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Agrarian Crisis

By Dr. G.V. Ramanjaneyulu · Centre for Sustainable Agriculture

Language
en
Pages
143
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Collection of Articles on agrarian crisis in India and experiences from alternatives

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Table of Contents

  1. Agrarian Crisis in Indiap.1
  2. Contentsp.2
  3. Preface to the Second Editionp.4
  4. Preface to the First Editionp.7
  5. How to Read This Bookp.9
  6. PART ONE: THE CRISISp.11
  7. 1. What We Mean by an Agrarian Crisisp.12
  8. 2. The Income That Never Arrivesp.15
  9. 3. Prices That Do Not Cover Costsp.21
  10. 4. Debt, and Why Waiving It Does Not Workp.27
  11. 5. Small Holdings, Large Questionsp.33
  12. PART TWO: THE RESOURCE BASEp.39
  13. 6. Soil: Feed the Soil, Not the Plantp.40
  14. 7. Water: Harvest the Rain Where It Fallsp.47
  15. 8. Seed and the Diversity We Are Losingp.51
  16. PART THREE: PESTS, PESTICIDES AND THE ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVEp.56
  17. 9. The Pest Is a Symptom, Not the Problemp.57
  18. 10. Do We Need Insect-Resistant GM Crops?p.64
  19. 11. Regulating What We Cannot See: Pesticide Residuesp.69
  20. 12. Biosafety: The Authority We Still Do Not Havep.74
  21. PART FOUR: CLIMATEp.80
  22. 13. Climate Change and Indian Farmingp.81
  23. PART FIVE: WHAT WORKSp.91
  24. 14. Enabavi: A Village That Changed Coursep.92
  25. 15. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculturep.95
  26. 16. Seed in the Hands of Farmersp.102
  27. 17. Millets: From Coarse Grain to Shree Annap.112
  28. PART SIX: WHAT MUST CHANGEp.117
  29. 18. Scaling Up: Macro Crisis, Micro Solutionsp.118
  30. 19. What Would Have to Changep.125
  31. 20. Afterword: Eleven Years Onp.130
  32. Glossary of Abbreviationsp.134
  33. Sourcesp.139
  34. About the Authorp.142
  35. About CSAp.143
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