This book presents an extensive study on India’s agricultural and nonfarm sectors, examining prices, investments and policies, and suggesting various essential technological changes. It offers appropriate financial, institutional, and policy frameworks that can help to sustain agricultural growth and augment farmers’ incomes across geographical locations. Further, it addresses agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction through multiple pathways that also tackle varied geographical locations, making it a highly useful guide to understanding the changing contours in agriculture and rural areas across the country and among rural households with various social and economic backgrounds.

Presents concise analyses of factors driving farmers’ incomes, agricultural growth, and nonfarm employment Evaluates the impact of agricultural growth and nonfarm employment on labor market dynamics and poverty alleviation based on the National Sample Survey (NSS) and primary household surveys Focuses on regional/state-level analysis and targeted technological and policy interventions that could help raise the incomes of all landholders and social groups Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras