| Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides Contributor(s): Deshpande, R. S. (Editor), Arora, Saroj (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8132105125 ISBN-13: 9788132105121 Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Suicide - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 362.280 |
| LCCN: 2010034411 |
| Series: Land Reforms in India |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (1.36 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the twelfth in the series ′Land Reforms in India′. The essays in this volume bring out the multi-dimensional aspects of the agrarian crisis, and its impact on farmers′ suicides leading to public policy. A distinctive feature of this collection is its holistic approach towards viewing farm sector distress, instead of looking for isolated causes and solutions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deshpande, R. S.: - R S Deshpande is presently Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, Karnataka. Professor Deshpande was a member of the Committee on Farmers' Suicides in Karnataka, drafted the WTO Cell Report and Agricultural Policy-2006 of the Government of Karnataka. He was also the convener for preparing the manual for District Planning Team of the Planning Commission. He is member of an Expert Group on WTO and Agriculture of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. Among his important books are: Crops and Cultivation; NGOs and Farmers' Movements; Moon in the Mirror; Farmer and the Minimum Support Prices in Karnataka; Rural Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction, Glimpses of Indian Agriculture: Micro and Macro Aspects Vol. I and II and Where Water Seeps; Contract Farming and Tenancy Reforms. He was one of the three coordinators of the mega study on Farmers at the Millennium sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. His areas of specialisation include Agricultural Economics, Economic Policy, Land Issues, Development Economics and Applied Econometrics. Arora, Saroj: -Saroj Arora is a senior research officer in the Centre for Rural Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Her areas of interest are land reforms, land administration, peasant movement, agrarian reforms, gender and land, resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected families. She has done extensive research on gender, land, resettlement and rehabilitation issues. |