Food for policy: reforming agriculture / by Surabhi Mittal and Arpita Mukherjee

By:

"Mittal, Surabhi (ed.);Mukherjee, Arpita (ed.)"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi; Foundation Books; 2008Description: 263pISBN:

9788175966215

Subject(s):

Agriculture-India

DDC classification:

338.180954 FOO

Summary: Indian agriculture is seriously lagging behind other sectors. Agricultural incomes are increasing at a much slower pace than in other sectors. A marked dualism, symbolised by the phrase ' India versus Bharat'. has already emerged between the agriculture and rural sector on the one hand and the rest of the economy-services and manufacturing on the other. This is unsustainable. All efforst need to be made to bridge this widening gap and accelerate the pace of output and productivity growth in agriculture. Clearly , India needs a second Green Revolution to achieve its planned growth targets.

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Indian agriculture is seriously lagging behind other sectors. Agricultural incomes are increasing at a much slower pace than in other sectors. A marked dualism, symbolised by the phrase ' India versus Bharat'. has already emerged between the agriculture and rural sector on the one hand and the rest of the economy-services and manufacturing on the other. This is unsustainable. All efforst need to be made to bridge this widening gap and accelerate the pace of output and productivity growth in agriculture. Clearly , India needs a second Green Revolution to achieve its planned growth targets.

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