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Agricultural growth and industrial development in Punjab

Punjab has achieved remarkable growth since independence and is now the richest state of India. This growth and prosperity are primarily the result of Punjab's adoption of new technology in agriculture. Its cultivators were the first to adopt the Borlaug seed-fertilizer technology during the mid-196...

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Main Author: Bhalla, G. S.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1995
Subjects:
agriculture
developing countries
productivity
income
innovation
agricultural development
economic development
industrialization
agricultural policies
poverty
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157287
Summary:Punjab has achieved remarkable growth since independence and is now the richest state of India. This growth and prosperity are primarily the result of Punjab's adoption of new technology in agriculture. Its cultivators were the first to adopt the Borlaug seed-fertilizer technology during the mid-1960s, and within a few years the state became the symbol of a green revolution in India.

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