Economic Reforms and Small Farms: Implications for Production Marketing and Employment - Hardcover

"Interesting work on contrasting picture of Indian agriculture and reforms." Sucha Singh Gill, director, Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh" "The book attempts to perceive two faces of Indian agriculture, Punjab representing the prosperous Indian farmer yet attempting suicide, and Bihar representing the deprived and subsistence farmer trying to come out of the ebb of poverty and deprivation." R. S. Deshpande, director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore"

Comparing and contrasting the Indian states of Punjab and Bihar, this study argues that whereas Punjab farming has bright prospects for a new phase of corporatization, Bihar's agriculture is still caught in the web of subsistence farming. As it looks at the impact of recent agriculture-related policy changes on the emerging production, marketing, and earning status of small versus large farms, this analysis reveals how farmers' opinions contend that only the large and mid-sized farms benefited from the reform process, and examines the potential for better reform.