1st Edition

Issues In Indian Agricultural Development

By M. Zarkovic Copyright 1987
222 Pages
by CRC Press

222 Pages
by CRC Press

222 Pages
by CRC Press

This book analyzes growth and structural change in Indian agriculture and presents an empirical approach to the underlying economic data and a multi-disciplinary approach to the ramifications of agricultural growth. It focuses on efforts to develop the Indian agricultural sector. .

1. Introduction 2. State Economic Growth: Sources and Ramifications 3. Agricultural Technology and the Labor Force 4. Female Agricultural Labor in High Growth Regions 5. Industrialization in a Highly Agricultural Region: the Case of Punjab 6. Economic Growth and Human Welfare 7. Interstate Migration in India 8. The Mode of Production in Indian Agriculture 9. Conclusion

Biography

Dr. M. Zarkovic is assistant professor of economics at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.