Indian Agriculture : Challenges of Globalisation/edited by A. Vinayak Reddy and M. Yadagira Charyulu. New Delhi, New Century Pub., 2008, xx, 346 p., tables, ISBN 81-7708-171-8.

    Contents: 1. State policy, poverty and rural development/R.S. Deshpande. 2. Crop diversification in Andhra Pradesh/C. Ratnam, Geetha Mohan and P. Lakshmi Narayana. 3. Globalisation and future village/J. Manohar Rao. 4. Micro finance globalization/Shaoni Shabnam and Sony Pellissery. 5. Rural employment in Andhra Pradesh/M. Sundara Rao and D. Venkata Rao. 6. Economic and social dimensions of globalisation/V.V. Reddy. 7. Literacy and disparities in Karnataka/Talwar Sabanna, Uttam Kamble and Shanta Porapir. 8. Climate change, globalization and Indian agriculture/Dhulasi Birundha Varadarajan. 9. Globalization, agriculture and rural development in India/R. Shashi Kumar. 10. Economic reforms, growth and occupational diversification in India/Prankrishna Pal. 11. Land allotments for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India/Panduranga Reddy and A. Prasad. 12. Impact of globalisation on agricultural labour/S. Ramachandran. 13. Organic farming in India/Puttaswamaiah S. and Amita Shah. 14. Agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh/A. Vinayak Reddy and M. Yadagira Charyulu. 15. Dairy co-operatives and rural women/G. Bhaskar. 16. Investment credit in Indian agriculture/Mani K.P. 17. Vulnerability of landholdings to income shocks/T. Lakshmanasamy and R. Arunachalam. 18. Impact of globalisation on rural economy of India/Dhirendra Nath Konar. Index.

    "The largest portion of the natural resources of India consists of land and by far the largest number of its inhabitants is engaged in agriculture. Therefore, in any scheme of economic development of the country, agriculture holds a position of basic importance. Agricultural sector occupies a key position in the Indian economy and provides employment to about 65 per cent of the working population of India.

    The economic development process guided by the market-driven parameters has benefited selected sections of society. The fruits of liberalisation and globalization have not percolated to the agricultural and rural sectors sufficiently. The farming community is by and large in crisis due to non-protective attitude of the government. The agriculture has become unviable with liberalised imports, global competitiveness and volatile nature of market prices. In spite of recent corrective measures, the farming community is in distress and farmers' suicides are taking place unabatedly in different parts of the country in general and in southern states in particular.

    The present volume contains research findings of scholars specialising in different aspects of Indian agriculture. The work is fairly replete with inspiring and enlightening matter and hence it will commend itself to all categories of readers, particularly academicians, researchers and students of economics, commerce and business management." (jacket)

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