Transforming Indian Agriculture-India 2040

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-81-321-1061-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

India's recent performance in agriculture has been favorable, with agricultural production growing over the past 30 years. Yet there is widespread consensus that, relative to the rest of the economy, agriculture is lagging and that it can and must do much better to support india's overall high economic growth and dynamism.

This book explores the future and presents the audacious question: what could the agricultural sector in India look like 30 years from now and how should it look if it is to successfully meet the needs of the country's affluent society?

In order to address this question, this book proposes a set of recommendations that should be implemented on a priority basis. These recommendations are as follows: (i) make public programs much more focused and effective; (ii) recognize water as a critical, long-term constraint to India's agricultural growth and give top priority to significantly improving the efficiency of water use; (iii) promote new high-yield seeds and related technologies, including mechanization, to improve yields and productivity; (iv) improve the effectiveness of agricultural research and extension; (v) support further improvements of the farm-to-market value chain and reduce spoilage; and (vi) improve markets and incentives related to agriculture through reforms of prices, trade, and subsidies.

The vision of what India's economy in 2040 should and can look like, with an affluent and modern agricultural sector, will require fundamental changes in both the demand and supply sides of Indian agriculture. The vision is based not on projections but on how India's agricultural sector needs to adapt to match the economy's progress as a whole. This vision is plausible but it is by no means certain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferroni, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Introduction - Marco Ferroni, Harinder S Kohli, and Anil Sood

PART I
Productivity, Markets, and Institutions - Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood

A Vision of Indian Agriculture in 2040 - Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood

Legacies of the Past and Key Challenges - Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood

Framework to Achieve India's Agricultural Transformation - Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood

Annex I.1. National Food Security, Productivity, Irrigation Growth, and Trade-The Model, Assumptions, and Results - Hans P Binswanger-Mkhize and Kirit Parikh

Part II
India 1960-2010: Structural Changes, the Rural Non-farm Sector, and the Prospects for Agriculture - Hans P Binswanger-Mkhize

Agricultural Diversification in India: Trends, Contributions to Growth, and Small Farmers' Participation - Pratap S Birthal, P K Joshi, and A.V. Narayanan
Improving Water Use Efficiency: New Directions for Water Management in India - Richard Ackermann

Review of Agricultural Extension in India - Marco Ferroni and Yuan Zhou

Agricultural Research for Sustainable Productivity Growth - Partha Das Gupta and Marco Ferroni

The Quiet Revolution in India's Food Supply Chains - Thomas Reardon and Bart Minten
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ferroni, Marco
Marco Ferroni is an expert in international agriculture and sustainability issues. He joined the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture as its Executive Director in 2008 after a career in multilateral institutions and government. Before joining the Foundation, Dr. Ferroni worked at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank in Washington DC. As Deputy Manager of the Sustainable Development Department of the IDB, he had responsibility for regional sector policy and technical support to the Bank’s country departments. As the IDB’s Principal Evaluation Officer he assessed the relevance, performance and results of Bank strategies and investments. As a senior advisor at the World Bank he advised on donor relations and directed work on international public goods and their role in development, foreign aid and international affairs. Earlier in his career, he was an economist and division chief for economic affairs and international trade in the government of Switzerland. He holds a doctoral degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University.