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Agricultural Development in the State of Punjab: Rising Issues and Policy Implications

MANTHAN: Journal of Commerce and Management

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Title Agricultural Development in the State of Punjab: Rising Issues and Policy Implications
 
Creator Bhullar, Gurinder Jit Singh; Assistant Professor in Economics, Guru Nanak College, Moga
Mohan, Harinder; Assistant Professor in Economics, Guru Nanak College, Moga
 
Subject Agrarian Crisis, Diversification, Infrastructural Development
 
Description This paper examines the development of agricultural sector along with the challenges faced by it in the recent past by assessing secondary data sources pertaining to the period 1991-2014. The objectives of the study are to address major challenges facing agricultural sector in the state and give policy recommendations to sustain the agrarian base in the state of Punjab. The results of the study highlight that agricultural sector in the state of Punjab has not witnessed any drastic change and remained highly favourable towards monoculture of wheat and paddy. The results of the study also points towards the rising challenges to the agricultural sector in the state in the form of poor diversification, rising cost of cultivation, loss of soil fertility, water table depletion etc. On the basis of the findings, the study suggests that there is an immediate need to diversify overall economic base of the state, instead of attempting it only in terms of crop diversification.
 
Publisher Journal Press India
 
Date 2016-11-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/MANTHAN/article/view/6600
10.17492/manthan.v3i1.6600
 
Source MANTHAN: Journal of Commerce and Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2016)
2347-4440
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/MANTHAN/article/view/6600/5805