Globalisation and Sustainable Agriculture in India : With Case Studies of Successful Projects

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of agriculture. 3. Agriculture in India. 4. Hurdles in Indian agriculture. 5. Sustainable agriculture. 6. Expanding horizon of agricultural biotechnologies. 7. Changing patterns and future prospects. 8. Indian agricultural trade. 9. Development in agriculture and biotechnologies. 10. Case studies of successful projects. Bibliography. Index.
 
"Since Independence India has made a significant progress in varied fields such as growth in outputs yields and areas under several crops. India today is the largest producer of milk fruits cashewnuts coconuts and tea in the world the second largest producer of wheat vegetables sugar and fish and the third largest producer of tobacco and rice.

Economic liberalization and globalization has made a deep impact on the industrial as well as agricultural sector of our country. India initiates economic reforms in 1991 with Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and is among those few countries that have relatively adjusted quickly with the process of globalization.

The book besides describing globalization and sustainable agriculture in India also throws light on valuable insight into current issues and problems concerned to globalization and sustainable agriculture of India." (jacket)