Implications of WTO Agreements for Indian Agriculture

From: Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Deshpande, R S | Copyright information

Implications of WTO Agreements for Indian Agriculture, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Oxford & EBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2001. Pp. xi + 756. Rs. 1,475.00.

The impact of WTO Agreement on Agriculture is being debated vehemently among Indian agricultural economists. Extreme views are expressed starting from the detrimental impact to a possible opportunity of growth. There is lot of information (more particularly disinfor...

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