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100			_aSingh, Himmat
245		0	_aGreen revolutions reconsidered : _bthe rural world of contemporary Punjab
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bOxford University Press
260			_c2001
300			_a302 p.
520			_aIn recent decades developing economies have generally experienced greater inequality and environmental damage with population growth often eating into productivity gains. This volume describes how post-green revolution Punjab constitutes the sole example where: rising population has not inundated the cities agricultural intensification has not degraded the environment increasing agricultural productivity has generated real rise in agricultural incomes across the board a growing rural resource base has steadily upgraded the physical, social and educational infrastructure in the countryside The book demonstrates that the process of development in Punjab has resulted from long-term policy initiatives and programmes. Thus, instead of a mass movement into a haphazard urban informal sector located in city slums, there has been a systematic movement of industry out of the cities. This has created an urban-rural continuum that combines the best of both worlds. Above, all, it has also yielded a 'greening' of the environment, with increased reforestation and tree coverage. The experience of Punjab indicates the possibility of 'leap frogging' intermediate stages of economic and social development to create what might potentially be called the developing world's first post-industrial rural society. The book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of agricultural economics, history, development, and environment studies, and policy-makers.
650			_aAgriculture
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