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Author:   Madhusudan Ghosh ,  Debashis Sarkar ,  Bidhan Chandra Roy
Publisher:   Springer, India, Private Ltd
Imprint:   Springer, India, Private Ltd
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.207kg
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9788132219965

ISBN 10:   8132219961
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   19 September 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Rationale and Extent of Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter 2. Green Revolution in Eastern India.- Chapter 3. Diversified Sustainable Agriculture in Eastern India.- Chapter 4. Crop Diversification: An Exploratory Analysis.- Chapter 5. Trend and Pattern of Crop Diversification in Odisha.- Chapter 6. Pattern of Agricultural Diversification in Odisha.- Chapter 7. A Study on the Extent of Crop Diversification in West Bengal.- Chapter 8. A Study of Diversification of Katarni to HYV paddy in Bihar.- Part II: Nature and Problems of Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter 9. Role of Dairying in Diversification of Indian Agriculture.- Chapter 10. Crop Diversification through Oilseeds in Eastern India.- Chapter 11. Crop Diversification in North Eastern Plain Zone of India.- Chapter 12. Crop diversification in West Bengal: Nature and Constraints.- Chapter13. Problems of Crop Diversification in West Bengal.- Chapter 14. Factors Influencing Extent of Diversification in West Bengal.- Chapter 15. Causes of Agricultural Diversification in Bihar and Jharkhand.- Chapter 16. Policy Intervention in West Bengal Agriculture: Role of Diversification.- Part III: Food and Livelihood Security through Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter 17. Diversification and Food Security in the North Eastern States of India.- Chapter 18. Impact of Improved Agro-techniques towards Food and Livelihood Security.- Chapter 19. Floriculture in West Bengal in Augmenting Income and Export.- Chapter 20. Role of Muga Culture in Diversification Strategy.

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Madhusudan Ghosh is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics & Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal (India). He was a Ford Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (USA), and a Visiting Professor at Soka University, Tokyo (Japan). He was awarded Post-doctoral Fellowship in Economics by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, and Dr. D.K Desai Memorial Prize (four times) by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai. He is an active researcher and has been teaching for the last 34 years. He has published books such as Liberalization, Growth and Regional Disparities in India (Springer, 2013); Economic Reforms and Indian Economic Development: Selected Essays (Bookwell, 2008) and Rural Development in India: Challenges and Prospects (Co-edited; Serials Publications, 2013); and numerous research papers in reputed national and international peer-reviewed professional journals. He has also workedon research projects sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Debashis Sarkar is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Statistics, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan. He also served as Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati for two years. He has completed many research projects sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC), National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), Directorate of Jute Development, Government of India, Directorate of Crop Production, Government of India, and Directorate of PPQ&S, Government of India. He has published seven books (four edited) and many articles in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals. Bidhan Chandra Roy is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Statistics, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan. Before joining Visva-Bharati, he served as a Scientist at National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi. He has developed an interactive policy dialogue model to assess the water and food security scenarios at agro-ecological region level in India. He has published a book and many articles in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals.

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