- Semester:
III/IV
- Number of credits: 4
Preamble
This course aims to enhance the students’ understanding of agricultural development. Starting from basic questions like what factors lead to agricultural development or why does the share of agriculture in GDP go down once economies start developing, the course tries to enhance the students’ awareness on contemporary debates in the literature, and leads them to analysis of current governmental policies and strategies for surviving in the globalizing world.
Module 1: Theories of agricultural development (12 lectures)
Role of agriculture in a developing economy vis-à-vis a developed economy; Theories of agricultural development (Lewis, Schultz, Mellor, Hayami and Ruttan)
Module 2: Sustainable agricultural development and food security (12 lectures)
Impact of green revolution; Models of spread of technology and experiences in input use efficiency; Measurement and strategies for sustainable development; Food security: Concept, measurement, magnitude, and critical evaluation of government policies
Module 3: Competitiveness of agriculture products and marketing (12 lectures)
Measurement of efficiency of agricultural products in international markets; Efficiency of agricultural markets in India; Form and impact of government intervention in the markets and its effects on efficiency; Commodity markets: operation and likely impacts; Strategies for surviving in a globalizing world
Module 4: History and policies for agricultural development in India (12 lectures)
Trends in production since 1950; National Food Policy; Agriculture Policy; Area, productivity, employment and wage rate analysis; Trends in India’s agricultural exports and imports and implications References
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Basu Kaushik (1998). Analytical Development Economics. Oxford University Press. Ch 7, 11. (mod 1) |
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Bhalla G S. (2004). Globalization and Indian Agriculture. Volume 19 of the State of the Indian Farmer |
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Series. Academic Foundation. Ch 2-5 (mod 3) |
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Dreze Jean and Amartya Sen (1989). Hunger and Public Action. Oxford University Press. Ch 1-3, 5, 7 |
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(mod 2) |
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Lewis Arthur (1954). Economic Development with Unlimited supply of labour. Manchester School of |
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Economics and Social Studies 22: 139-91(mod 1) |
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Mellor J and Mudahar M (1992). Agriculture in Economic Development: Theories, findings and Challenges in |
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Asian context in A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Edited by Lee Martin. University of |
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Minnesota Press. Ch 1-3 (mod 1) |
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Norton George and Jeffery Alwang (1993). Introduction to Economics of Agricultural Development. |
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McGraw Hills, New York. Ch 1 (mod 1) |
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Sawant S D (2002). Indian Agriculture: Past developments and policies for the future. Dantwala |
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Monograph Series, No. 4. (mod 4) |
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Schultz Theodore (1964). Transforming Traditional Agriculture. Yale University Press. Ch 3 (mod 1) |
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Sengupta D, Chakraborty D and Banerjee P (2006). Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO: An Indian |
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Perspective on Emerging Issues. Academic Foundation. Ch 1-4 (mod 3) |
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Shiva Vandana (1992). The Violence of the Green Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan. Ch 2-3 (mod 2) |
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Venugopal Pingali (2004). Input Management. Volume 8 of the State of the Indian Farmer Series. |
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Academic Foundation. Exe summary, ch 3 (mod 2) |
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