The book “History and Development of Indian Agriculture“ is one of the Series – Economics of Agriculture and Allied Aspects. It consists of 12 Chapters which include History of Agriculture in India, History of Irrigation, Hundred Years of Co-operatives, Agriculture during British Period, Agribusiness and its SWOT Analysis, Grow More Food Campaign, Green Revolution in Mexico, 1943–1965, Green Revolution in India, Food Situation Immediately after Independence, Agricultural Development in India Since Independence, Indian Seed System Development: Policy and Institutional Options and Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill 2013. It gives the reader a complete picture of the role of agricultural economy from time to time. The book will be useful to students of agriculural economics, researchers, educated farmers, administrators, policy makers and bankers.
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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