As water resources become increasingly scarce in India and demand only increases, the challenge of sustaining irrigation systems and the lands they serve is a matter of crucial importance. In particular, the livelihood of millions of farmers is threatened. India's canal irrigation systems, which...

Chapter 1: Title of the Book: An Introduction -- Chapter 2: Linking Agriculture GDP to farmer’s income and poverty alleviation -- Chapter 3: Inter-linkages between agriculture performance, poverty and malnutrition in India -- Chapter 4: Reviving Agri performance in Punjab -- Chapter 5:...

Book Review of Kapila Uma, Oilseeds Economy of India-A Case Study of Groundnut, Agricole Publishing Academy, 1982, xxiii+264 pages, Rs. 125

This study explicity considers the possibilities of international trade in evaluating the impact of incentives in agriculture. Specifically, the study estimates three standard coefficients (ratios): (a) the nominal protection coefficient (NPC); (b) the effective protection coefficient (EPC); and...

In July 1991, India embarked on a program of economic decontrol that greatly speeded the previously slow process of liberalizing trade and domestic regulatory controls begun in 1978. But the focus of reform has been on manufacturing. Reform has barely touched agriculture, which accounts for...

" Indonesian economy has experienced some major changes during the last three decades and transformed from a predominantly agricultural economy to one that relies more heavily on its non-agricultural sector. Within agriculture, there has also been a change in the contribution of different sub...