INVESTMENT IN INDIA AGRICULTURE : MACRO AND MICRO EVIDENCES BY S. BISALISH . S. MAHENDRA DEV (HARDCOVER)

Accelerated growth of service sector, almost stagnant growth of industrial sector and decelerated growth of agricultural sector have been registered as the pattern of growth in India during the last two decades or so. As a result, among other things, rural-urban development divide has broadened and deepened. The need for placing agricultural sector on the top of development agenda has led to identification of search areas, of which investment in agriculture to build up the capital stock so as to increase the productivity of labour engaged in agriculture and of land is well placed. Keeping the above perspective in view, the book has documented and analyzed the cross-country evidences to establish relationship between capital and growth and growth and poverty. Following this as a backdrop, the book has analyzed macro evidences on investment behavior in Indian agriculture, shifting composition of public and private sector investment in agriculture and the relationship among capital formation, agriculture growth and poverty alleviation. The book has provided comprehensive micro (field) level evidences on capital structure, growth, composition, capital intensity, the impact of capital stock on productivity of labour and land and determinants of farm level capital formation. The last chapter of the book has effectively extracted the substantive inferences from the analysis of macro and micro evidences on investment in Indian agriculture. At the end, pathways and policy directions have been derived from the analysis of macro and micro evidences, focusing on public investment policies and priorities and on public policy regime for inducing private investment.