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Indian Agriculture after Liberalisation

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  • ABHIJIT SEN

    (Former Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)

  • JAYATI GHOSH

    (Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)

Abstract

This paper examines broad trends in agricultural output growth, food prices and the viability of cultivation over the period of liberalising economic reforms in India since the early 1990s. These trends are considered in relation to the current perceptions of agrarian crisis in India and the degree to which the economic liberalisation process may have contributed to this crisis. The relationship between patterns of cultivation and technological changes as well as environmental concerns is also highlighted.

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  • Abhijit Sen & Jayati Ghosh, 2017. "Indian Agriculture after Liberalisation," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 40(1-2), pages 53-72.
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    Keywords

    Agricultural Growth; Liberalisation; Food Prices; Economic Reform;
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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