Author : Autar S. Dhesi
Release : 2020-11-29
Genre : Business & Economics
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Rural Development in Punjab - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rural Development in Punjab write by Autar S. Dhesi. This book was released on 2020-11-29. Rural Development in Punjab available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For many years, agricultural development in Punjab symbolised one of the most successful experiments in rural development. However, this success story seems to be going astray. The crux of the problem, this volume suggests, is that externally driven modernization to meet national food needs pushed Punjab into highly specialized production of wheat and rice, resulting in over-utilisation of natural resources with adverse environmental consequences that jeopardizing the long-term viability and sustainability of the agrarian economy. Stagnating productivity, reduced farm size, falling household incomes, depleting groundwater resources, are only a few of the problems that characterise Punjab’s agriculture today. The book establishes clearly that rural development implies more than transformation of traditional agriculture. Apart from ensuring efficient use of limited resources to sustain agricultural production, rural policy should encompass promotion of non-farm activities, investments in social and economic structure and civic amenities.