TY - BOOK AU - Kumar‚ Parmod AU - Sarkar, Sandip TI - Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production Marketing and Employment SN - 9788171889372 U1 - 338.10954 PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi PB - Academic Foundation in association with Institute for Human Development KW - Agriculture - Economic Aspects N1 - 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 ER -