Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India

The Green Revolution bypassed the state in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3 percent per year, one of the highest in the country, though over a smaller base. Even this modest g...

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Autores principales: Kishore, Avinash, Sharma, Bharat, Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150058
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author Kishore, Avinash
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description The Green Revolution bypassed the state in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3 percent per year, one of the highest in the country, though over a smaller base. Even this modest growth was short-lived, and stagnation has set in again. This report explores why. Although the overall agricultural scenario of Bihar reflects slow growth and even stagnation, some regions in the state (like the Sone command area in south Bihar) and some crops (like maize) and allied activities (like the dairy and the livestock sector) show reasonable growth and
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spelling CGSpace1500582025-11-06T07:14:34Z Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India Kishore, Avinash Sharma, Bharat Joshi, Pramod Kumar agricultural growth farm inputs productivity The Green Revolution bypassed the state in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3 percent per year, one of the highest in the country, though over a smaller base. Even this modest growth was short-lived, and stagnation has set in again. This report explores why. Although the overall agricultural scenario of Bihar reflects slow growth and even stagnation, some regions in the state (like the Sone command area in south Bihar) and some crops (like maize) and allied activities (like the dairy and the livestock sector) show reasonable growth and 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:35Z 2024-08-01T02:50:35Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150058 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Water Management Institute Kishore, Avinash; Sharma, Bharat and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2014. Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150058
spellingShingle agricultural growth
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Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India
title Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India
title_full Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India
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title_full_unstemmed Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India
title_short Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India
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topic agricultural growth
farm inputs
productivity
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