In defense of the irrational peasant

By:

"Nair, Kusum"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago; University of Chicago Press; 1979Description: 154 pISBN:

226568008

Subject(s):

Peasantry India

DDC classification:

301 NAI

Summary: This book ... makes a genuine contribution to our understanding of the differential behavior of Indian peasants to similar incentives and conditions. Many people have often asked why the Green Revolution was so successful in the Punjab, but not in Bihar- Mrs. Nair provides an answer that to me makes sense ... and she provides recommendations for policy that seem to me of value in creating incentives for efficient output

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This book ... makes a genuine contribution to our understanding of the differential behavior of Indian peasants to similar incentives and conditions. Many people have often asked why the Green Revolution was so successful in the Punjab, but not in Bihar-
Mrs. Nair provides an answer that to me makes sense ... and she provides recommendations for policy that seem to me of value in creating incentives for efficient output

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