Syllabus
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Course Code: M-BECOE-051 Course Name: Group 4 - Sectoral Economics) - Agriculture Economics-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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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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