Rural Commercial Capital: Agricultural Markets in West Bengal

by Barbara Harriss-White

Agricultural performance is influenced by agricultural commodity markets. However, the importance of these markets has largely been ignored by agricultural policymakers and mainstream economists. This pioneering study, covering both the pre- and the post-liberalization periods, and West Bengal's transformation from a seriously deficit to a surplus state, conceives of the post-harvest sector as a system of markets. It shows how, while West Bengal enjoyed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195691598
• ISBN13: 9780195691597
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.4"