Agriculture and Rural Development

Contents : Rural Development : Agriculture and Rural Non-farm Sector; Rural Development and Financial Inclusion; Rural Credit from Non-Institutional Sources; Agriculture and Rural Development; Role of Agricultural Marketing and Economic Development; Smart and Sustainable Agriculture; Strategies for Sustainable Growth and Development of Agriculture; Information Technology for Agricultural Development; Trends in Terms of Trade in Indian Agriculture; Role of Non-Farm Sector in Rural Development; etc. The book Agriculture and Rural Development consist of 32 articles comprising the basics of agriculture and rural development in India mostly dealing with rural development policies, policy models and policy instruments followed in India. This book also covers various organisational and managerial aspects of rural development especially principles, policies and management for the benefit of teachers, trainers, students, policy-makers and rural development agencies. This book belong to the ideas of modernization of agricultural methods, crop-sowing efficiencies, modern methods of irrigation, agricultural unemployment in rural India and the dependence on rains for irrigation of crops, farmers distress, access to a sustainable livelihood, entrepreneurial opportunities and productive resources, improvement of farm productivity through better access to resources, technologies, markets and organizations and connectivity to markets, strengthen rural-urban linkages, and increase agricultural and non-agricultural productivity. The book succeeded in linking agriculture to rural development in terms of reviewing different local and state-level experiences focussing on future developments. Though the articles included in the book are somewhat eclectic but they do span for the main features of agriculture and rural development.…