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100			_aDalwai, Ashok and Singh, Ritambhara _9127331
245			_aSecondary agriculture: Upgrading agriculture for jobs and income
260			_bSpringer Nature; _c2025; _aNew York
300			_axxviii, 310 pages
500			_aTable of contents (13 chapters) Employment and Income: Route to Farmers’ Welfare Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 1-28 Evolving Employment and Income Structure of India Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 29-50 Introducing Secondary Agriculture Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 51-66 Secondary Agriculture: Underpinned by Circular Economy and Bioeconomy Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 67-83 India: Status of Agro-industries and Scope for Promoting Bioeconomy Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 85-103 Secondary Agriculture as Complement to Primary Agriculture: Pathway to a Wholesome Agriculture Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 105-126 Micro-enterprises in Rural India: Fulcrum of Secondary Agriculture: Philosophy and Ecosystem Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 127-138 Secondary Agriculture: Farm-Linked Micro-enterprises Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 139-196 Farm-Linked Micro-enterprises: Entrepreneurship Promotion and Facilitation for Secondary Agriculture Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 197-210 Medium and Large Enterprises Under Secondary Agriculture: Challenges Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 211-233 Value Chain Management for Secondary Agriculture: Integrating Extension and Monetisation Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 235-269 Digital Technology for Fostering Secondary Agriculture Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh Pages 271-289 Final Words and Way Forward Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh
520			_aA first of its kind, this authored book marshals data and logic that necessitate the agriculture sector to transcend beyond its conventional role of securing food, fodder, and feed. It examines India's growing working population and juxtaposes it with the declining labour demand in the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, on account of the deployment of disruptive suite of labour-substituting technologies. Therefore, the conventional developmental models that hypothesize the shifting of surplus manpower from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors may not stand the test of scrutiny in the twenty-first century. Hence, the need for remandating the agricultural sector to generate gainful jobs and supplementary incomes in an ecologically synchronous manner for sustainability. The book draws the readers' attention to the importance of bioeconomy and circular economy. To enhance the biologically dependent cumulative agri-output, it recommends the adoption of supplementary and complementary activities. These interventions, along with processing (food and non-food), aid in minimizing food loss, enhancing value capture in favour of the farmers and other value chain stakeholders, and creating gainful jobs and linked incomes resulting in higher enterprise-profits. This progresses the agricultural sector into a bioeconomy anchored around secondary agriculture. Agri-processing being integral to secondary agriculture can be practiced at various scales beginning from micro to small to medium to large. The book highlights both the scope for such enterprises in India and the challenges they are vulnerable to. In the context of sub-par levels of jobs and income in the farm sector, the book emphasizes on micro-enterprises, and suggests the clusterization of entrepreneurs and digitalization along the value chain to achieve competitiveness. The book also deliberates on market-led production matrix, and value chain-based extension services to meet the feedstock demands of secondary agriculture. This book is of relevance to a range of individuals and organizations concerned with agriculture. They include academics, researchers, professionals, universities, domestic & international organizations, bankers & financial institutions, FPOs, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and students.
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