Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production Marketing and Employment
Kumar‚ Parmod
Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production Marketing and Employment - New Delhi Academic Foundation in association with Institute for Human Development 2012 - 268p
1. Part I: Portrait of Two Faces
Small and Large Farm Sector in the New Economic Regime
Getting Policy Right
Setting the Parameters
Choice of Regions
The Scaffolding
2. Part II: Reforms and the Agricultural Economy of Punjab and Bihar
Meso-Level View
Agricultural Economy at Two Extremes: Bihar and Punjab
3. Part III: Production Structure and Resource Use
Characteristics of the Region
Credit Market
Irrigation
High Yielding Variety Seeds
Cropping Pattern
Economics of Production and Resource Use Efficiency
Production Function
4. Part IV: Market and Prices
Marketed Surplus (Aggregate)
Marketed Surplus (Crop-wise)
Marketing Channels
Marketing Cost
Prices Received by the Farmers
Regression Results
5. Part V: Employment, Earnings and Consumption
Employment Status of Selected Households
Employment in Crop Sector
Employment in Livestock Activity
Farm and Non-Farm Earnings
Consumption Pattern
Contents note
6. Part VI: Globalisation in the Context of Punjab and Bihar
Social Indicators
Land Transactions
Farm Investment in Asset Holdings
Ownership of Livestock
Ownership of Household Assets
Households Views on Effect of Globalisation on Rural Economy
7. Part VII: Lessons for Policy
Economic Reforms and Agriculture Sector
Summary of the Findings of the Study
9788171889372
Agriculture - Economic Aspects
338.10954 / KUM
Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production Marketing and Employment - New Delhi Academic Foundation in association with Institute for Human Development 2012 - 268p
1. Part I: Portrait of Two Faces
Small and Large Farm Sector in the New Economic Regime
Getting Policy Right
Setting the Parameters
Choice of Regions
The Scaffolding
2. Part II: Reforms and the Agricultural Economy of Punjab and Bihar
Meso-Level View
Agricultural Economy at Two Extremes: Bihar and Punjab
3. Part III: Production Structure and Resource Use
Characteristics of the Region
Credit Market
Irrigation
High Yielding Variety Seeds
Cropping Pattern
Economics of Production and Resource Use Efficiency
Production Function
4. Part IV: Market and Prices
Marketed Surplus (Aggregate)
Marketed Surplus (Crop-wise)
Marketing Channels
Marketing Cost
Prices Received by the Farmers
Regression Results
5. Part V: Employment, Earnings and Consumption
Employment Status of Selected Households
Employment in Crop Sector
Employment in Livestock Activity
Farm and Non-Farm Earnings
Consumption Pattern
Contents note
6. Part VI: Globalisation in the Context of Punjab and Bihar
Social Indicators
Land Transactions
Farm Investment in Asset Holdings
Ownership of Livestock
Ownership of Household Assets
Households Views on Effect of Globalisation on Rural Economy
7. Part VII: Lessons for Policy
Economic Reforms and Agriculture Sector
Summary of the Findings of the Study
9788171889372
Agriculture - Economic Aspects
338.10954 / KUM