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Location-Specific and Risk Efficient Farm Plants for Agricultural Development in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh

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Title Location-Specific and Risk Efficient Farm Plants for Agricultural Development in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh
 
Creator Anonymous, Vinod Kumar
 
Subject 338.1 Agriculture
 
Description At the time of gaining independence, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru said, "Everything else can wait, but not the agriculture". Agriculture is the mainstay of the Indian economy. Agriculture and allied sectors contribute nearly 25 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) while about 69 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood (Anonymous, 2005). There has been several policy statements for agricultural development during the last fifty-nine years, including the comprehensive report of the National Commission on Agriculture (1976). The last National Agricultural Policy was formulated in 2002. In the post-independence period the stress in Indian planning has been more on growth oriented development and thus, the potential areas from the view point of agriculture were harnessed first. This policy resulted in growth of agricultural output and its contribution to national economy. However, the growth has not been uniform among crops and regions in the country. Many regions particularly the hilly ones remained out of focus due to many factors and it was only after the Fourth Five Year Plan that stress was laid on balanced regional development with special emphasis on hilly belts. Development of these backward areas for reducing regional disparities has now become an important national policy objective in the plans.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Thesis
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/182/1/13742.pdf
Anonymous, Vinod Kumar (2006) Location-Specific and Risk Efficient Farm Plants for Agricultural Development in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh. PhD thesis thesis, CSKHPKV Palampur.