Prepared under the aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this text presents a fresh and comprehensive look at agricultural development policy. It provides a clear, systematic review of important classes of policy issues in developing countries and discusses the emerging international consensus on viable approaches to the issues. The text is unique in its coverage and depth and it: Summarises hundreds of references on agricultural development policies Cites policy experiences and applied studies in more than 70 countries Provides guidance for policy makers giving examples of successes and failures Reviews issues related to the formulation of strategies and the requirements for making them successful Develops the conceptual foundations and illustrates policies that have worked, and some that have not, with explanations Topics covered include agriculture’s role in economic development, the objectives and strategies of agricultural policy, linkages between macroeconomic and agricultural policy, policies for the agricultural financial system and agricultural technology development. Upper level undergraduates taking courses in Economic Development and International Development and graduates taking courses in Agricultural Development, International and Economic Development, Natural Resource Management and specialised topics in agriculture will find this text of great interest. It also serves as a reference for professionals and researchers in the field of International Development.

Proceedings of the National Workshop on Identifying the Weaknesses in the Structure and Operations of the Rural Credit Institutions, held at Bhubaneswar during 7-8 January 2005; with special reference to Orissa, State, India.

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This book examines the Recent Trends and Patterns of Agricultural Credit in India during the Post-reforms period, one of the defining aspects of the current phase of globalization and economic reforms is the increased threat to the livelihoods of small farmers in developing countries. There are instances of this across the developing world, from 1998 until the present; thousands of small farmers have committed suicide in India. For the proper functioning of an agriculture system farmers need to use many inputs. One among them is credit. It is considered as an important part in the development of agriculture. The study is exclusively based on secondary data. The data have been collected from various issues of Report on Currency and Finance (RBI), Banking Statistics (RBI), Report on Trends and Progress in Banking in India (RBI), RBI Bulletin (RBI), NABARD, various rounds of NSSO, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), Statistical Outline of India (Tata Services Ltd.) and Economic Survey (Government of India). The main objective of this book is to provide students and instructor with clear, up-to- date and sample and straight forward approach to learn about agricultural credit. It may helpful for research all. I appreciate to all the people who and thanks is diversity or indirectly involved to help and publish this book.