Growth and diversification of agriculture/ edited by Anil Kumar Thakur and K.B.Padmadeo

Agriculture plays a vital role in shaping the economy. It is engine of growth in Indian economy. The life and culture of the Indian people depend upon it to great extent. In agriculture sector 59 percent of the total workforce of the country depends and its share in gross domestic product (GDP) is 22 percent. The study of the growth and diversification of agriculture is very important for India. Several five year plans were launched concentrating on growth in output. Several institutional changes have taken place viz. Land reforms, consolidation of holdings, restructuring credit institutions, remodeling Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), etc.

In this book the scholar writers have studied, analysed and expressed about the concerned growth and diversification of agriculture.

Contents of this book include: Diversification of Agriculture in East India; Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India and the Poor; Growth and Diversification in Orissa Agriculture; Growth of Pulse Production under Diversified Agriculture in Bihar; Vanilla Plantation as Supplement to Agricultural Development and Income Sustainability in the Eastern India; Domestic Support to Agriculture in Developed Countries; Green Revolution, Food Production and Food Security in India; Economic Growth through Agriculture; Challenges and Options of Crop Diversity and Second Green Revolution; Mushroom Cultivation; Regional Planning for Cash-Crops in North Bihar; A Micro-Level Study on Diversification of Agricultural Enterprises through Livestock Processing Activities; Diversification and Food Security; Constraints Facing Eastern Indian Agriculture; Emerging Food Security in India; Agriculture Diversification and Growth in Eastern India; Zone-wise Growth of Pulse Production in Bihar; Globalisation and India's Agricultural Trade; Crop Diversification and Agricultural Growth in Bihar: An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Diversification in Eastern India with Special Reference to Bihar; An Economic Analysis of MAP Cultivation in Bihar; Prospects of Diversification of Agriculture e in Jharkhand with Special Reference to Dhanbad District: Agricultural Diversification; Nature and Pattern of Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India, Growth and Diversification of Bihar's Agriculture; Agricultural Diversification; Crop Diversification and Food Security Hilly Tribal Areas of Eastern India; Prospect and Possibilities of Agricultural Diversification in Eastern India; Diversification and Food Security in Eastern India: Agriculture Diversification and Sustainable Development: Crop Diversification in Bihar; Growth and Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India; Pattern of Agricultural Diversification and Vegetable Production in Bihar Sustainable Agricultural Development in Nagaland Growth and Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern Region Diversification of Agriculture and Bihar, Agriculture and Allied Sector Scenario in Uttar Pradesh, SNOW PFA-An Effort in the Agricultural Diversification in Bihar Strength, Weaknessess, Opportunities and Threats of Agriculture and Allied Sector in Bihar Agricultural Diversification in India