Economics of Resource Use and Farm Earnings | Evidence from Sub-mountainous Punjab

Kashmir Singh

ISBN 10: 3659452181 / ISBN 13: 9783659452185

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Economics of Resource Use and Farm Earnings | Evidence from Sub-mountainous Punjab | Kashmir Singh | Taschenbuch | 200 S. | Englisch | 2013 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659452185 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 105619049

Synopsis:

The amazing success story of modernization and transformation of traditional agriculture of Punjab and rural development on introduction of Green Revolution technology during mid sixties is known worldwide. However, passing through the agro-climatically fragile North-eastern foothill sub-mountainous region of the state, one wonders whether the area constitutes the part of much acclaimed development model of rural transformation. For such regions, optimal use of scarce resources is the first and foremost short run option with the stakeholders to improve production efficiency, rural development and livings conditions of the people. Based on an intensive field investigation by the author, the present study measure the resource use efficiency of alternative cropping systems, identifies the economic gaps and suggests the most suitable optimal cropping and livestock pattern for the region that on implementation may go a long way in modernization and rapid transformation of the economy of this underdeveloped part of the state.

About the Author: Kashmir Singh has been working with Punjab Agricultural Univ. Ludhiana for past 26 years.He has been involved in field based research for World Bank,Govt. of Punjab and other national and international organizations. He worked intensively on integrated development of sub-mountainous Punjab-a state known worldwide as heartthrob of green revolution.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Economics of Resource Use and Farm Earnings ...
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu