| As the adverse consequences of the policies of input subsidy and increasing food-grain procurement prices became prominent in Indian agriculture, researchers and policy makers documented the need for policy changes. For sustaining production of rice, there are now calls for shift of emphasis from large farmers in Green Revolution areas in Northwest India to small and marginal farmers in Eastern and rain-fed areas, where returns to both labor and capital are high and potentials for exploiting the existing technology are yet largely untapped. A major constraint on exploiting such potentials in parts of Eastern India such as the Brahmaputra Valley is paucity of irrigation. While investment for expanding irrigation capacity is needed, it is equally important... |
