Agricultural Economics: Models, Poblems and Policy Issues / R.G. Desai.

PART 1: MODELS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Definition, nature and scope of agricultural development;
2. Physiocrats' model of agricultural development;
3. Lewis theory of unlimited supplies of labour;
4. Schultz's theory of agricultural development;
5. Jorgenson's dual economy model;
6. Fei and Ranis model of agricultural surplus;
7. J.W Mellor's modle of agricultural development;
8. Y. Hayami and V.W Ruttan model of agricultural development;

PART 2: PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

9. Capitalism and agricultural development;
10. Colonialism and agricultural development;
11. Role of agriculture in economic development;
12. Reviews of Indians agricultural growth in crop production;
13. Changing land use pattern in Indian agriculture;
14. Changing crop pattern in India;
15. Changing composition of food-grains production in India;
16. Supply behaviour in agriculture;
17. Farm size and productivity;
18. Food security and agricultural development;
19. Conceptual issues and magnitude of agricultural labour in India;
20. Wage determination and employment generation in agriculture;
21. Capital formation on agriculture;
22. Financial institutions and capital formation;
23. Foreign trade and agricultural development;
24. Marketable surplus and development;
25. Soil erosion and soil conservative measures;
26. Irrigation and agricultural development;
27. Agricultural cooperative marketing in India: An overview ;
28. Ricks and uncertainty in agriculture;

PART 3: POLICY ISSUES

29. Food control and government of Indian policy;
30. Livestock and diary development;
31. Land reforms and agricultural development;
32. Abolition of Zamindari system in India;
33. Tenancy reforms and its impact;
34. Law of ceiling on land hildings and its impacts;
35. Green revolution and agricultural development - A review;
36.Impact of green revolution and its evaluation;
37. Mechanization and agricultural development;
38. Indian agricultural development- A perspective planning;
39. Agricultural price policy - A review;
40. Forest resources and policy in India;
41. Social forestry and its impact;
42. Pisciculture- Its development and impact in India;
43. Agro-climatic zonal planning;
44. New challenge in agricultural development;
45. Ninth fiev year plan (1997-2002) and agricultural development;