Agro-Enterprises for Rural Development and Livelihood Security

J. P. Sharma (Author), S. K. Dubey (Author), R. Roy Burman (Author), Nishi Sharma (Author)

9789380235851

Hardback, published 31 January 2011

472 pages
23.5 x 32.3 x 1.5 cm, 1.15 kg

The current multi-pronged challenges of Indian agriculture demand for searching the viable alternative for restoring farmers' and rural youths’ confidence in the agricultural vocation. Agri-enterprises offer such opportunities to help the agrarian communities to enhance their farm productivity and enhance income from the per unit of land and time.

The present book on Agro-enterprises for Rural Development and Livelihoods Security is an excellent synthesis of scholarly concepts, cases and methodologies pertaining to enterprise promotion in agriculture and the related dimensions. For the benefit of the readers, the book has been divided into three segments. The first part deals with need for micro-enterprise promotion in agriculture, resource appraisal for micro-enterprise development, developing the self, characteristics of potential entrepreneurs and related aspects.

The major aim of this section is to explore, unfreeze and broaden the cognitive and affective domain of the readers so that a desirable mindset among them may be created at the initial stage so that an effective learning may take place in the subsequent chapteIn the second dimension of the book, readers may find the description of varieties of technological options. These include the appropriate technologies and enterprises related to vegetable cultivation, protected cultivation, seed production, food processing, poultry farming, bee-keeping, dairy production and processing, fishery based enterprise, livestock and piggery based technological options having entrepreneurial potential.

The successful experiences of the agri entrepreneurs are also shared in this section. The third and most important part of the book emphasizes on support system required to initiate and sustain the agri-enterprise. These include necessary management related interventions, trade, export, quality standards and other inter-related issues which would definitely enable readers to comprehend how to be successful agri-preneur. Besides, the role of civil society organizations for economic independence in rural India has also been narrated. On-line trading, project monitoring and evaluation and related issue for agricultural commodities are deliberated by the renowned authorities of the above fields.

• Section-I: Stimulatory Stage
• 1. Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture by J.P. Sharma &
  Nishi Sharma
• 2. Micro-enterprise Development: An Overview by Dipika Hajong &
  R.N. Padaria
• 3. Resource Appraisal for Micro-enterprise Development in Agriculture by Rashmi Singh &
  S.K. Dubey
• Section-II: Technological Options
• 4. Product identification and SWOT Analysis by J.P. Sharma &
  Rashmi Singh
• 5. Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops by Balraj Singh
• 6. High Value Vegetable Cultivation: Entrepreneurial Avenues by A.D. Munshi
• 7. Seed Production: An Entrepreneurial Venture by B.S. Tomer &
  K. Vinod Kumar
• 8. Food Production: An Emerging Option for Micro-enterprises Promotion in Agriculture by R.R. Sharma
• 9. Poultry Farming: Profitable Venture for Entrepreneurs by R.K. Sharma
• 10. Beekeeping An Employment and Income Generating Vocation for Rural Youth by R.N. Sharma
• 11. Dairy Production and Processing as an Enterprises: Retrospect and Prospects by Dalip K. Gosain
• 12. Fisheries and Aquaculture in India: Perspective and Prospective Views by S.D. Singh
• 13. Ration Formulation for Profitable Dairy by Kusumakar Sharma, VB Chaturvedi &
  Rupasi Tiwari
• 14. Post Harvest Handling of Horticultural Crops by R.K. Lal
• 15. Value Addition and Processing Opportunities in Food Processing by Devinger Dhingra
• 16. Commercial Avenues in Floriculture for Entrepreneurship by T. Janakiram &
  K.V. Prasad
• 17. Plants Nursery as a Micro-enterprises by Manish Srivastav &
  R.R. Sharma
• 18. Vermicomposting Enterprise Development in Rural Areas by R.K. Sharma, K. Sharma, G.T. Gujar &
  J.K.S. Bhandari
• 19. Entrepreneurship Generation and Livelihood Security through Livestock Sector by M.C. Sharma &
  Rupasi Tiwari
• 20. Breeds of Livestock and their Genetics Improvement by M.C. Sharma &
  Rupasi Tiwari
• 21. Entrepreneurship through Pig Farming in India by M.C. Sharma &
  Rupasi Tiwari
• 22. Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L) Seed Production as a Potential Micro-enterprise For Income Augmentation: Experiences of Action Research by Shantanu Kumar Dubey, S.K.Singh &
  Uma Sah
• Section-III: Enterprise Management
• 23. Understanding Self Help Group Dynamics by Premlata Singh &
  Nishi Sharma
• 24. Concept of Cooperatives and its Scope in Farmers' Capacity Building by J.P.S. Dabas
• 25. Impact Evaluation of Small Scale Agri-enterprise: A Case Study of Mushroom and Beekeeping Enterprises by Rajinder Peshin
• 26. Distance Education: A Support for Micro-enterprise Promotion in Agriculture by B.S. Hansra
• 27. Marketing Strategies for Micro-enterprise Promotion by Ajit Kewalramani
• 28. Good Agricultural Practices in Relation to Micro-enterprise Promotion by Arvind Pratap Singh
• 29. NABARD Supported Promotional and Developmental Programmes Farm and Non Farm Sector by G.V. Sunil Kumar
• 30. Commodity Future Trading at NCDEX by A.Lakshmikantha Reddy
• 31. Approach to Rural Development: Economy Decentralization by Anil. P. Joshi
• 32. Financial Management of Agricultural Projects by Pramod Kumar
• 33. Micro-credit: Basic Issues and Strategies by R. Roy Burman &
  Shantanu Kumar Dubey
• 34. Role of Ministry of Micro Small &
  Medium Enterprises by H.S. Bisht