The rural economy is characterized by low per capita income, mass poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, bad health, migration and frustration. These problems of rural economy can be solved to certain extent by the development of agriculture as majority of rural people earn their livelihood from this sector. But after the introduction of economic reforms and emergence of World Trade Organization (WTO) the sector faces multi-farious problems and new challenges of various forms. So in the changing scenario of the economy here in this book many learned economists and researchers have studied various problems and aspects of agriculture in India. They have focused on various post-reform issues pertaining to the story of distress and death of farmers, their access to institutional credit, manner of credit delivery mechanism and possible gap between the two. They have examined the impact of increasing credit on farm and farmers, found out strategies for marketing agricultural products, level of rice production during green revolution need of sustainable development of agriculture, possibilities of High Tech. Agriculture, emergence of environmental issues and suggested necessary- strategies. In their study, they have pointed out how agriculture is the pre-requisite and expedient for the development of rural areas, solving the problem of food insecurity in India and necessity of farm sector management and rural development administration for the wholesome growth of the economy.

Table of Contents:
1. Problems and Prospects of Agriculture Development/Baisyanath Mishra 2. Agriculture Development in India in the Post Reform - Issues and Policy/Rajkishore Panda 3. Globalization, Crisis in Agriculture and Farmer's Suicide in India/S.. Tripathy 4. Agriculture in Developing Countries : Problems and Prospects/Basudev Sahoo 5. Doubling of Agricultural Credit : The Impact on Farm and Farmers/Bibhudatta Nayak 6. Agricultural Marketing System - Problems and Strategies /Surendra Nath Behera 7. Productivity and Production of Rice during Green Revolution Period in Orissa/P.K. Brahma and R.P. Sharma 8. Sustainable Agricultural Development and Environmental Issues/Satyabrata Mishra 9. Possibility of High Tech Agriculture in 11th Five Year Plan/Sudhakar Patra 10. Environment and Agriculture Development Iissue and Strategies/Durga S. Sarangi 11. Agriculture is the Base for the Rural Development/Rajan Kumar Sahoo 12. Problem of Agriculture and Rural Development/Rabindra Dash 13. Indian Agriculture Dismay in Globalisation Perspective/Bhramarbar Beura 14. Agrarian Crisis in Post - Reform India : A Story of Distress and Death/E. Eswar Rao Patnaik 15. Access to Agriculture Credit : Its Delivery and Gap in Cuttack District , Orissa/Jogasankar Mahaprashasta 16. Indian Agriculture : Problems, Opportunities and Prospects/Surendra Swain 17. Agrarian Crisis in India : A Brief Note/Narendra Kumar Behera 18. Globalization and Sustainable Agriculture in India , Search for a Perspective With Special Rreference to Bolangir District of Orissa/Babilata Shroff 19. Agriculture in Orissa : Some Issues/Damodar Mohapatra 20. Farm Sector Management and Rural Development Administration : A Study/Padma Charan Dhal 21. Agriculture and Rural Development - Problems and Prospects/Gyanindra Dash 22. Indian Agriculture and Rural Development : Opportunities and Challenges/Sangram Kumar Mohapatra