The past three decades have witnessed the growth of a voluminous literature on tenancy arid reIated institutions. Problems of resource use efficiency, role of markets, inter-linkages between markets and the emergence of institutions have all emerged as major issues. [Working Paper No. 260]

The quantitative and qualitative changes taking place in livestock population over the years would be due to the changes in demand for livestock products. The changes in livestock population and its components would be effected through charges in birth rates, mortality rates and disposed rates...

Disproportionately high investment in irrigation has nevertheless been marked by long time overruns in completion of projects and a far lower area than that targeted being brought under irrigation. To what extent irrigation has succeeded in increasing and stabilising paddy yields is considered....