Farm Income in India Myths and Realities

A Narayanamoorthy, Professor, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

A. Narayanamoorthy, former member (official), Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Government of India, New Delhi, is presently senior professor and head of the Department of Economics and Rural Development, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Foreword by R. Radhakrishna
Preface
1. Introduction
PART I: MACRO ANALYSIS OF FARM INCOME
2. Farm Income in India: Trends, Dimensions and Myths
3. Farm Income: Irrigated versus un-Irrigated Crops
PART II: PRICE POLICY AND FARM INCOME
4. Has Agricultural Price Policy Benefitted Paddy Farmers?
5. Agricultural Market Access and Farm Income Nexus
PART III. PROFITABILITY AND FARM INCOME
6. Has MGNREGS Affected the Farm Profitability?
7. Is Sugarcane Cultivation Profitable to Farmers?
8. Farm Profitability in Andhra Pradesh: A Temporal Analysis
PART IV. FOOD SECURITY, PROCUREMENT AND FARM INCOME
9. Crop Holiday and India's New Food Security Worries
10. Procurement of Foodgrains and Farm Income Nexus
PART V. INPUT USE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FARM INCOME
11. Rural Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Output Nexus
12. Are the Inputs Used Efficiently in Crops Cultivation?
Index
About the Author