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Course Code: M-BECOE -039 Course Name: Group - IV Sectoral Economics) - Agriculture Economics-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. • 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. • 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. • Tripathy, S. N. (2000). Contractual Labour in Agricultural Sector. Discovery Publishing House. |
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