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020			_a706940415
082			_a338.14 RAO
100			_a"Rao, C. H. Hanumantha"
245		0	_aUnstable agriculture and droughts : implications for policy
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bVikas Pub.
260			_c1988
300			_a192: ill.-
520			_aIn the pre-independence period, Indian agriculture was usually described as a gamble in monsoons. There used to be a great deal of uncertainity about crop prospects, as monsoons played a decisive role in determining agricultural output and their failures used to result in widespread famine and misery. Forty years after independence, the Indian agricultural scene, though vastly different, bears certain similarities with its pre-independence past.
650			_aAgriculture Economic aspects
942			_cB _2ddc