Agricultural Policy

Agricultural Policy

1 Agricultural Policy and Its Instruments

  1. Concept of Agricultural Policy
  2. Objectives of Agricultural Policy
  3. Planning and Policy Links
  4. Need for Sectoral Perspective and Integration
  5. Instruments of Agricultural Policy

2 Agricultural Sector Goals and Policy Options

  1. Agricultural Sector Goals
  2. Agricultural Sub-sectors
  3. Components of Agricultural Policy

3 Process of Policy Formulation in Agriculture

  1. Concept of Policy Formulation
  2. Basic Ingredients of Policy Formulation
  3. Characteristics of a Good Policy Formulation Process
  4. Major Steps in Policy Formulation Process

4 Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

  1. Concept of Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
  2. Importance of Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
  3. Policy Implementation Approaches
  4. Tools and Techniques of Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
  5. Impact Assessment Approaches

5 Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Policy Process – Global Experiences

  1. Meaning and Importance of Participation
  2. Participation in Agricultural Policy Process
  3. Costs, Incentives and Institutions for Participation
  4. Global Experiences of Participation

6 Policy Failures and Analysis

  1. Agricultural Policy – Meaning and Makeup
  2. Indian Agriculture and Policy Components
  3. Objectives of Agricultural Policy
  4. Policy Key Players
  5. Policy Failures in Agriculture
  6. Towards Successful Agricultural Policies

7 Governance and Policy

  1. Concept and Meaning of Governance
  2. Importance of Good Governance
  3. Policy Governance and Development
  4. Governance Principles
  5. Key Elements of Good Governance
  6. Agenda for Good Governance in India
  7. Policy Implication

8 National Agricultural Policy

  1. Objectives of National Agricultural Policy
  2. Salient Features of the National Agricultural Policy
  3. Role of NAP to Strengthen Indian Economy
  4. Growth Prospects of Indian Agriculture
  5. Components of National Agricultural Policy

9 Inputs Use Policies

  1. Land Use Policy in India
  2. Objectives of Land Use Policies
  3. Changes in Land Policy
  4. National Land Use Policy
  5. Labour Policy
  6. Wages and Earnings of Agricultural Labourers
  7. Causes of Poor Economic Condition of Farm Labour
  8. Measures to Improve Condition of Agricultural Labour
  9. Water Policy
  10. Modern Technology in Agriculture
  11. Inputs Management and Farm Subsidies

10 Marketing, Price and Trade Policies

  1. Establishment of Directorate of Marketing and Inspection
  2. Regulation of Agricultural Marketing
  3. Recent Initiatives for Market Improvement
  4. Importance of Agricultural Price Policy
  5. Objectives of Agricultural Price Policy
  6. Stabilization of Agricultural Prices
  7. Intervention in Pricing of Agricultural Commodities in India
  8. Establishment of Agricultural Prices Commission
  9. Determination of Administered Prices
  10. Revision in the Terms of Reference of the Agricultural Prices Commission
  11. Export-Import (EXIM) Policy, 1992-97
  12. Export-Import (EXIM) Policy, 2002-07
  13. Policies of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
  14. Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures (SPS)

11 Institutional Supports to Agriculture

  1. Institutional Finance to Agriculture
  2. Cooperative Finance
  3. Commercial Banks
  4. Regional Rural Banks
  5. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
  6. Agricultural Research and Development System
  7. Other Institutions

12 Investment Policies in Agriculture

  1. Concept and Coverage of Agricultural Investment
  2. Agricultural Investment Policy in India
  3. Investment Pattern and Magnitude
  4. Composition of Agricultural Investment
  5. Determinants of Agricultural Investment
  6. Impact of Agricultural Investment on Growth and Poverty
  7. Capital Use Efficiency in Agriculture
  8. Investment Requirement in Agriculture
  9. Policy Implications

13 Farm and Non-Farm Linkages

  1. Contribution of Farm Sector to Non-Farm Sector
  2. Factor Contribution
  3. Product Contribution
  4. Market Contribution
  5. Contribution of Non-Farm Sector to Farm Sector

14 Structure of Farming Sector – Dynamics and Implications

  1. Trends in Inputs Use
  2. Agricultural Land Use Pattern
  3. Use of Improved/Certified Seeds
  4. Consumption of Fertilizers and Pesticides
  5. Irrigation
  6. Mechanization
  7. Flow of Institutional Credit in Agriculture
  8. Livestock

15 Rural Poverty – Alleviation Strategy and their Assessment

  1. Community Development and Agricultural Production Programmes
  2. Programmes on Social Justice
  3. Strategy for Rural Poverty Alleviation
  4. Components of a Comprehensive Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme
  5. Strategy in Ninth Five Year Plan
  6. Strategy in Tenth Five Year Plan

16 Rural Development Experiences in Asia

  1. Rural Development Experiences in China
  2. Rural Development Experiences in Taiwan
  3. Rural Development Experiences in Indonesia
  4. Rural Development Experiences in Thailand
  5. Rural Development Experiences in India

17 Varying Agricultural Environment and Development

  1. The Process of Development: Role of Resources
  2. Rostow’s Stages of Economic Development
  3. Solow’s Model of Economic Growth
  4. The Endogenous Growth Theory
  5. Variations in Agricultural Environments
  6. Boserup’s Theory of Agricultural Intensification
  7. High Pay-off Inputs Model
  8. Induced Innovation Model
  9. Some Empirics of Development

18 Agricultural Policies in Developed Countries

  1. Agricultural Policy of United States
  2. Agricultural Policy of European Union
  3. Agricultural Policy of Japan
  4. Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Policies of US, EU and Japan

19 Agricultural Policies of Developing Countries

  1. Agricultural Policies of China
  2. Agricultural Policies of Indonesia
  3. Agricultural Policies of Thailand
  4. Agricultural Policies of India
  5. Trade Reforms in Agriculture in China
  6. Trade Reforms in Agriculture in Indonesia
  7. Trade Reforms in Agriculture in Thailand
  8. Trade Reforms in Agriculture in India

20 Responses to Globalization and World Trade Organization

  1. Beginnings of Globalization
  2. World Trade Organization
  3. Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, 1996
  4. Ministerial Meeting in Geneva, 1998
  5. Ministerial Meeting in Seattle, 1999
  6. Ministerial Meeting in Doha, 2001
  7. Ministerial Meeting in Cancun, 2003
  8. Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong, 2005
  9. The Uruguay Round and Agriculture
  10. The Way Ahead