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Evidence from India","pub","s2.4","","","public",,,,,"The editors of this book are indebted to many institutions and individuals.
The institutions that generously co-organized the workshop that culminated in
the publication of this volume are the National Centre for Agricultural Economics
and Policy Research (NCAP) and the International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), to whom we are grateful. The workshop
drew from the expertise of Dr Mangala Rai, Secretary, Department of
Agricultural Research and Education, and Director General, Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Dr William D Dar, Director General,
ICRISAT, who spared their time to guide us through the deliberations and
encouraged us to bring out this volume.
We extend our deep appreciation to Dr M V Rao, former special DG,
ICAR, Dr Dayanatha Jha, National Professor, Dr Dyno Keatinge, Deputy DG,
ICRISAT, Dr J P Mishra, Assistant Director General (Economics, Statistics
and Marketing), ICAR, Dr Mruthyunjaya, Director, NCAP, and Dr CLL Gowda
and Dr BVS Reddy of ICRISAT whose incisive inputs contributed much to the
quality of the book.
A special thanks to the chairpersons and rapporteurs who ably conducted
the workshop proceedings and summarized the discussions. The unstinted support
and cooperation from the contributing authors, discussants, referees and
participants of the workshop are acknowledged. We also thank the authors for
revising their papers and responding to editorial queries.
We are grateful to the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP)
for providing funding support which allowed us to organize the workshop and
bring out this volume. A word of appreciation also goes to Smitha Sitaraman
and Dr B S Aggarwal for their patience in editing the volume and to the staff
members of the ICRISAT Global Theme on Markets, Policy and Impacts for
their valuable contributions during the preparation of this workshop.","Agricultural research systems all over the world are acclaimed for their
significant contributions to food and nutritional security and poverty alleviation.
There is empirical evidence of agricultural growth induced by the Green Revolution
technologies having benefited the rural and urban poor through reduction in food
prices. Although the impact in terms of poverty reduction has multiplied over
the years and spread geographically, there is a need to accelerate these impacts
in order to improve the livelihoods of the poorest of the poor and to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
India is one of the success stories of the Green Revolution. The Indian
experience has convincingly proven that appropriate technologies, supported by
facilitating public policies and efficient institutions, can transform smallholder
agriculture. Umpteen studies have revealed that these three major sources of
agricultural growth are highly interactive and dynamic. They evolve in the
contextual realities of an agricultural sector and respond to internal and external
developmental changes. However, the question now arises as to how modern
technologies and institutions interact in the era of privatization and globalization.
The ways and means of harmonizing national agricultural policies with international
agreements on trade, exchange of resources, property rights, etc, should be
evolved for accelerating the flow of technologies to millions of smallholders.
Research impacts are not uniform across different sub-sectors of agriculture
owing to differences in the degree of market orientation, efficiency of input and
service delivery systems, dominance of smallholders, etc. Sector-specific
institutional and policy constraints need to be understood and addressed in order
to enhance the flow of technology to farmers and to realize large-scale impacts.
Similarly, greater attention should be paid to understanding institutional constraints
to the dissemination and adoption of technologies promoting sustainable use of
natural resources. The same holds true for the technologies for livestock,
horticulture and agro-processing which are capital intensive.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have a long
tradition of research partnership in agricultural science. Both accord high priority
to tracking adoption of technologies by farmers, assessing their impacts and
learning from this experience. Social scientists from both the organizations have
allocated considerable resources towards this work and brought out a number
of publications. This volume is an addition to this series, wherein both macroand
micro-level studies pertaining to different sectors of Indian agriculture have
been covered in detail, with evidence mostly stemming from the post-Green
Revolution period.","2005","published",,,,,"National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics","New Delhi, India",,"337",,,,,,,,,,"TRUE",,,,"Joshi","P K","","","",,"http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=%22Impact+of+Agricultural+Research%3A+Post-Green+Revolution%22&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_sdt=1.&as_sdtp=on&as_sdtf=&as_sdts=5&hl=","author",,"National Agriculture Technology Project","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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