Bengal Agriculture 1920–1946: A Quantitative Study

M. Mufakharul Islam

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511559877

Bengal Agriculture 1920–1946

A Quantitative Study

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M. Mufakharul Islam

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: December 2009
Print publication year:: 1979
Online ISBN:: 9780511559877
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511559877

Subjects:: Economics, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies, Economic Development and Growth
Series:: Cambridge South Asian Studies (22)

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This is a study of agricultural development in undivided Bengal during the period 1920-1946. The first part of the book is devoted to a close examination of the quality of the officially published crop statistics and a detailed analysis of the trends in cropped area, output and yield per acre. Particular topics discussed are the gradual deterioration in per capita crop production and the economic roots of the Bengal famine in 1943. The second part of the book deals with the factors that directly or indirectly affected crop trends. Amongst these are the effect of crop prices on area sown. Trends in physical capacity of Bengal agriculture are analysed and compared with those in the visible supply of labour and crop output. The problem of agricultural credit is discussed and the progress of the Co-operative credit movement evaluated.

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A Quantitative Study

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of tables
pp viii-x

List of figures
pp x-x

Foreword
pp xi-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-16

PART ONE
pp 17-18

1 - Nature of crop statistics and revision
pp 19-48

2 - Trends in output, acreage and yield: all-crops, food crops and cash crops
pp 49-83

3 - Trends in output, acreage and yield: individual crops
pp 84-106

PART TWO
pp 107-108

4 - Price elasticity of acreage under cultivation
pp 109-131

5 - Capital in agriculture
pp 132-156

6 - Agricultural credit and the Co-operative Credit Movement
pp 157-183

7 - Bengal landlords and agriculture
pp 184-199

Conclusion
pp 200-204

Appendix: statistical tables
pp 205-269

Select bibliography
pp 270-280

Index
pp 281-283

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