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Agrarian crisis and farmer suicides [electronic resource] / edited by R.S. Deshpande, Saroj Arora.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Land reforms in India ; v. 12.
- Land reforms in India ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture and state--India.
- Agriculture and state.
- Farmers--Suicidal behavior--India.
- Farmers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (460 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Twelfth in the series 'Land Reforms in India', this volume is a collection of essays which bring out the multi-dimensional aspects of the agrarian crisis, and its impact on farmers' suicides leading to public policy. A distinctive feature of this collection is its holistic approach towards viewing farm sector distress, instead of looking for isolated causes and solutions. The essays are based on the research and analyses conducted by academics and administrators from different parts of the country. These examine the reasons for the growing agrarian crisis and increasing incidences of farmers'
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; A Note From the Co-ordinator; 1 - Editors' Introduction; 2 - Economic Reforms, Small Farmer Economy and Agrarian Crisis; 3 - Contextualising the Agrarian Suicides; 4 - Poor Indian Farmers' Plight and Liberalisation: An Overview; 5 - Path of Development and Politics in Karnataka; 6 - Globalisation, Agrarian Crisis and Farmers' Suicides: Illusion and Reality; 7 - Globalisation vis-à-vis Agrarian Crisis in India; 8 - Cotton Growers: Experience from Vidarbha; 9 - Economic Reforms and Regional Disparities
- 10 - The Drought Prone Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh11 - Distress and Deceased in Andhra Pradesh: An Analysis of Causes of Farmers' Suicide; 12 - Indebtedness and Farmers' Suicides; 13 - Punjab Peasantry: A Question of Life and Debt; 14 - Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and Policy Options; 15 - Credit through Participatory Management: The Way for Rural Smile; 16 - Way Out: Short-term and Long-term Measures for Sustainable Agriculture; 17 - Farmers' Suicide: Behavioural and Social Dimensions; 18 - Providing a Level Playing Field for the Small Farmer; 19 - Way Forward
- About the Editors and ContributorsIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-959-1
- 1-282-98466-7
- 9786612984662
- 81-321-0659-8
- OCLC:
- 701053304
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