This chapter uses an estimated social accounting matrix (SAM) to provide a detailed quantitative description of the North Arcot study region in 1982/83.

In this chapter we use the village household survey data to quantify the effects of the green revolution on farm production, income, and employment; the changes in family income and consumption of farm and nonfarm households; and the changes in th

Agricultural technologies of the "green revolution" type have brought substantial direct benefits to many developing countries.

In this study we set out to quantify the effects of the green revolution on the North Arcot region, in both the villages and the towns.

North Arcot district which embraces the study region, lies in the northwest of Tamil Nadu state. It is a relatively densely populated region; in 1981 the population density was 357 persons per square kilometer of land.

Agricultural growth is essential for fostering economic development and feeding growing populations in most developing countries.

This chapter develops an extended input-output model to provide a quantitative analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of increased agricultural production on the regional economy.

One aspect of the research undertaken in North Arcot in 1973/74 by the Cambridge project was a comparative study of the sample villages.

Successful agricultural development requires not only the development of physical infrastructure such as irrigation, electrification, and roads but also the increased provision of key services such as credit, transport, agroprocessing, marketing,

In a predominantly agrarian region, development of the nonfarm economy is materially affected by the development of the agricultural sector. Agriculture supplies food, raw materials, and surplus labor for agro-industry.

In the preceding chapter used village household data from the Cambridge-Madras universities and IFPRI-TNAU surveys to assess, after a decade, the growth and equity effects of the green revolution in North Arcot.

Technological change, such as the replacement of traditional with modern crop varieties and introduction of irrigation, has been effective in increasing the yields and production of various crops— notably rice and wheat—as well as incomes of farme

Variability in foodgrain yields and production has entered into the food policy agenda in the wake of the Green Revolution, but debate and decisionmaking have been stifled for lack of a systematically gathered body of cogent evidence.

The purpose of this book is to explore the seasonality of household food security.

Subsidized credit programs for agricultural producers have often been used to boost production in less developed countries.

Although it is widely believed that food aid distorts incentives to increase agricultural production, detailed empirical country studies conducted in recent years suggest that the disincentive effect of food aid has been overemphasized.

Accelerated growth in agricultural production of developing countries depends on exploiting more fully the existing production potential and continuously raising that potential through technological change.

Policies to strengthen incentives to expand food production through higher food prices are likely to result in short-run reductions in real incomes of food consumers.