Syllabus
Course Code: M-ECOE- 035 Course Name: Elective COurse - Economics of Agriculture-I |
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MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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1 | Agriculture and Economic Development Agricultural
Economics – Definition, Nature and Scope; Role of Agriculture in Economic
Development; Inter-Sectoral Linkages of Agriculture (Backward & Forward Linkages
and Feedback Effects); Role of Agriculture in Haryana and Indian Economy; Farming
as a business or way of life; Risks and Uncertainties in Agriculture.
Reading List ·
Datt,
G. & Mahajan, A. (2020). Datt &
Sundharam’s Indian Economy. S.Chand Publishers, New Delhi. ·
Gardener,
Bruce L., & Rausser, Gordon C. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol.2A- Agriculture and Its
External Linkages. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science B.V. ·
Moss,
C.B. (2010). Risk, Uncertainty and the
Agricultural Firm. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Singapore. ·
Ray,
P.K. (2013). Agricultural Insurance:
Theory and Practice and Application to Developing Countries. Pergamon Press, Great Britain. · Singh, Kuldeep (2010). Agricultural Trajectories and Environment Dilemma: Some Evidence from Haryana.Agricultural Situation in India, 67(3). · Westley, J. R. (2019). Agriculture and Equitable Growth: The Case of Punjab-Haryana. Routledge, New York. |
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2 | Evolution of Agricultural Economic Thoughts Ancient
Economic Thought and Agriculture: Hebrew Economic Thought; Greek Economic
Thought – Socrates, Plato, Aristotle; Roman Economic Thought; Medieval Economic
Thought and Agriculture – St. Augustine;
Physiocrats and Agriculture; Classical Economic Thought and Agriculture.
Reading List ·
Drummond
H. E. & Goodwin W. J. (2004). Agricultural
Economics. Pearson Education, New Delhi. ·
Eicher,
C. & Lawrence, W. (Eds.). (1970). Agriculture
in Economic Development. New York, McGraw Hill Co.
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Lokanathan,
V. (1973). A History of Economic Thought.
S. Chand Publishing. |
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3 | Issues in Indian Agriculture Indian
Agriculture: Features, Problems and Trends; Agricultural Productivity in India
– Causes of low productivity and Suggestions to increase productivity in India;
Agricultural Price Policy: origin, objectives, need, instruments, shortcomings
and suggestions for Re-orientation of Agricultural Price Policy in India;
Agriculture Marketing in India; Agricultural Development and Five Year Plans.
Reading List ·
Bhalla,
G.S. (2007). Indian Agricultural Since
Independence. National Book Trust, India. ·
Ezaz
Anwar, Md. (2019). Agriculture and
Economic Development in India. New Century Publications, ·
Goswami,
B., Bezbaruah, M. P. & Mandal, R. (Eds.). (2017). Indian Agriculture after the Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges.
Routledge, New York.
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Paroda,
R. S. (2018). Reorienting Indian
Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. |
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4 | Rural Unemployment and Poverty Rural
Unemployment: Nature, Magnitude, Causes and Suggestions to solve unemployment
problem; Problems and Measures to improve the conditions of Agricultural
Labourers; Rural Poverty; Inequalities in income distribution; Gender inequity
in agriculture; Concept of Poverty Line and Measures to eradicate Poverty in
India.
Reading List ·
Bathla,
S., Joshi, P.K. & Kumar, A. (2020). Agricultural
Growth and Rural Poverty Reduction in India – Targeting Investments and Input
Subsidies. Springer. ·
Bhalla,
G.S. & Singh, G. (2012). Economic
Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture – A District Level Study. Sage
Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. ·
Nath,
G.B. (1998). Problems of Agricultural
Labour: A Case Study of Orissa. Classical Publishing Company, University of
Michigan. ·
Sridhara,
S., Nagachaitnya, B., Chakravarthy, A.K., Nagamani, M.K. & Prabhakara
Shetty, T.K. (Eds.). (2009). Women in
Agriculture & Rural Development. New India Publishing Agency.
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Tripathy,
S. N. (2000). Contractual Labour in
Agricultural Sector. Discovery Publishing House. |