Syllabus
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Course Code: M-ECOE -045 Course Name: Elective Course - Economics of Agriculture-II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Agricultural Production and
Its Diversification Agricultural Production- Stock and Flow Resources, Production
Relationships, Resource use and efficiency; Production Functions analyses in
agriculture; Factor Relationships – Iso-quant and Iso-cost Line, Optimum
Combination; Product Relationships – Joint Products, Competitive Products,
Supplementary Products and Antagonistic Products; Diversification of
Agricultural Production – Horticulture and Floriculture, Mushroom Cultivation
and Processing of Agricultural Products.
Reading List ·
Ahuja,
S. & Jaggi, P. (2017). Mashroom: Scope and future in India. Kurukshetra – A Journal on Rural Development,
65(6), 40-44. ·
Gautam,
H.R. & Kaushal, R. (2017). Horticulture: The growth engine for agriculture
sector. Kurukshetra – A Journal on Rural
Development, 65(6), 5-9. ·
Rawat,
S. (2017). Floriculture: Potential source of farmer’s income. Kurukshetra – A Journal on Rural Development,
65(6), 45-47. ·
Sharma,
A.K., Wahab, S. & Srivastava, R. (2010). Agriculture Diversification: Problems and Perspectives. I.K.
International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
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Thakur,
A.K. & Padmadeo, K.B. (2008). Growth
and Diversification of Agriculture. Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi. |
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| 2 | Rural Finance Role of capital and rural credit; Organized and unorganized
capital market; Rural savings and capital formation; Characteristics and Sources of rural credit – Institutional and
non-institutional; Reorganization of rural credit – cooperatives, commercial
banks, regional rural banks; Role of the NABARD.
Reading List ·
EPW
Research Foundation (2014).Agricultural Credit in India: Trends,
Regional Spreads and Database Issues. Published by NABARD, 2014. ·
Nagaraju,
B. (2018). Recent Trends and Patterns of
Agricultural Credit in India. KY Publications, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. ·
Shandilya,
T.K. & Prasad, U. (2003).Agricultural
Credit and NABARD. Deep & Deep Publications (P) Ltd., New Delhi. ·
Singh,
B. (2000).Agricultural Credit: Sources,
Problems and Emerging Issues. Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
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Panda,
R.K. (Eds.). (2005).Emerging Issues on
Rural Credit. APH Publishing Corporation. |
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| 3 | Theories of Agricultural
Development Schultz’s Transformation of Traditional Agriculture; Mellor’s Model
of Agricultural Development; Boserup Model
of Agriculture Development; Ranis – Fie Model of Agriculture Development; Hayami
- Ruttan Induced Innovation Hypothesis.
Reading List ·
Forster, G.W. & Leager, M.C. (1951). Elements of Agricultural Economics. Prentice Hall. ·
Cohen, R.L. (2008). Economics
of Agriculture. Nishet, London.
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Cramer, Gail L., Paudel, Krishna P. & Schmitz, A. (Eds.). (2018).
The Routledge Handbook of Agricultural
Economics. Routledge, New York. |
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| 4 | Agriculture and External Sector Issues
in liberalization of domestic and international trade in agriculture; Impact of
the World Trade Organization on Indian Agriculture; Agriculture and Environment–
Sustainable Development; Food Security and International Trade – Concept,
Threat, Indicators and Mechanism to Food Security.
Reading List ·
Gulati,
A. & Kelly, T. (2001). Trade
Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture. Oxford University Press. ·
Prasad,
C.S. (2012). Agriculture and Sustainable
Development in India. New Century Publications. ·
Rudra,
A.(1982). Indian Agricultural Economics:
Myths and Reality. Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
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Singh,
K. (2006). Indian Agriculture Trade in Pre and Post WTO Regime: A Comparative
Study. K.U.R.J. (Arts & Humanities),
40. |
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