Agricultural growth, bolstered by technological advancements and international trade, enhances economic stability and food security in many developing nations in one hand, and reduces income disparities between developed and less developed nations on the other. However, the instability in agricultural output, yield rates and prices underscore the need to stabilize agro-variables for sustained food security in the long term.
In Growth, Poverty and Developmental Aspects of Agriculture: Countries' Perspectives, authors delve into diverse aspects of agricultural economics and food security across various regions. Authors cover topics such as the efficiency of foodgrain production, the impact of bank financing on agricultural growth, foreign direct investment in agriculture, agricultural exports, crop insurance practices and the volatility of crop prices. Additionally, the study examines national security concerns related to food insecurity, environmental health implications, regional disparities in food security and policy analysis in various countries including India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. With contributions from scholars around the world, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of the complexities surrounding agricultural economics and food security.
This collected edition is essential for scholars and professionals in agricultural economics, food security, international trade and development studies. Professionals in government agencies, NGOs and international organizations involved in policymaking and agricultural development may also benefit from diverse perspectives on food security initiatives.
This collected edition delves into diverse aspects of agricultural economics and food security across various regions.
Section I. Growth Aspects of Agriculture across the Countries and Groups
Chapter
1. Growth, Poverty and Developmental Aspects of Agriculture: An
introductory note; Ramesh Chandra Das
Chapter
2. Assessing Efficiency of Foodgrains Production across Indian
States: An Investigation based on Data Envelopment Analysis; Soumyajit
Adhikari and Nilendu Chatterjee
Chapter
3. Fostering Agricultural Growth Sustainability: The Critical Role of
Bank Financing in Nigeria; Olalekan Charles Okunlola and Olumide Abiodun
Ayetigbo
Chapter
4. Do FDI inflow, Forest Coverage and CO2 Emission Stimulate
Agriculture Sector Productivity? Empirical Evidence from ICU Economies;
Prasenjit Makur
Chapter
5. The agricultural exports on the renegotiation of USCM: The case of
Sinaloa; José G. Vargas-Hernįndez, Elsa Patricia Orozco Quijano, and M. C.
Omar C. Vargas-Gonzįlez
Chapter
6. Role of Crop Insurance in Sustainable Agricultural Practices- A
Global Perspective; Saheli Bhattacharya and Bappaditya Biswas
Chapter
7. Interpreting Potato Price Volatility through GARCH Estimation: A
Novel Evidence; Madhabendra Sinha, Partha Mukhopadhyay, and Durlav Sarkar
Chapter
8. Growth and Stability in Paddy Production and Irrigation
Facilities: A State-level Analysis in India with Special Reference to the
Blocks of Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal; Somdip Bhukta, Sunanda
Das, and Ramesh Chandra Das
Section II. Poverty, Food Security and Developmental Aspects of Agriculture
across the Countries and Groups
Chapter
9. Unemployment, food insecurity and the misery of flood-affected
people in Bangladesh: How do the government and NGOs respond?; Tulshi Kumar
Das and Md. Mahmud Hasan
Chapter
10. Understanding the Problem of Food Security of the G-20 Countries
from the Nexus between Food Price and Food Production; Sudipta Jha and
Biswajit Nayak
Chapter
11. Does Indian agricultural growth manage food security in India
successfully in the last decade? An Empirical investigation; Tanushree Gupta,
Jennifer Fernandes, and Susobhan Maiti
Chapter
12. Pakistan: Food Insecurity in a National Security State; Syed
Sikander Mehdi
Chapter
13. Determinants and Regional Imbalance of Food Security of the
Select States in India; Saddam Hossain Mondal and Arup Kumar Chattopadhyay
Chapter
14. Food Security in Pakistan and Afghanistan: Investigating the
Lacuna of Domestic Policy and Foreign Policy; Debasish Nandy
Chapter
15. Understanding the linkage between Household Poverty and Food
Security- Insights from the Indian state of Odisha; Arpita Das and Bidur Paria
Ramesh Chandra Das is Professor and Head of the Department of Economics, Vidyasagar University, India, with 25 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include applied macroeconomics, public economics and environmental economics.
