Inclusive Growth in Agriculture
Contents: Preface. I. Irrigation and inclusive growth: 1. Minor irrigation in AP: some equity politico economic and efficiency issues/Rahul A. Shastri. 2. Irrigation and inclusive agricultural growth in Andhra Pradesh/D. Devender. II. Credit and inclusive growth: 3. Agricultural credit the gateway for inclusive growth/Naga Raju Alluri. 4. Credit for agriculture in the post reform era: has it been inclusive/Satish and Nirupam Mehrotra. 5. Farm credit for small farmers still on exclusion/A. Ranga Reddy M. Sampath Kumar Raju. 6. The impact of credit on the diffusion and adoption of technological innovations in agriculture: a study/Thakur Balbeer Singh. 7. Exclusion of small and marginal farmers in agricultural credit: a study in Khammam district/S. Radha Krishna and K. Madhava Rao. III. Poverty food security employment and inclusive growth: 8. Sustainable agriculture for food security in India/P. Arunachalam. 9. Food security to the poor and needy/G. Ramachandraiah. 10. Inclusive growth in agriculture food security in India/N. Trinadh. 11. Agriculture in India employment and rural poverty: a critical analysis/Krishna Reddy Chittedi. 12. Multistakeholder approaches for improving agriculture and farm income of resource poor farmers: lessons from ICRISAT initiative /Asok S. Alur, Ch. Ravinder Reddy, P. Parthasarathy Rao, Belum, V.S. Reddy and C.I.I. Gowda. 13. Women employment and inclusive growth an empirical study in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh/M. Savithri. 14. Inclusive growth and insuring food security problems and challenges/Ch. Suresh Chandra. 15. Employment generation under Mgnrega: Andhra Pradeshs testimony of four years/B. Suresh Babu. IV. Rural development regional disparities inputs land reforms and inclusive growth: 16. Regional disparities in rainfed to irrigated areas and publicity funded irrigation sources in A.P./S. Kishan Rao. 17. Growth performance and capital formation in fisheries in India/G.P. Reddy. 18. Promoting agriculture: a strategic solution for financial crisis in Andhra Pradesh a case study of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe farmers in Konduru Mandal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh/K. Raja Babu and P.R.K. Prasad. 19. Inclusive growth in Indian agriculture/G.T. Marula Siddappa and H.M. Nagabhushana. 20. Inclusive growth and rural development: a case study of handloom weavers in East Godavari district/P. Tara Kumari and N. Visalakshi. 21. Sheep rearing: an alternative strategy of allied activity for agriculture in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh/C. Srinivasa Rao and P. Padmanabharao. 22. Tribal women and inclusive growth an empirical study/I. Daisy. 23. Problems of inter state disparities in India: inclusive growth a solution/M. Narasimhulu and P. Satyanarayana. 24. Ground realities of Indian agricultural growth/N.T.K. Naik, S. Mansoor Rahman and K. Chinna Venkataswami. 25. Dairy development in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh/P. Kothandarami Reddy. 26. Health status of fisher woman in rural and urban areas of Visakhapatnam district/P. Tara Kumari, T. Anitha Kumar and K. Swarna Latha. 27. Inclusive growth in agriculture/Jayaram Y.G.28. Is employment right or programme/Satyanarayana Turangi and R.V. Ramanamurthy. 29. Inclusive growth in agriculture/Betelhem Degaule. 30. Regional disparities an Andhra Pradesh/J. Sivaram. 31. Inclusive growth in agriculture/N. Linga Murthy.
The Approach Paper on the Eleventh Five Year Plan Towards faster and more inclusive growth reflects the need to make growth more inclusive in terms of benefits flowing through more employment and income to those sections of society which have been by passed by higher rates of economic growth witnessed in recent years. With a view to generate empirical information on the important interrelated elements of Inclusive Growth in Agriculture to suggest measures for framing suitable policies so as to reach the benefits of the rapid economic growth to all sections of the society in agricultural sector the national seminar was organized by the Department of Economics Osmania University. (jacket)
