The New Economics of India's Green Revolution : Income and Employment Diffusion in Uttar Pradesh / Rita Sharma, Thomas T. Poleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharma, Rita, Author.

Poleman, Thomas T., Author.

Series:

Food Systems and Agrarian Change Series

Food Systems and Agrarian Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Food Studies.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Food Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.) : 17 b&w illustrations, 65 maps/charts/graphs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a reappraisal of the effects of the Green Revolution in India's most important agricultural region. Through an examination of the changes that have occurred in Uttar Pradesh, Rita Sharma and Thomas T. Poleman show that the impact of technological change has varied over time, initially benefitting only resource-rich farmers but later bringing new opportunities to those less favorably endowed. The authors draw heartening conclusions. They maintain that the Green Revolution not only holds the potential for increasing food production at rates ahead of population growth; it also bids fair to help resolve India's far more perplexing employment problem.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Terms and Abbreviations

1. Technical Change and Rural Poverty

2. The Green Revolution in Uttar Pradesh: The Widening and Subsequent Narrowing of Regional Disparities

3. Income Diffusion over Time: Walidpur Village

PHOTOGRAPHS

4. Mechanisms of Income Diffusion: Meerut District

5. Off-Farm Diversification: Rampur Village

6. Dairying as a Source of Income Diffusion: Izarpur Village

7. Labor-intensive Cultivation of High-Value Crops: Jamalpur Village

8. Speeding up Income and Employment Diffusion: Some Policy Implications

Appendix. Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient by Sources of Income

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3782-1

OCLC:

1143819384