Modern Outlook in Rural Development

Contents Foreword Preface 1 Entrepreneurship development in  rural areas through dairy farmingGopal Shankla 2 Employment generation in agriculture a special reference to coconut cultivation in IndiaC Thamban and S Jayasekhar 3 System of rice intensification an empirical studyBS Nayak 4 Empowering distress women through entrepreneurial activities the SHG story of AssamGautam Purkayastha 5 Self help groups leading to development of rural poorShankar Chatterjee 6 Employment and income generation potentiality of dairy farming a study with reference to self help groupsBC Das 7 Changing dimensions of Indias Five Year Plans vis a vis rural development programmes an overviewBishnu Mohan Dash and Atul Pratap Singh 8 Rural development through agroforestryRP Dwivedi 9 Self employment of women in agricultureBinoo P Bonny 10 Information and communication technology and agripreneurship developmentOP Mishra and M Aditya  11 Rural poverty reduction strategy in Andhra Pradesh role of SERPShankar Chatterjee 12 Self help groups in Rajasthan an experience of DPIPSK Kataria 13 Spatio temporal variation in ericulture in AssamManjit Das 14 Rural poverty reduction strategy new initiativesShankar Chatterjee 15 Planning for rural development emergence of Panchayati Raj in IndiaTrilochan Dash 16 Index The book is compilation different chapters 15 chapters focusing on development of rural India Various interventions like agriculture horticulture dairy self help groups have been explained with case studies for the development of rural poor Grameen Bank experience has ushered hope for the rural poor as through micro credit primary secondary and tertiary sectors have been developing by scaling down of rural poverty In the light of this the volume examines the ground situation in reality 167 pp.…