Agriculture Policy and Development in Eastern India

Contents: 1. Agriculture in Eastern India: Development and Strategies/Suresh Chandra Patnaik. 2. Agricultural Technologists and Policies for Farmer’s Welfare/S.K. Choudhari and T. Mohapatra. 3. Augmenting Income of Farmers and Agricultural Workers Within the Framework of Indian Constitution and Indian Law/Ananga Kumar Patnaik. 4. Leveraging Agriculture for Nutritional Security in Eastern India/M. Nedunchezhiyan, Kalidas Pati Vijay Bahadur Singh Chauhan, R. Arutselvan and K. Raja. 5. Secondary Agriculture – A Key Drive of Agriculture Growth in Eastern India/Amiya Kumar Behera. 6. Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Finance in Indian Context/A.K. Sahoo, S.C. Patnaik and S.S. Nanda. 7. Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development A Situational Analysis of Odisha/Pravat Kumar Roul and Sanat Mishra. 8. Organic Farming in Eastern India: Past, Present and Future/Basudev Behera, Swosti D. Behera and Stuti D. Behera. 9. Doubling Farmers’ Income in Eastern India: A Roadmap/Bidyadhar Maharana and Lalit Mohan Garnayak. 10. Water Resource and Agriculture Scenario in Eastern India: Strategies for Agricultural Water Management/Atmaram Mishra, Sheelabhadra Mohanty and Partha Pratim Adhikary. 11. Tribal Livelihood and Agriculture Development in Eastern India/A.K. Behera, B. Maharana, S.C. Patnaik and Sanghamitra Pattnaik. 12. Human Resources Dynamics for Agricultural Growth in Odisha/L.C. Patnaik. 13. Conclusion.

This book 'Agriculture Policy and Development in Eastern India' is an attempt to make the readers fully realize the potential of appropriate agricultural policy and others for larger impact. This will focus on sustainable management of all resources to improve quality agriculture and allied sectors in eastern India, thereby enhancing livelihoods of the peoples of the region as well as in the country.