Jagdish Prasad
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Despite four decades of planned development Indian agriculture is facing the problems of cyclical fluctuations, regional disparities, low productivity and inadequate utilization of rural manpower and natural resources. The advent of new technology in agriculture has made the country self-sufficient but the goal of food security is yet to be realized fully. The recently prepared Draft Agriculture Policy Resolution by the Government of India is a welcome step in ...
The need for, and the importance of an efficient network of agricultural marketing system as vital link between farmers and consumers has already been recognized in the country. Many states have already embarked upon a huge programme of the development of agricultural market. The results of these efforts. The results of these efforts are encouraging as evidenced from changing agricultural marketing scenario to the advantage of producer-sellers. Notwithstanding ...
In this book, a modest attempt is made to ponder over the issues of export potential of Indian agriculture with special reference to Bihar. Recently, there has been an increased interest and heightened debate on the globalization of Indian agriculture, but till today its crucial implications have been little discussed in the case of Bihar, This volume fills this gap. The twenty-six papers in this volume written by a group of distinguished scholars critically ...
This is the ninth volume of the Encyclopaedia of Agricultural Marketing which owes to the most crucial aspects of agricultural marketing. What follows does not depend upon the traditional concept of the studies of agricultural marketing giving focus on food and non-food crops; nevertheless an understanding of the farmer’s consumption behaviour of farm inputs and its marketing characteristics may be helpful in bringing sharp focus on the problems of integration ...
In a study on agricultural marketing, the most important criteria used for examining technical and economic efficiency of the marketing system is the analysis of price-spread and marketing margins. The principal aim is to estimate the producer’s share and the difference between the retail price and farm value of the equivalent amount of the farm produce. This gives an idea to determine whether marketing costs are excessive in relation to the services rendered. ...
Since the initiation of economic liberalization policies no subject has been so acrimoniously debated as the implications of internationally free trade for Indian agriculture. The debate has been mainly centred around the emerging complexities of export marketing of farm produce. India’s signing of WTO Agreement has further evoked the interest in the likely implications of India’s international trade. In this, the eleventh of a twelve volume monumental study ...
This is the twelveth and concluding volume in a major series of the Encyclopaedia of Agricultural Marketing, first of its kind, which studies all crucial aspects of agricultural marketing across the country. The specific purpose of this volume is to critically examine the changing scenario and the present status of agricultural marketing in respect of individual states. The genesis of this volume lies in the fact that the actual working of agricultural marketing ...
The process of economic and social development in Bihar has always remained under intense discussion and debate. In recent years, no subject has been so acrimoniously debated as the questions and problems of development of Bihar. With the realization that unless Bihar develops, India cannot develop, the policy makers and planners are now concerned with what ails the development of Bihar and what alternative strategies are needed to accelerate the process of ...