History and Development of Indian Agriculture

by Bansil, P C

ISBN: 9789388027311
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 18995.00
Biblio : x+660p., figs., tbls., indx., 25cm

Author Profile

Dr. P.C. Bansil (1921–2016) 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. 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 was an agri and livestock economist. He was appointed by the Planning Commission as 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.

About The Book

The book “History and Development of Indian Agriculture“ is one of the Series - Economics of Agriculture and Allied Aspects. It consists of 12 Chapters which include History of Agriculture in India, History of Irrigation, Hundred Years of Co-operatives, Agriculture during British Period, Agribusiness and its SWOT Analysis, Grow More Food Campaign, Green Revolution in Mexico, 1943–1965, Green Revolution in India, Food Situation Immediately after Independence, Agricultural Development in India Since Independence, Indian Seed System Development: Policy and Institutional Options and Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill 2013. It gives the reader a complete picture of the role of agricultural economy from time to time. The book will be useful to students of agriculural economics, researchers, educated farmers, administrators, policy makers and bankers.