Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development in India: Issues, Challenges and Possibilities

The book packed with facts and figures is the collection of various research studies, case studies and extensive literature surveys in the field of Indian agriculture. It comprehensively portrays the entire journey of agriculture transformation in India and further reflects upon its present and future challenges along with pragmatic solutions for dealing with them. The book broadly comprises of four sections, in one of the sections it presents an illustrative picture of political economy of Agriculture development in India. In the same section it highlights the major agriculture challenges like of climate change, enhancing and augmenting farmers income, marketing related issues. Based on various comprehensive research studies another section of the book analyses the labour force participation in agriculture and non-agriculture sector and explores the role of women in agriculture development. The other segment of the book effectively portrays and presents the case studies which not only depicts the success stories in field of agriculture and rural development but also suggests the practical road map for policy makers in the country. The fourth section while presenting the picture of Mountain agriculture of the country examines its various challenges along with presenting the immense opportunities and possibilities. Overall the books caters to the need and requirements of learners, researchers and policy makers working or are interested in the field of agriculture and rural development.…