Integrating the rural poor into markets

By:

Debroy, Bibek; Khan, Amir Ullah., Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2004 Academic Foundations New DelhiDescription: 470 22 cm ; HardISBN:

81-7188-390-7

Subject(s):

Rural development Rural poor -India Agriculture--Economic aspects

Contents:

Editors Introduction Contributors to this volume Integrating the Poor into Market Systems Agricultural policy and rural poverty reduction in India What ails Indian Agriculture Growth and the Poor Farmer Challenges of Integrating Small Holders in Markets Managing Risk: Insurance for the Rural poor The Indian Microfinance Experience: Accomplishemnts and Challenges Soil Degradation in India: An Environmental and Socioeconomics Hazard Is Drip Irrigation an Answere to the water problems of small farmers Bt Cotton in India: A Case study Information Technology and Rural Development in India ICT and Poverty Incidence of Chidl Labour Organic Farming: Sustainable stp towards food safety, production and consumption Coping with new Environmental issues concerning agricultural exports Sanitary and Phytosanitary standars, Quality Norms and Complementary Agricultural Activity Are Subsidies in US agriculture justicied Index

Summary: Agriculture may account for only 25% of GDP. But 70% of India's population earns a living from the rural sector. If there is a perception in India that liberalization has been anti-poor and pro-rich, that is largely because the agricultural cum rural sector has been untouched. After the recent elections, negative expectations about reforms concern privatization and labour market reforms. On the positive side, there are expectations that agro and rural reforms will finally get off the ground, after having been talked about ad nauseam.. If these expectations materialzie, parts f India that are hithrto bypassed and margiinalized in the growth process, will be mainstreamed. About Author : Bibek Debroy is Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. He is a professional economist and was educated in Presidency Colelge Calcutta. Amir Ullah Khan graduated in Electronics Engineering from Osmania and studied at IRMA. For his Ph.D. he has worked on Intellectual PRoperty Issues. In 1993 he joined the Indian civil service, quti and worked with Project Large of the UNDP.

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Editors Introduction
Contributors to this volume
Integrating the Poor into Market Systems
Agricultural policy and rural poverty reduction in India
What ails Indian Agriculture
Growth and the Poor Farmer
Challenges of Integrating Small Holders in Markets
Managing Risk: Insurance for the Rural poor
The Indian Microfinance Experience: Accomplishemnts and Challenges
Soil Degradation in India: An Environmental and Socioeconomics Hazard
Is Drip Irrigation an Answere to the water problems of small farmers
Bt Cotton in India: A Case study
Information Technology and Rural Development in India
ICT and Poverty
Incidence of Chidl Labour
Organic Farming: Sustainable stp towards food safety, production and consumption
Coping with new Environmental issues concerning agricultural exports
Sanitary and Phytosanitary standars, Quality Norms and Complementary Agricultural Activity
Are Subsidies in US agriculture justicied
Index

Agriculture may account for only 25% of GDP. But 70% of India's population earns a living from the rural sector. If there is a perception in India that liberalization has been anti-poor and pro-rich, that is largely because the agricultural cum rural sector has been untouched.
After the recent elections, negative expectations about reforms concern privatization and labour market reforms. On the positive side, there are expectations that agro and rural reforms will finally get off the ground, after having been talked about ad nauseam.. If these expectations materialzie, parts f India that are hithrto bypassed and margiinalized in the growth process, will be mainstreamed.
About Author :
Bibek Debroy is Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. He is a professional economist and was educated in Presidency Colelge Calcutta.
Amir Ullah Khan graduated in Electronics Engineering from Osmania and studied at IRMA. For his Ph.D. he has worked on Intellectual PRoperty Issues. In 1993 he joined the Indian civil service, quti and worked with Project Large of the UNDP.

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