Download or read book Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes written by Ashok Gulati and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an evidence-based roadmap for revitalising Indian agriculture while ensuring that the growth process is efficient, inclusive, and sustainable, and results in sustained growth of farmers’ incomes. The book, instead of looking for global best practices and evaluating them to assess the possibility of replicating these domestically, looks inward at the best practices and experiences within Indian states, to answer questions such as -- how the agricultural growth process can be speeded up and made more inclusive, and financially viable; are there any best practices that can be studied and replicated to bring about faster growth in agriculture; does the prior hypothesis that rapid agricultural growth can alleviate poverty faster, reduce malnutrition, and augment farmers’ incomes stand? To answer these questions, the book follows four broad threads -- i) Linkage between agricultural performance, poverty and malnutrition; ii) Analysing the historical growth performance of agricultural sector in selected Indian states; iii) Will higher agricultural GDP necessarily result in higher incomes for farmers; iv) Analysing the current agricultural policy environment to evaluate its efficiency and efficacy, and consolidate all analysis to create a roadmap. These are discussed in 12 chapters, which provide a building block for the concluding chapter that presents a roadmap for revitalising Indian agriculture while ensuring growth in farmers’ incomes.

Download or read book Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Farmer Incomes in Bihar written by Bhaumik, Sankar Kumar and published by SAGE Publishing India. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Farmer Incomes in Bihar discusses the performance of Bihar's agriculture sector in recent times and the multifarious challenges it is facing. The book explores future possibilities from the perspectives of raising agricultural productivity and farmer incomes and attaining inclusive growth. Given that doubling farmers' incomes in India is the declared agenda of the central and state governments, the insights to be gained from this book would be invaluable for researchers and policymakers. With more than 90 per cent of the operational holdings in Bihar falling under the 'marginal' category and the average size of a holding being a meagre 0.39 hectares, the viability of the small-farming regime in the state is a serious issue. This book will help readers to understand the developmental challenges not only in Bihar but also in other agriculturally backward regions that are largely dominated by small farmers. It will also help researchers to locate areas in which more research needs to be undertaken if accelerated growth of the agriculture sector and sustainable improvement of farmers' incomes are to be ensured.

Download or read book Agricultural Input Subsidies written by Ephraim Chirwa and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.

Download or read book Thirty Years of Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics written by and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bihar Economy Through the Plans written by Kedar Nath Prasad and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 1997 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the changing population scenario during the last ninety years in a developing region of India. It embodies relevant information about characteristics of population in Madhya Pradesh, viz., growth trends, age and gender composition, literacy rate, and occupational structure in the first half of the book while the population-resource relationship, and regionalisation of population have been discussed in the second half. A separate chapter has been devoted to the comparative analysis of population trends in the developing and the developed world.

Download or read book Agriculture Investment Sourcebook written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-04-08 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, 'Reaching the Rural Poor' (2003). This 'Sourcebook' addresses how to implement the rural strategy, by sharing information on investment options and identifying innovative approaches that will aid the design of future lending programs for agriculture. It provides generic good practices and many examples that demonstrate investment in agriculture can provide rewarding and sustainable returns to development efforts. It is divided into eleven self-contained modules. Each module contains three different types of subunits that can also be stand-alone documents: I. Module Overview II. Agricultural Investment Notes III. Innovative Activity Profiles. The stand-alone nature of the subunits allows flexibility and adaptability of the material. Selected readings and web links are also provided for readers who seek more in-depth information. The 'Sourcebook' draws on a wide range of experiences from donor agencies, governments, institutions, and other groups active in agricultural development. It is an invaluable reference tool for policy makers, professionals, academics and students, and anyone with an interest in agricultural investments.

Download or read book The Farmer s Handbook written by International Correspondence Schools and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book World Development Report 2008 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.

Download or read book Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 written by World Bank Group and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertilizer, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and accessing finance. The report highlights global best performers and countries that made the most significant regulatory improvements in support of farmers.

Download or read book Economics Class 11 Bihar Board written by Dr. Anupam Agarwal, and published by SBPD Publications . This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper-I Statistics for Economics UNIT - I 1.What is Economics ?, 2 .Statistics : Meaning, Scope and Importance , UNIT - II Collection, Organisation and Presentation of Data 3 .Collection of Data—Primary and Secondary Data, 4. Methods of Data Collection : Census and Sampling Methods, 5 .Some Important Sources of Secondary Data—Census and N.S.S.O., 6. Organisation of Data—Classification, 7 .Presentation of Data—Tables, 8. Diagrammatic Presentation of Data , 9 Graphic (Time Series and Frequency Distribution) Presentation of Data , UNIT - III Statistical Tools and Interpretation 10. Measures of Central Tendency—Airthmetic Average, 11. Measures of Central Tendency—Median and Mode , 12 .Measures of Dispersion, 13 .Correlation, 14. Index Number , 15. Some Mathematical Tools Used in Economics : Slope of A Line, Slope of a Curve and Equation of Line, UNIT - IV Developing Projjects in Economics 16.Formation of Project in Economics, Paper-II Indian Economic Development UNIT - V Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Regorms sice 1991 1.State of Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence , 2 .Common Goals of Five Year Plans in India, 3. Agriculture—Features, Problems and Policies, 4. Industries—Features, Problems and Policies (Industrial Licensing etc.), 5 .Foreign Trade of India—Features, Problems and Policies, UNIT - VI Economic Reforms Since 1991 6 .Economics Reforms in India—Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (L.P.G.) Policies, UNIT - VII Current Challenges Facing Indian Economy 7. Poverty and Main Programmes of Poverty Alleviation, 8. Rural Development : Key Issues, 9. Human Capital Formations , 10. Employment : Growth, Informalisation and other Issues , 11. Inflation : Problems and Policies, 12. Infrastructure : Meaning and Type (Case Studies : Energy and Health), 13. Sustainable Economic Development and Environment, UNIT - VIII Development Experience of India 14 .Development Experience of India : A Comparison with Pakistan and China, Log and Antilog Table

Download or read book Dimensions of Development written by Kedar Nath Prasad and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative study of Bihar and all-India.

Download or read book Crop Insurance schemes in India Special reference to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana PMFBY written by Veerabhadrappa Bellundagi and published by Amazon Publishers, USA. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is an agrarian country, where half of the working population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities, for their livelihood, contributing 15.30 per cent to the country’s GDP in 2015-16. Insurance is a tool, inverse of game theory where losses suffered by few are covered from funds accumulated through small contributions made by many who are exposed to similar risk. The question of introduction of crop insurance in India was taken up for examination soon after independence in 1947. A special study to work out modalities of crop insurance was commissioned in 1947-48. World scenarioA wide range of agricultural insurance schemes based on different approaches exist in the world. The USA is currently the only country where revenue and income insurance exists. Revenue insurance is very important in USA, the 73 per cent of the premiums collected are coming from these types of insurance. In Japan there is a whole-farm insurance which covers against all climatic hazards for all crops on the farm. The Canadian system is mainly led by public insurance agencies, from the provincial governments. Indian scenarioIn 1972-73, the Department of Life Insurance Corporation of India introduced a Crop Insurance Scheme on H-4 cotton. Later many crop insurance schemes were implemented in India. At present, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was introduced. PMFBY is a crop insurance scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA Government. The scheme has been launched to cater the financial needs of the farmers in the event of crops destroyed by heavy rain, other natural calamities, pests or diseases. The scheme was implemented with a budget of Rs. 17,600 crore.The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is new scheme implemented on 1st April, 2016. The scheme is expected to replace the existing schemes like National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified NAIS (MNAIS). The scheme was introduced with a slogan of ‘minimum premium’, ‘maximum insurance’ for farmers. Premium is only one point five per cent for rabi crops, two per cent for kharif crops and five per cent for commercial and horticultural crops.

Download or read book BPSC Bihar Public Service Commission Combined Competitive Preliminary Exam Solved Papers 1992 2022 written by Team Prabhat and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present edition of BPSC Combined (Preliminary) Competition Exam “Solved papers” organized by Bihar Public Service Commission includes-BPSC Preliminary Examination (1992-2022) Solved Papers & BPSC Mains Examination (1993-2022) Solved Papers Highlights of the Book -This book gives you an idea of the questions asked in previous years' exams, and also what type of questions you should expect in the upcoming exam. -Solved papers are a collection of useful exam questions. -Answers with explanations are available for all questions. -Based on latest syllabus & exam pattern. -Including mains examinations question papers. -Analytical answers to the questions are given in an easy-to-understand language.

Download or read book Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia written by Barun Deb Pal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses various climate smart agro-technologies, their technical and economic feasibility across heterogeneous agro-climatic conditions, assessing farmers’ willingness to adopt those technologies, impact of climate smart technology in agricultural production and possible policy and investment opportunities to upscale it. Containing eight chapters, the book starts with a discussion about the methodological aspects of priority setting of the farm technologies across various regions of South Asia including Eastern Indo-Gangetic plain, Western Indo-Gangetic Plain and arid regions. Using data from field based trials and expert solicitations, the book next deliberates on a list of feasible technologies, assessed by constructing climate smart Feasibility Index. Further on, there is an analysis, using stated preference method, of the behaviour of farmers in adopting climate smart technologies. Preference of women farmers has been given a special focus in this book. After discussing the method priority setting of the farm technologies, impact of climate smart technologies has been analysed using real time data. Government policies have been reviewed with the view of achieving climate smart agriculture in South Asia. The book also describes the optimization modelling framework for investment allocation and technology prioritization. The model integrates both the bio-physical and the economic optimization model to capture the agro-climatic heterogeneity within the region and the variability of technical feasibility across regions and crops. Results of this model will help policy makers to identify how much to invest, where to invest and what technologies to prioritize for investments.

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Download or read book Agricultural Statistics at a Glance 2014 written by India. Ministry of Agriculture and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flagship publication of the Ministry of Agriculture, this is an authentic source of data on various facets of the agriculture and allied sector. It gives a comprehensive picture of Indian agriculture by presenting statistical data across states and time periods, covering diverse aspects, such as crop production and productivity, land use, agricultural inputs, terms of trade, price support and procurement, domestic and international trade, rainfall, credit and insurance. Though primarily based on data being continuously generated by the Ministry of Agriculture through a nation-wide agricultural data collection system and from various other central and state government Departments, the 2014 edition includes key indicators of Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households 2013, made public in December 2014.

Download or read book Indira s Objective Agriculture MCQ For Compatitive Exam of Agriculture written by R.L. Arya and published by Scientific Publishers - Competition Tutor. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indira's Objective Agriculture for competitive exams in agriculture discipline contain 21 chapters covering all related discipline. The chapters included such as: General agriculture, Agricultural climatology, Genetics and plant breeding, Agricultural biotechnology, Plant physiology, Plant biochemistry, Agricultural microbiology, Seed science, Agronomy, Soil science, Entomology, Plant pathology, Horticulture, Agricultural extension, Agricultural economics, Animal husbandry and dairying, Agricultural statistics, Research methodology and appendix have been given due importance and whole syllabus was covered as per ICAR syllabus and guidelines. Each chapter contains multiple choice questions and total about 25 thousand objective questions with multiple choice have been framed and arranged sequentially for the easy understanding of the students. Recent information and development in the field of agriculture have been incorporated in the book. Thus this book is based on the syllabus of student of agricultural stream, it may be useful not only to students but also teachers, researchers, extension workers and development officers for reference and easy answering of many complicated questions. The chapters are chosen in view to cover the course contents of competitive examinations like IAS, IFS, ARS, PCS, Banking services, states and national levels of different competition in agricultural subjects. The entire book is prepared in most simple, clear and talking language so that the contents could be easily understand by the readers. Hence this book can serve as a single platform for preparation of different competitive examinations in agriculture.