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9780801428067

The New Economics of India's Green Revolution

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801428067

  • ISBN10:

    0801428068

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-06-01
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface
Terms and Abbreviations
Technical Change and Rural Povertyp. 1
Equity Issues: The Early Assessmentsp. 2
Broader Implications of the Early Assessmentsp. 11
Gains from Green Revolution Technologyp. 14
Emerging Trends: Second-Generation Effectsp. 18
Organization of the Bookp. 20
The Green Revolution in Uttar Pradesh: The Widening and Subsequent Narrowing of Regional Disparitiesp. 23
Profile of Uttar Pradeshp. 23
Historical Perspective on East-West Disparitiesp. 30
State Intervention to Correct Imbalancesp. 36
Widening and Subsequent Narrowing of Regional Disparitiesp. 38
Income Differentials: Evidence from Micro Studiesp. 55
Income Diffusion over Time: Walidpur Villagep. 63
Profile of Walidpur Villagep. 66
The Benchmark and Present Studiesp. 69
Impact of the Green Revolutionp. 71
Income Diffusion over Timep. 81
Mechanisms of Income Diffusion: Meerut Districtp. 105
Profile of Meerut Districtp. 105
Mechanisms of Income Diffusionp. 110
Methodology and Data Collectionp. 119
Off-Farm Diversification: Rampur Villagep. 127
Profile of Rampur Villagep. 127
Increasing Importance of Off-Farm Activitiesp. 131
Income Diffusion in Rampurp. 140
Household Economic Strategiesp. 144
Dairying as a Source of Income Diffusion: Izarpur Villagep. 176
Profile of Izarpur Villagep. 176
The Appeal of Dairying to Small Producersp. 181
Income Diffusion in Izarpurp. 190
Household Strategiesp. 193
Labor-intensive Cultivation of High-Value Crops: Jamalpur Villagep. 211
Profile of Jamalpur Villagep. 211
Growing Importance of High-Value, Labor-intensive Cropsp. 217
Income Diffusion in Jamalpurp. 224
Household Strategiesp. 226
Speeding up Income and Employment Diffusion: Some Policy Implicationsp. 239
Hastening the Income Diffusion Processp. 243
Appendix: Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient by Sources of Incomep. 256
Referencesp. 259
Indexp. 269
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