Agricultural Trends in India, 1891-1947 : Output, Availability, and Productivity / George Blyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blyn, George, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.) : 28 illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this book, the economic history of India's agriculture and the extent of its development, from 1891 to independence (1947), is closely and authoritatively examined in a study of output, acreage, and yield per acre for the eighteen crops that constitute most of India's agriculture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Tables

List of Charts and Maps

I. Views on Crop Production Trends in India

II. Nature of Crop Data

Ill. Methods Used for Adjustment of Crop Data

IV. Measurement of Trends

V. Output and Availability

VI. Acreage Change

VII. Yield per Acre Trends

VIII. Change in Underlying Determinants of Yield per Acre Trends

IX. Summary and Conclusion

Appendix Tables

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781512800845

1512800848

OCLC:

979954651