Agricultural Revolution in Developing Economy in 2 Vols.

by P C Bansil

ISBN: 9789386615343
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 44995.00
Biblio : viii+1250p., figs., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. P.C. Bansil belongs to first batch of Indian Economic Service. Worked with the FAO for about 15 years in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Rome, Zambia and Libya and for a similar period with the Government of India. Author of 46 books/ Reports. Besides a large number of reports and papers prepared for various Governments, published over 400 papers in specialized technical journals. Hundreds of Technical Reports have been prepared on various aspects of agriculture for various governments. His work experience relates to the formulation, implementation and evaluation of National and Regional Plans for Agriculture, Statistics, Livestock including poultry, Irrigation, Fisheries, Forestry, Wildlife, National Parks, Tourism, Agro Industries and Social Sectors like Demography, Health, Education and Housing etc. as well as project identification, formulation and evaluation in the above fields. Dr. Bansil is basically an agri and livestock economist. He was appointed by the Planning Commission as The Chairman of the Tenth and Eleventh Plans Working Groups on Animal Husbandry Economics and Statistics. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations sponsored study – Livestock in India 2000-2030 – was completed by him in 2001. During his FAO assignments in Sri Lanka, Zambia, and Libya as Senior Planning Advisor, he undertook micro level studies to improve the quality of slaughter houses, poultry, Agriculture and livestock development programmes – Agriculture in India, cattle in Sri Lanka and Zambia and mutton/chicken in Libya. Over 50 years of experience in research on problems relating to agricultural and livestock, economics & statistics, rural and regional economics and planning, demography, health and social sectors in India, Planning Commission, Ministry of Agriculture and FAO. He is preparing a Thirteen Volume Series – Economics of Agricultural Commodities to cover all aspects of agriculture. Six Volumes have already been published and the remaining are in the Press.

About The Book

Progress made by Indian Agriculture from the stage of a ‘begging bowl’ to that of a surplus food economy is not a small thing. We are exporting rice today to a large extent. The book gives a historical approach to the various issues and covers major important commodities. It will be of interest to all the students of agriculture, economics, history, politicians and academic. There is hardly any doubt that Indian Agriculture has undergone a complete revolution. The book is divided into 16 chapters each gives a complete coverage of the type of revolution. Golden revolution and white revolutions are quite well known, but very little is talked about Revolutions like Golden white (cotton) and Golden Fiber (Jute) etc. This is a study not to be of interest in day to day life, but also great educational value for any body interested in different aspects of agriculture covering each and every aspect.

Table of Contents

Preface v Volume 1 1. The Green Revolution 1 2. Golden Revolution – Overall Horticulture-Honey 129 3. Round Revolution – Potato 183 4. Yellow Revolution – Oilseeds 249 5. Golden Fiber Revolution in India (Jute) 281 6. Silver Fiber Revolution (Cotton) 329 7. Pink Revolution (Pharmaceutical drug) 419 8. The Black Revolution (Petroleum) 553 Volume 2 9. Evergreen Revolution-Overall Development 627 10. Red Revolution 649 11. Grey Revolution - Fertiliser 759 12. Silver Revolution – Egg & Poultry 835 13. Brown Revolution – Leather Industry 911 14. Blue Revolution in India 1003 15. The White Revolution in India 1103 16. The Livestock Revolution in India 1173