Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics /
Singh, Amarjit
Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics / Amarjit Singh. - New Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House, 2017. - 469 p. ;
SECTION-I: GENERAL ISSUES
1. Nature and scope of agricultural economics;
2. Role of agriculture in economic development;
3. Farm organisation;
4. Types of farming;
5. Land in agriculture;
6. Labour in agriculture;
7. Capital in agriculture;
8. Land-reforms-Theoretical issues;
9. Risks and uncertainty in agriculture;
10. Supply response in agriculture;
11. Agricultural marketing;
12. Marketable surplus;
13. Environment and agricultural development;
14. Human resources development in agriculture;
SECTION-II: ISSUES CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOMENT
15. Shult's thesis of transforming traditional agriculture;
16. Mellor's theory of agricultural development;
17. Boserup's theory of agricultural development;
18. Lews model of economic development;
19. FEI & Ranis model of agricultural development;
20. Tadaro's model of migration and unemployment;
21. Jorgenson's Neo-classical model of a dual economy;
SECTION-III: ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION , PRICE DETERMINATION, CONSUMPTION AND FARM MANAGEMENT;
22. Economics of agricultural production;
23. Production with one variable input( factor product relationship);
24. Production with two variable input ( factor-factor relationship);
25. Resource allocation and enterprise combination (product-product relationship);
26. Time and agricultural production processes;
27. Cost, revenue and profit maximisation;
28. Agricultural price determination;
29. Consumption economics;
30. Farm management;
SECTION-IV: ISSUES IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
31. Green revolution in India;
32. Farm mechanization;
33. Food security and agricultural development;
34. Land reforms in India;
35. Farm size and productivity;
36. Agricultural credit;
37. Foreign trade and agricultural development;
38. New economic policy and Indian agriculture;
39. WTO and Indian agriculture;
40. Nanotechnology and agriculture;
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Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics / Amarjit Singh. - New Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House, 2017. - 469 p. ;
SECTION-I: GENERAL ISSUES
1. Nature and scope of agricultural economics;
2. Role of agriculture in economic development;
3. Farm organisation;
4. Types of farming;
5. Land in agriculture;
6. Labour in agriculture;
7. Capital in agriculture;
8. Land-reforms-Theoretical issues;
9. Risks and uncertainty in agriculture;
10. Supply response in agriculture;
11. Agricultural marketing;
12. Marketable surplus;
13. Environment and agricultural development;
14. Human resources development in agriculture;
SECTION-II: ISSUES CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOMENT
15. Shult's thesis of transforming traditional agriculture;
16. Mellor's theory of agricultural development;
17. Boserup's theory of agricultural development;
18. Lews model of economic development;
19. FEI & Ranis model of agricultural development;
20. Tadaro's model of migration and unemployment;
21. Jorgenson's Neo-classical model of a dual economy;
SECTION-III: ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION , PRICE DETERMINATION, CONSUMPTION AND FARM MANAGEMENT;
22. Economics of agricultural production;
23. Production with one variable input( factor product relationship);
24. Production with two variable input ( factor-factor relationship);
25. Resource allocation and enterprise combination (product-product relationship);
26. Time and agricultural production processes;
27. Cost, revenue and profit maximisation;
28. Agricultural price determination;
29. Consumption economics;
30. Farm management;
SECTION-IV: ISSUES IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
31. Green revolution in India;
32. Farm mechanization;
33. Food security and agricultural development;
34. Land reforms in India;
35. Farm size and productivity;
36. Agricultural credit;
37. Foreign trade and agricultural development;
38. New economic policy and Indian agriculture;
39. WTO and Indian agriculture;
40. Nanotechnology and agriculture;
9789350512456
338.1 / SIN