An Overview

By Yoginder K. Alagh

Subjects: Agriculture, economic aspects, india, agriculture, agriculture, economic aspects, India, agriculture, Cooperative -- India., social conditions of farmers in India, agriculture and state, India, agriculture and state, Agricultural development projects, Farmers -- Economic conditions, agriculture, India, social conditions of farmers, water resources development -- India., Agriculture, economic conditions of farmers in India, Agriculture and state, water resources development, marketing of crops in India, Cooperative Agriculture, farmers, india, marketing crops, economic aspects of Agriculture, land use, land use, india, agriculture and politics

Description: *State of the Indian Farmer : A Millennium Study* (published in 27 volumes along with a CD-Rom) is unique in the sense that it is focused on the ‘farmer’ — the man behind agriculture. This is the most comprehensive effort after the National Commission on Agriculture submitted its reports in 1976. These studies, on various individual themes, under this mega-project, are quite penetrating and painstaking, their authors being recognised authorities on the concerned subjects. A comprehensive overview of these studies by Prof. Y.K. Alagh, provides a critical appraisal of the major issues addressed in these volumes. The mega study has been further enriched by a crisp and insightful preface by Prof. C.H. Hanumantha Rao touching almost every issue concerning the Indian farmer in today's scenario. The 27-volume study, documenting the progression of agricultural development during the last five decades, will indeed go a long way in enriching our understanding of the nuances of development process and its welfare implications. The study will certainly help the future planners, policy-makers and all those interested in the welfare of the Indian farmers and the alleviation of rural poverty.—Academic Foundation