State-Led or Market-Led Green Revolution? Role of Private Irrigation Investment vis-a-vis Local Government Programs in West Bengal’s Farm Productivity Growth
Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: June, 18 , 2009This paper estimates respective roles of private investments in irrigation and local
government programs (land reforms, extension services, and infrastructure investments)
in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A
farm panel from a stratified random sample of farms from major agricultural districts of West Bengal is used.
Author(s): Pranab Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee, Neha Kumar | Posted on: Sep 14, 2009 | Views(1379) | Download (781)