Economic Reforms and Small Farms

Implications for Production, Marketing and Employment

Parmod Kumar and Sandip Sarkar

Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production, Marketing and Employment, by Parmod Kumar and Sandip Sarkar, examines the impact of agricultural economic reforms on farming, production, marketing, and employment in India.

The book presents a comparative study of the Indian states of Punjab and Bihar, highlighting the differences in their agricultural development and farming practices.

The study argues that while Punjab's agricultural sector has promising prospects for a new phase of corporatization, agriculture in Bihar remains largely dependent on subsistence farming.

It examines the effects of recent agriculture-related policy changes on the emerging production, marketing, and earning conditions of small and large farms.

The analysis also presents farmers' views on the reform process, highlighting their concerns that the benefits of agricultural reforms have largely reached medium-sized and large farms rather than small farmers.

Through its comparative examination of Punjab and Bihar, the book explores the implications of agricultural reforms for different categories of farmers and considers the potential for improved reform policies.

Key Features

• Examines the impact of economic reforms on small farms in India.

• Provides a comparative analysis of agricultural conditions in Punjab and Bihar.

• Explores the prospects for agricultural corporatization in Punjab.

• Highlights the continuing dependence on subsistence farming in Bihar.

• Analyses the effects of agricultural policy changes on production, marketing, and farmers' earnings.

• Compares the impact of reforms on small, medium-sized, and large farms.

• Presents farmers' perspectives on the distribution of benefits from agricultural reforms.

• Examines the potential for improving agricultural reform policies.

Product Details

• Authors: Parmod Kumar and Sandip Sarkar

• Publisher: Academic Foundation

• Publication Date: 1 January 2012

• Language: English

• Format: Hardcover

• Pages: 268

• ISBN-10: 8171889379

• ISBN-13: 9788171889372

• Reading Age: 15 years and up

• Item Weight: 544 g

• Dimensions: 15.88 × 2.54 × 23.5 cm

• Country of Origin: India