Environmental Issues in Agricultural DevelopmentHariharan Ramachandran Most of the papers in this volume are selected from those presented at the 21st Seminar of the Regional Science Association of India on "Eco-systems and Regional Development" held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, in November 1987. They deal with issues wherein both theoretical and empirical analyses of environmnetal problems vis-a-vis agricultural development are included |
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Foreword | 9 |
Agricultural Development and Ecology | 21 |
Economic Development with Reference to Rural Economy | 43 |
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acre agricultural agricultural development Andhra Pradesh average Bangalore Bhimtal Gadhera Catchment Bhimtal Region canal irrigation capita availability catchment area cattle caused cent central Malnad cereals command area cost cropping pattern degradation Delhi density Deshpande drainage eco-system economic economists effects environmental problems fallow farmers farming fertilizers five sample villages fodder forest grazing groundnut growth hectares hill households impact increase India industries inputs irrigated area irrigation irrigation projects irrigation system Jhum areas Jhum cultivation Karnataka kharif Kolleru lake Krishna Delta Region Kumaun labour lakh land land-use livestock major irrigation natural resources output overland flow paddy pastures pesticides pollution population population density Pradesh production pulses rainfall rainfed Ramachandran rigation river rural Sakleshpur salinity semi-arid shifting cultivation Siloti social soil erosion southern Malnad sown area surplus Table Talcher talukas terrace areas terrace cultivation tion tivation tonnes trees Uttar Pradesh Villages of Bhimtal waterlogging West Bengal yields Zone