Indian Agriculture in the New Millennium

Changing Perceptions and Development Policy

N.A. Mujumdar (Ed.)‚ Uma Kapila (Ed.)

Recently released, here is a two-volume set published by Academic Foundation in collaboration with the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. The articles contained in these volumes are by a distinguished group of scholars and are at the cutting edge of current research in the chosen field. Ranging from agricultural economists, scientists to policy advisors of repute, the authors bring to bear on their chosen subject not only a high analytical rigour but also give rare insights into the appropriateness of development policies as the two volumes scan through the ups and downs of the agriculture development processes in India over a period of five decades and the policy issues involved at various stages.

This special collection of articles presented in two volumes is arranged under seven sections :

(I) Policy Framework, (II) Growth Profile of Agriculture, (III) Investment in Agriculture — covered in Volume 1, and (IV) Water Resources, (V) Institutional Reforms, (VI) Food Security : New Dimensions, and (VII) Globalisation — covered in Volume 2. Together, the two volumes promise to be an invaluable resource for both, researchers and policymakers.

Dr. N.A. MUJUMDAR is the Editor of the Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics and former Principal Adviser, Reserve Bank of India. A Nuffield Fellow of Oxford University, Dr. Mujumdar has also worked for the IMF, FAO, ESCAP and the World Bank. He was member of various Working Groups appointed by the Reserve Bank of India and the Planning Commission. He has published several books and numerous research papers in technical journals.

Dr. UMA KAPILA is Senior Editor, Academic Foundation, New Delhi. She has authored/edited several books including three widely read text-books on Indian Economy. Dr. Uma Kapila is also the co-editor (along with Raj Kapila) of the monthly publication Economic Developments in India (book + CD-Rom) of which, close to 100 volumes have already been published over past eight years. She has taught Indian economy to undergraduate students for forty two years and recently retired as Reader, Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi.

Bhupat M. Desai Professor (Retd.), Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

C.H. Hanumantha Rao Chairman, Centre for Economic & Social Studies, Hyderabad, and Institute of Economic Growth Delhi, Member, National Advisory Council (NAC), Government of India

V.M. Rao Visting Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore

S.S. Acharya Hony. Professor and formerly Director, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, Rajasthan

M.L. Dantwala (Late) Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai

Montek Singh Ahluwalia Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India; Formerly Director (EvO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington; Ex-Finance Secretary, Government of India

Kaliappa Kalirajan Professor, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo, Japan

Richard T. Shand Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

S.D. Sawant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai

V.S. Vyas Professor Emeritus, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, Rajasthan

G.K. Chadha Member, Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council; formerly, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

P.P. Sahu Professor of Economics, Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ramesh Chand Acting Director and Principal Scientist, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi

B.C. Roy Reader in Agricultural Economics, Vishawa Bharti University, Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Suresh Pal Principal Scientist, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi

B.D. Dhawan Professor (Retd.), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

A. Vaidyanathan Distinguished Economist and Ex-Member, Planning Commission, Government of India

Indira Hirway Director and Professor of Economics, Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad

T.C.A. Anant Professor, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

Mruthyunjaya National Director, National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), ICAR, New Delhi

P.K. Joshi South Asia Coordinator, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi

Raka Saxena Asst. Professor, College of Agricultural Business Management, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, Uttaranchal

S.K. Ray Professor (Retd.), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

Kanchan Chopra Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

M.S. Swaminathan UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, and Chairman of the National Commission on Farmers, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

P.S. George Professor and Formerly Director, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

R. Radhakrishna Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai

G.S. Bhalla Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Anil K. Gupta Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad

B. Bhattacharyya Formerly Dean, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi