Agrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia

Agrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia
Author: Meghnad Desai
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780520053694

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Economic policy analysis of the relationship between the political power of local government and productivity in the agricultural sector in South Asia - analyses the impact of social change on sugar cane agricultural production, as well as historical aspects of power structures in India; examines economic implications of local level power configurations, esp. As regards farm-level decision making; discusses determinants and varieties of rural mobilization. References, statistical tables.

An Agrarian History of South Asia

An Agrarian History of South Asia
Author: David Ludden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-02-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316025365

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Originally published in 1999, David Ludden's book offers a comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view of history, it treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but rather as a patchwork of agrarian regions, each with their own social, cultural and political histories. The discussion begins during the first millennium, when farming communities displaced pastoral and tribal groups, and goes on to consider the development of territoriality from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters consider the emergence of agrarian capitalism in village societies under the British, and demonstrate how economic development in contemporary South Asia continues to reflect the influence of agrarian localism. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, the book promises to be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history as well as of comparative world history.

Agricultural Development in South Asia

Agricultural Development in South Asia
Author: Jasbir Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 678
Release: 1997
Genre: Agricultural ecology
ISBN:

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Agricultural development in South Asia (a comparative study in the green revolution experiences) is a pioneer work of its own kind and unique in nature. Its salient features are: It is a comprehensive and self-contained study covering an analysis of determinants of agriculture and agricultural attributes -- so, a cause-effect analysis. Agricultural development regions and agro-ecological regions have been delineated, and specific recommendations have been made for redressing the regionalimbalances in levels of agricultural development in the South Asian countries--so a planning-oriented study. The study is based on field truthing, personal communications, district-by-district data etc. The data have been presented in maps enlightening patterns and dynamics of agricultural inputs and outputs, and the cartographic work is of high quality. So far, no such in-depth study has been conducted, covering only the primary activity of the sub-continent and highlighting the green evolution experiences--so, a study related to the then and now as regards agricultural inputs and outputs. It will be a study of great relevance to the SAARC nations for planning purposes and making master plans for reducing regional inequalities in agricultural performance levels. Since this work is a pioneer attempt and is based on the field work and district-by district data covering the green revolution period (1967-68 to 1987-88), it is a work of its own kind and unique in nature. The greatest inequality in the use of agricultural inputs within the borders of South Asia is responsible for agricultural development differences. These range from the poverty in densely populated Bangladesh to agriculturally high-speed Punjab-Haryana region in Northwestern India. Moreover, South Asia includes the cold empties of the high Himalayan ranges where agricultural development has a special meaning. The agricultural face of South Asia has changed at a different rate because the diffusion of green revolution technology was not a universal scale. As a consequence, four levels of agricultural development were observed, such as: Very high level development with high speed change; High/medium level development with high/medium speed change; Low level development with low speed change, and Very low level development with very low speed change. Therefore, it is no longer desirable to write only a static geography of agricultural development of South Asia, and it is also equally important, above, all to examine, explain, identify and understand the recognisable ceaseless patterns of change in agricultural development levels.

Meanings of Agriculture

Meanings of Agriculture
Author: Peter G. Robb
Publisher: School of Oriental & African Studies University of London
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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In this volume leading historians and economists from India and the West consider some persistent features and variable forces which explain changes through their impact on different levels of decision-making in agriculture. New light is cast on both the pre-colonial periods, and on currentdevelopment policies and problems.

Understanding Green Revolutions

Understanding Green Revolutions
Author: Bertram Hughes Farmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1984-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521249423

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This book is a critical examination of the truth behind the stereotype that there is a Green Revolution in agricultural technology. Twenty-one specialists in the field of development studies look at the reality of agrarian change, either through historical analysis, or through in-depth village field-work, or from their experience as development planners.

An Agrarian History of South Asia

An Agrarian History of South Asia
Author: David E. Ludden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 261
Release: 1999
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 9780511004377

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India's Agrarian Structure, Economic Policies, and Sustainable Development

India's Agrarian Structure, Economic Policies, and Sustainable Development
Author: V. S. Vyas
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2003
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 9788171883233

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Presenting Professor V. S. Vyas's approach to the major national and global challenges facing Indian agriculture, this book makes available his research and writing on how policy interventions, technological changes, and institutional developments are impacting the economy of those directly dependent on it for their livelihood.

Agricultural Production and South Asian History

Agricultural Production and South Asian History
Author: David E. Ludden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Updated with a new preface and an additional biography, this second edition examines the agricultural production in colonial India; the process through which the colonial knowledge about agricultural production was textualized, the shifting focus within agrarian studies and how the complex relations between credit, market, and production were mediated by structures of power.

The Great Ascent

The Great Ascent
Author: Inderjit Singh
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Poverty is the grim reality for some 400 million people - mostly small farmers and agricultural laborers - in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. To remedy the problem, South Asian governments and international agencies have focused on raising the productivity of small farms and increasing opportunities for rural employment. This strategy, however, has long been criticized for doing the poor more harm than good. The author challenges that pessimistic view by critically reviewing a wealth of evidence from recent academic literature and the World Bank's operational experience. He shows that rapid agricultural growth has benefited all classes of the poor and that the "great ascent" from poverty to a more materially rewarding life has begun. A variety of programs intended to help the poor directly are examined in detail. Research, extension, and training activities are evaluated for their effectiveness in promoting the adoption of high-yielding varieties of cereal, spreading new farming technology, encouraging multiple cropping, and increasing the cultivation of high-value crops. The author also considers programs in dairying, poultry farming, commercial fishing, and forestry and argues that policymakers have neglected these potentially profitable activities. Finally, he discusses the dismal failure of land reforms in reducing poverty.