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CALL FOR PAPERS @ NIRD

A three day National Seminar on "Agrarian Crisis in India: The Way Out" is being organized by National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) from November, 05-07, 2012 at the Institute premises at Hyderabad.

The Objectives of the Seminar are:

? To discuss and deliberate the macro scenario and problems faced in agriculture

? To bring out the root causes of agrarian crisis and their impact;

? To create a platform for discussing various issues of social, economic and technological in nature;

? To suggest suitable policy changes and programmes to tide over the crisis; and

? To evolve a roadmap and suggest long term strategies for agriculture development.

The Themes of the Seminar are as follows:

Structural and Institutional Dimensions

? Changes in Landholding Structure

? Unfinished Agenda of Land Reforms : Tenancy and Landlessness

Resource Constraints

? Land Degradation ? Problems of Dryland Agriculture

? Changing Contours and Crisis in Irrigation Development

Technological Dimensions

? Green Revolution Technologies - pros and cons ? Risks and Vulnerabilities in Agriculture

? Sustainable Agriculture - Policy and Programmes

Changes in Costs and Returns in Agriculture

? Trends in Cost of Production in Agriculture ? Farm and Non-Farm Sources of Income

Agricultural Credit and Indebtedness

? Trends in Institutional and non-Institutional Sources ? Packages of Agricultural Debt Relief

Agricultural Distress and Regional Dimensions

Economic Reforms and Agriculture

? Public Investment in Agriculture ? Trends in Agricultural Impact Supply and Subsidies

? Agricultural Price Policy ? Reforms in Agricultural Marketing

? State of Agricultural Extension ? Impact of WTO and Agreement on Agriculture

Interested persons are invited to send their Research papers on any of the themes indicated above to Dr K. Suman Chandra, Professor & Head (CAS&DM) and Seminar Co-ordinator by e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected] on or before 15th October, 2012. Abstract of the paper must be sent on or before 15th

September, 2012.

Assistant Registrar (E)

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