Tribals and Modern Agriculture: Dynamics of Fertiliser Use in Madhya Pradesh

Book Details

• Author: D.C. Sah

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2009

• ISBN: 8131603059

• Binding: Hardcover

• Release Date: 01-12-2009

• Package Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches

About the Book
This book focuses on the economic forces influencing the adoption and diffusion of agricultural technology, particularly fertilisers, in the tribal regions of southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. Over the past fifty years, fertiliser use has increased significantly, particularly in irrigated areas, but its growth in non-irrigated, tribal regions has been limited. The book is diagnostic in nature and seeks to understand the inefficiency of fertiliser use in these areas despite the presence of technology. It documents the experiences of farmers who, due to constraints in farm conditions, use fertilisers at only 40% of their potential. The study emphasizes that in remote tribal areas, the issue lies more with farm conditions rather than the farmers themselves, and this highlights the challenge of technology transfer in such difficult regions.

Contents
(Content details are not provided, but the book discusses agricultural development, fertiliser use, and the economic forces affecting the adoption of new agricultural technologies in tribal areas.)

About the Author / Editor

• D.C. Sah is an agricultural economist and a Professor and Director at M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain. His research focuses on economic-sociological aspects of equity, ecology in sustainable common resource management, agricultural development, and second-generation problems of development, displacement, and chronic poverty. He has published several books and articles on these topics.