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This book provides a blueprint for the allocation of public expenditures “in” and “for” agriculture at the dis-aggregated state level and suggests a reorientation in favour of disadvantaged regions where the marginal returns on additional investments would be higher. It provides insights into the inter-linkages between public expenditures, private investment, rural poverty, and agriculture productivity from a regional perspective to reflect upon spatial differences in the welfare effects of various investments, subsidies, and policies. The book focuses on agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction through public and private investments, non-farm employment, and other pathways to the formulation of appropriate policies at the dis-aggregated state level. It presents new evidence based on advanced econometric tools for analysing and understanding the relationship between public and private investments in agriculture and input subsidies (fertilizer, power, irrigation, and credit) together with their impacts at the dis-aggregated state level. The book also deliberates on  an income based direct support system for farmers as an alternative to the existing input price subsidy regime.  Accordingly, the book offers valuable insights not only for researchers working on poverty alleviation, rural economy, and agricultural growth, but also for policymakers.

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Author:   Seema Bathla ,  Pramod Kumar Joshi ,  Anjani Kumar
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789811535833

ISBN 10:   9811535833
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   20 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter I Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction through Public Investment  I.1 Introduction I.2 Regional Impacts of Public Expenditure I.3 Key Questions I.4 Chapter Scheme   Chapter II Contextualising Public Intervention in Agriculture and Welfare Effects  II.1 Rationale II.2 Welfare Effects of Public Spending—A Conceptual Framework   Chapter III Spatial Patterns in Public Expenditure, Subsidies and Outcomes III.1 Trends in Public Expenditure and Share of Economic and Social Services III.2 Investments in Agriculture and Irrigation III.3 Magnitude of Input Subsidies in Agriculture III.4 Public Spending Outcomes III.5 Summing Up   Chapter IV Size of Private Investment and its Relationship with Public Investment and Input                      Subsidies IV.1 Introduction IV.2 Database and Methodological Approach IV.3 Structure and Trends in Fixed Capital Expenditure IV.4 Results from Econometric Analysis IV.5 Summary and Conclusions   Chapter V Welfare Effects of Public and Private Investments and Input Subsidies V.1 Main Hypotheses and Model Estimation V.2 Income and Poverty Effects of Public Spending V.3 Marginal Returns to Agricultural Income and Rural Poverty Reduction   Chapter VI Major Findings and Way Forward VI.1 Key Results and Policy Implications VI.2 Interventions in Input Subsidy Regime

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Seema Bathla is a Professor, CSRD, JNU, New Delhi. Before joining the JNU, she worked at the Institute of Economic Growth, The Energy Research Institute and Delhi University. She obtained her M.Phil. from Delhi School of Economics and her Ph.D. from the JNU. She has 27 years of work experience and has published four books (three co-authored) and more than 45 research articles in refereed national and international journals. With a keen interest in agricultural issues, she has conducted several studies and undertaken assignments for the World Bank, IFPRI, UNCTAD, WWF-India, and IASRI. She was conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Postgraduate Agricultural Research by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi, in 2008. She is also the recipient of the Dr. R.T. Doshi award for best paper published in Agricultural Economics Research Review in 2014 and 2015, and the Dr. A K Sen award for the best book published in 2018. Pramod K. Joshi is a former Director for South Asia at the International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. He has also served as Director of the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India; Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi; South Asia Coordinator at the International Food Policy Research Institute; and a Senior Economist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Patancheru. His research areas include technology policy, market, and institutional economics. Anjani Kumar is a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. Before joining the IFPRI, he was a Principal Scientist (Agricultural Economics) at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad. He has also served as a Principal Scientist at the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi; a Senior Agricultural Economist at the Asia Office of the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi; and a Consultant for a number of national and international institutions including the FAO, World Bank, IFPRI, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Having written over 70 research papers and more than 50 book chapters, he is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of India and has won numerous national and international awards.

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