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Author:   R S Deshpande ,  Saroj Arora
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9788132105121

ISBN 10:   8132105125
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   10 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Padamvir Singh A Note from the Co-ordinator - Ashish Vachhani Editors′ Introduction - R S Deshpande and Saroj Arora Economic Reforms, Small Farmer Economy and Agrarian Crisis - D Narasimha Reddy and Srijit Mishra Contextualizing the Agrarian Suicides - A R Vasavi Poor Indian Farmers′ Plight and Liberalisation: An overview - A K Singhal Path of Development and Politics in Karnataka - Muzaffar Assadi Globalisation, Agrarian Crisis and Farmers′ Suicides: Illusion and reality - R S Deshpande Globalisation vis-a-vis Agrarian Crisis in India - M S Sidhu Cotton Growers: Experience from Vidarbha - Neelima Deshmukh Economic Reforms and Regional Disparities - E Revathi and Shaik Galab The Drought Prone Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh - G Sreedhar Distress and Deceased in Andhra Pradesh: An analysis of causes of farmers′ suicide - T Prabhakar Reddy Indebtedness and Farmers′ Suicides - K Gopal Iyer and Saroj Arora Punjab Peasantry: A Question of Life and Debt - Anita Gill Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and Policy Options - G S Kalkat Credit through Participatory Management: The way for rural smile - Ravikesh Srivastava Way Out: Short-Term and Long-Term Measures for Sustainable Agriculture - Srinivasan Santhanam Farmers Suicide: Behavioural and Social Dimensions - Gyanmudra Providing A Level Playing Field For The Small Farmer - Meeta Rajivlochan and M Rajivlochan Way Forward - R S Deshpande and Saroj Arora Index

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[The book] deals with the issues related to the agrarian crisis and farmer suicides in a most comprehensive way...The book is well rounded as it has chapter on the behavioural and social issues...The Editors put forth a very robust Introduction and balance it with The Way Forward at the end. -- Economic & Political Weekly Deshpande and Saroj Arora, editors of the volume, discuss the pros and cons of various options and suggest what needs to be done for ending the present agrarian crisis. Overall, this well-edited and well-organised volume has plenty of material relating to agriculture in general and the agrarian crisis in particular. Researchers and policymakers are sure to find it immensely useful. -- The Hindu

Deshpande and Saroj Arora, editors of the volume, discuss the pros and cons of various options and suggest what needs to be done for ending the present agrarian crisis. Overall, this well-edited and well-organised volume has plenty of material relating to agriculture in general and the agrarian crisis in particular. Researchers and policymakers are sure to find it immensely useful. -- The Hindu [The book] deals with the issues related to the agrarian crisis and farmer suicides in a most comprehensive way...The book is well rounded as it has chapter on the behavioural and social issues...The Editors put forth a very robust Introduction and balance it with The Way Forward at the end. -- Economic & Political Weekly

Author Information

R S Deshpande is presently Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, Karnataka. Professor Deshpande was a member of the Committee on Farmers’ Suicides in Karnataka, drafted the WTO Cell Report and Agricultural Policy-2006 of the Government of Karnataka. He was also the convener for preparing the manual for District Planning Team of the Planning Commission. He is member of an Expert Group on WTO and Agriculture of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. Among his important books are: Crops and Cultivation; NGOs and Farmers’ Movements; Moon in the Mirror; Farmer and the Minimum Support Prices in Karnataka; Rural Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction, Glimpses of Indian Agriculture: Micro and Macro Aspects Vol. I and II and Where Water Seeps; Contract Farming and Tenancy Reforms. He was one of the three coordinators of the mega study on Farmers at the Millennium sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. His areas of specialisation include Agricultural Economics, Economic Policy, Land Issues, Development Economics and Applied Econometrics. Saroj Arora is a senior research officer in the Centre for Rural Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Her areas of interest are land reforms, land administration, peasant movement, agrarian reforms, gender and land, resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected families. She has done extensive research on gender, land, resettlement and rehabilitation issues.

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