Subject(s): Agriculture in Economic aspects, Farms in India. -- Agricultural growth :Agricultural performance and emerging perspectives, agricultural policy, problems of agricultural productions in Kerala, economic consequence of new rice technology, agriculture in North-west, unstable increase in agriculture productivity, fluctuations on foodgrains output -- Drought 1987-88, crop insurance, single state zonal system for food grains, Indian agrarian scene, India's surplus cattle, agriculture in Indian and china, economic reforms - agriculture and rural development -- Farm size and tenure : Alternative explanations of the inverse relationship between farm size and output per acre in India, uncertainty, entrepreneurship and share cropping in India, Farm size and yield per acre, credit policy,rates of interest, small and marginal farmers - economic reforms -- Rural poverty alleviation : Agricultural growth and rural poverty, removel of poverty, Amrtya Sen and empowerment of poor, role of NGO's in rural development, decentralised planning for rural development, job reservation of backward classes