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oapen-20.500.12657-525782023-07-05T12:18:44Z Sustainable Development in India Fujita, Koichi Mizushima, Tsukasa Ethnic studies Development studies Social classes Regional studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSC Social classes bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change in India, with special reference to the mode of responses and adaptations in social systems against the inherent low and erratic rainfall and resulting water stress in India during the pre-colonial period. Additionally, it investigates how colonial development destroyed social systems and discusses future development prospects. Part 2 discusses contemporary issues of agriculture and social change in India. A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies. 2022-01-25T10:35:30Z 2022-01-25T10:35:30Z 2021 book ONIX_20220125_9781000177275_9 9781000177275 9780367547301 9780367460976 9781003036074 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52578 eng Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781000177275.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003036074 10.4324/9781003036074 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Kyoto University 9781000177275 9780367547301 9780367460976 9781003036074 Routledge 270 open access
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This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change in India, with special reference to the mode of responses and adaptations in social systems against the inherent low and erratic rainfall and resulting water stress in India during the pre-colonial period. Additionally, it investigates how colonial development destroyed social systems and discusses future development prospects. Part 2 discusses contemporary issues of agriculture and social change in India. A comprehensive examination of various important issues related to South Asian agricultural development in the past and in the present, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers of Asian development, sustainable development, environmental policy, South Asian Studies and Development Studies.
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