The book, Economic Problems of Agriculture in its 7th Edition has a minor change in its title as against the previous ones. In fact these minor changes in the title do not mean much – for so long as the primary objective remains the same. The present study is divided into Chapters instead of only in the 6th Edition. The idea is to have a wider coverage to enable the reader to have better knowledge of the new problems being faced by the students of agricultural economics in their every day problems. Drastic changes have take place since 2002, when the 6th Edition was published New book it is hoped will be as valuable as the previous issues.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P C Bansil
P.C. Bansil heads the Techno Economic Research Institute, New Delhi, founded by him in 1984. He belongs to the first batch of Indian Economic Service and has worked with the FAO for about 15 years in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Rome, Zambia and Libya. He has authored 28 books, besides a large number of reports and papers prepared for various governments. He has published over 400 papers in specialized technical journals. His work experience relates to the formulation, implementation, evaluation and regional plans for agriculture, statistics, marketing, livestock, irrigation, fisheries, forestry, wildlife, national parks, tourism, agro-industries and social sectors like demography, health, education and housing, as well as project identification, formulation and evaluation in these fields. Dr. Bansil was recently appointed by the Planning Commission as Chairman of the Tenth Plan Working Group on Animal Husbandry Economics and Statistics. He has just completed the study “Livestock in India 2000-2030†sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. During his FAO assignments in Sri Lanka, Zambia and Libya as Senior Planning Advisor, he undertook micro level studies on issues relating to water.
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