India: Growth, Trends, and the Changing Scenario 16
Vasant P. Gandhi
3. Livestock Development in India: Opportunities, Challenges, and Public Policy 43
Pratap S. Birthal and Jaya Jumrani
4. Post-harvest Value Chain Management in India 59
Gopal Naik and Ashwini Baje
5. Making Indian Agriculture Profi table, Productive, and Sustainable 88
Ashok Gulati and Shweta Saini
6. Designing Farmer Producer Organizations for Sustainability of Smallholder Farmers 99
Amar K.J.R. Nayak
7. Agriculture and Rural Development in Disadvantaged Regions with Special Focus on North Eastern Region 111
C. Hazarika and I. Barman
8. Rural Economy: An Overview 125
J. Dennis Rajakumar
9. Rural Development in India: Opportunities for Reform 155
Jugal Mohapatra and Santhosh Mathew
10. Issues in Rural Infrastructure Development 182
G. Raghuram
11. NABARD’s Initiatives on Financial Support to Agriculture and Rural Development: Some Refl ections 194
H.R. Dave
12. Financial Inclusion in India: A Review 219
R. Ramakumar
13. Rural Enterprises in India: A Review 237
P.M. Mathew
14. Social Sector Development 266
Tulsi Lingareddy
15. Sustainability Challenges in Agriculture and NABARD’s Interventions 293
R. Amalorpavanathan
NABARD
Description
India’s growth story is set to take a significant turn with the Government of India announcing its mission of ‘Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022’. The Indian government expects significant increases in the income of farmers through enhancement in agricultural production and productivity, reduction in cost of cultivation, crop diversification, promotion of allied and off-farm activities, efficient value chain management, and marketing of produce through electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). Issues facing India’s rural economy are thus going to come under sharp focus. NABARD’s Rural India Perspective 2017 provides a comprehensive view of these issues, and prescribes policy interventions to address them. The volume is a compilation of insightful essays written by eminent researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of Indian agriculture and rural development.
It recommends carrying out innovations all along the agricultural value chains in order to make agriculture more profitable, productive, and sustainable. This, however, would entail massive investments in various fields such as irrigation, high-value agriculture, dairy, poultry, and rural infrastructure.
About the Editors
Debesh Roy is currently Deputy General Manager in the Department of Economic Analysis and Research, NABARD, Head Office, Mumbai, India.
Gopakumaran Nair is currently Deputy General Manager, NABARD, Kerala Regional Office, Thiruvananthapuram,India.
Gyanendra Mani is currently General Manager and Officer in Charge, NABARD, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Office,India.
Contributors
R. Amalorpavanathan
Ashwini Baje
Indrajit Barman
Pratap S. Birthal
Ramesh Chand
H.R. Dave
Vasant P. Gandhi
Ashok Gulati
C. Hazarika
Jaya Jumrani
Tulsi Lingareddy
P.M. Mathew
Santosh Mathew
Jugal Mohapatra
Gopal Naik
Amar K.J.R. Nayak
G. Raghuram
J. Dennis Rajakumar
R. Ramakumar
Shweta Saini
Shivendra Kumar Srivastava
Table of contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes vii
Foreword xv
Acknowledgements xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
About the Editors and Contributors xxvii
1. Agriculture Performance in India: Main Trends, Commercialization, and Regional Disparities 1
Ramesh Chand and S.K. Srivastava
2. Agricultural Inputs in India: Growth, Trends, and the Changing Scenario 16
Vasant P. Gandhi
3. Livestock Development in India: Opportunities, Challenges, and Public Policy 43
Pratap S. Birthal and Jaya Jumrani
4. Post-harvest Value Chain Management in India 59
Gopal Naik and Ashwini Baje
5. Making Indian Agriculture Profi table, Productive, and Sustainable 88
Ashok Gulati and Shweta Saini
6. Designing Farmer Producer Organizations for Sustainability of Smallholder Farmers 99
Amar K.J.R. Nayak
7. Agriculture and Rural Development in Disadvantaged Regions with Special Focus on North Eastern Region 111
C. Hazarika and I. Barman
8. Rural Economy: An Overview 125
J. Dennis Rajakumar
9. Rural Development in India: Opportunities for Reform 155
Jugal Mohapatra and Santhosh Mathew
10. Issues in Rural Infrastructure Development 182
G. Raghuram
11. NABARD’s Initiatives on Financial Support to Agriculture and Rural Development: Some Refl ections 194
H.R. Dave
12. Financial Inclusion in India: A Review 219
R. Ramakumar
13. Rural Enterprises in India: A Review 237
P.M. Mathew
14. Social Sector Development 266
Tulsi Lingareddy
15. Sustainability Challenges in Agriculture and NABARD’s Interventions 293
R. Amalorpavanathan
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Prof A. Damodaran
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