Understanding agrarian impasse in Bihar

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cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionBihar
cg.issue31en
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorKishore, Avinashen
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T14:57:20Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T14:57:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/41086
dc.titleUnderstanding agrarian impasse in Biharen
dcterms.abstractThe key hypothesis of policy-makers during the 1980s was that raising tubewell density would trigger agrarian upsurge in Bihar as it did in Punjab, Haryana and western UP. The state did record high growth rates of cereal yields during the 1980s, higher than the national figures. However, this promising development could not be sustained in the 1990s, and cereal yields have stagnated since then. Based on fieldwork in eight villages of Bihar, the paper argues that, more than agrarian structure, the lack of adequate infrastructure and economic incentives has contributed to the agrarian stagnation in Bihar. The growth potential unleashed by the expansion of shallow tubewell irrigation has been constrained by (a) complete neglect of public sector investments in physical and institutional infrastructure and (b) unfavorable output to factor price ratios.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKishore, Avinash. 2004. Understanding agrarian impasse in Bihar. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(31):3484-3491.en
dcterms.extentp. 3484-3491en
dcterms.issued2004
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjecttube wellsen
dcterms.subjectgroundwater irrigationen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectwheaten
dcterms.subjectwater marketen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectland ownershipen
dcterms.subjectelectricity suppliesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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