Agriculture and Rural Transformation covers various issues related to agricultural and rural development. The term rural transformation has multi-dimensional connotations and it has been interpreted from different aspects. From the economic perspective, issues were by and large, equated with development approach. Knowledge development and innovation in the rural sector are taken up seriously for increasing production or productivity and returns, as well as, for generating employment in rural areas. Achieving 8–9 per cent rate of growth in overall GDP may not deliver much in terms of poverty reduction unless agricultural growth accelerates. 

Furthermore, growth with inclusiveness can be achieved only when agricultural growth hastens and is also widely shared amongst people and regions of the country. In recent years, government initiated many policy reforms and incentives for farmers to meet market demands, farmer-oriented agricultural research, progressive widening of regional and national markets, diversification of rural economy and promoting rural industrialisation, thereby, strengthening the rural infrastructure for changing the various facets of rural transformation in India. Thus, understanding the role of agriculture for rural transformation is important, which in turn needs to explain the institutional supports and governmental policy interventions that affect agricultural development. This book deals with various dimensions of agricultural and rural transformations taking place both macro and micro levels.

1  Change in Cropping Pattern and Its Factors: A Study of Undivided Andhra Pradesh / Ch. Shankar Rao

2  Agricultural Situation and Rural Livelihood Potentials in Nagaland / B. Kilangla Jamir

3  Producers’ Organization, Market Integration, and Value Addition of Agricultural Produces for Transformation of Rural Farm Economy in Punjab / Udeshna Talukdar

4  Economics of Floriculture in Nagaland: Some Empirical Evidences / Khriemenuo Pusa and Giribabu M.

5  Production and Marketing of Agricultural Commodities in Nagaland: An Exploratory Study / E. Thangasamy, C. Periasamy and Moakala Jamir

6  Transition of Indian Rural Market / Kabir and Pratibha Rai

7  Agricultural Credit in India: Some Crop-Based Field Evidences in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu / Giribabu M.

8  Productivity Trends of Principal Crops in India in Different Time Phases / V. Subramanyam and M. Devarajulu

9  Growth in Area, Production, and Productivity of Jhum Paddy in Mokokchung and Zunheboto Districts of Nagaland / Moangtoshi

10 The Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development in India / K. Sudhakar Reddy

11 Marketing of Oranges: A Case Study in Mokokchung District of Nagaland / Sashimatsung and Giribabu M.

12 Second Green Revolution: Withering Farmer for Corporate Technology / R.M. Kumar Raju and A. Ranga Reddy

13 Proximate Determinants of Access to Formal Credit: Ground Reality in Andhra Pradesh / Vachya Naik and Sri Hari Nayudu Ayyala

14 Impact of Agriculture on Rural Livelihood Sustainability in Nagaland / Bolivi S. Kiba and B. Kilangla Jamir

15 Agriculture Development Problems in India: Regional Experiences and Policies / Subramanyam, Yuvaraju and Devarajulu

16 Rural Employment Generation Programme: A Case Study of MGNREGP in Andhra Pradesh / A. Sudharsana Reddy and A. Padmavathi

17 Small Tea Cultivation in Nagaland, its Prospect and Challenges of the Growers: A Descriptive Study / Debojit Konwar and Mithilesh Kumar Sinha

18 Migration: A Livelihood Strategy in Rural Area of Nagaland / Hulin and B. Kilangla Jamir

19 Institutional Agricultural Credit in Nagaland: Some Empirical Evidences / Thejotalu Nienu and Giribabu M.

20 Rural Women in Formal and Informal Activities in Nagaland / Imcharenla and B. Kilangla Jamir

21 Patterns of Agriculture: A Study on Land-Use and Cropping Patterns of Jorhat District, Assam / Sabita Nath and Sangyu Yaden

22 Role of Non-Farm Sector in Income Generation and Removal of Poverty in India: An Analysis in Centre of Nagaland (NER) / Manoj Kr. Singh

23 MGNREGA and Poverty Eradication in Rural Assam: A Case Study / Anil Kumar Saikia

24 Infrastructure Development in Rural Nagaland: Some Contemporary Issues / Chubakumzuk Jamir and T. Zarenthung Ezung

B. Kilangla Jamir is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Nagaland University, Lumami. She obtained MA, PhD from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. She has published several articles in reputed journals and edited volumes. She has also organised conferences and seminars in the Department. She is actively involved in preparation of State Human Development Report of Nagaland. She is specialised in Agricultural Economics, Developmental and Environmental Economics. 

Giribabu M. is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Nagaland University, Lumami. He received MPhil and PhD degrees from Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad. He has wide experience in the field of Agricultural Economics and Developmental Economics. He has contributed more than twenty-five research articles to prestigious journals and presented papers in many national and international seminars, conferences and delivered lecturers in various academic programmes.