Economic growth and rural transformation in eastern India: strategies for inclusive growth

Kumar, Ranjit; Deb, Uttam; Bantilan, Cynthia; Nagaraj, N.; Bhattarai, Madhusudan

doi:10.5958/2322-0430.2015.00087.6

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“…However, the state economy has undergone a tremendous acceleration since Jharkhand's bifurcation from Bihar in the year 2000. Between 2005 and 2015, the state grew at an impressive rate, especially the agricultural sector, after Madhya Pradesh (Hoda et al, 2017;Kumar et al, 2014;World Bank, 2014). Jharkhand's growth has received national attention as its agricultural growth rate remains high at a time when the country is struggling to achieve even 4% growth.…”

Section: Dynamics Of Agricultural Growthmentioning

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Dynamics of agricultural growth and diversification in Eastern India

Pandey

Kumari

2021

JADEE

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PurposeIn low-income economies agriculture plays an important role in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. Agricultural growth achieved through diversification toward the higher value crops enhance income and mitigate risk. The present study focuses on one of the eastern Indian states namely “Jharkhand”; where agriculture is the mainstay for the 80% of its rural population. The state per-capita income is below the national average; however, it has registered an impressive growth, especially in the agriculture sector in the last one decade. In this study, the authors attempt to identify the components in sources of agricultural growth; the authors also estimate the determinants of overall agricultural growth.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on the secondary data from 2000–2001 to 2015–2016. This paper first decomposes the agricultural growth into area, price, yields (technological improvement) and diversification effects through the method of growth accounting approach. Secondly, the study employs the new classical growth model through the ordinary least square (OLS) to examine the determinants of overall agricultural growth.FindingsThe author's findings indicate that there has been a shift in cropping patterns from the cultivation of cereals to non-cereals in the state during the study period. Among the major crops, the area under pulses cultivation has increased by 19% from 2000–t2002 to 2014–2016. The increase in area under cultivation and the diversification in favor of higher-value crops have been the major reasons for the accelerating overall agricultural growth in the state along with improvements in technology. The study reveals that increased use of fertilizer per hectare, capital formation and road density are the main determinants of high agricultural growth in the state.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on secondary data and based on one state. A primary study to complement this could have been better. The limited data available for some of important variables related to mechanizations are also a limitation of the present study.Originality/valueSeveral studies have analyzed the diversification and agricultural growth in India. With our best knowledge this kind of study has not been done so far for the state of Jharkhand in eastern India.

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Section: Dynamics Of Agricultural Growthmentioning

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Dynamics of agricultural growth and diversification in Eastern India

Pandey

Kumari

2021

JADEE

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“…Rural people in hills assiduously earning their livelihood with their indefatigable hard work. There is emerging consensus that well-being of rural households improve with the blending of farm activities with non-farm activities (Kumar et al, 2014) [9] . The synergetic interaction of primary sector agriculture and service sector tourism is new way to harness more income from same unit of property.…”

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A study on rural homestays in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand (India): An alternative tourism product for sustainable rural development in hills

Singh,

2024

Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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Homestay is an important business activity which is also adopted in hill villages to supplement household income from same unit of rural property. In homestay family share a portion of their house with the visiting guests who stay with the family. The present study was conducted in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand (India) covering six homestays from randomly selected ten rural development blocks. The study reveals that majority of homestay owners were male (75.00%) in the middle age group (53.34%) with qualification graduate & above (70.00%) and possesses medium homestay business experience (70.00%). Lack of capital, poor road network, lack of recreational activities for children and lack of skill & development were major constraints in homestay business. Homestay can be an important economic intervention in rural transformation which also help to check youth migration to cities. Homestay can be sustainable in rural hills if it takes care of all three dimensions of sustainability viz economic, environmental as well as social. Cluster approach for homestay development and management can ensure sustainability in terms of economic, environmental as well as social dimension.

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