Special Number on Agriculture and Rural Economy of Indian Punjab
Volume 12
Number 2
Fall 2005
Contents
Articles
Editorial Introduction
195
H. S. Sidhu
Production Conditions in Contemporary
Punjab Agriculture
197
Sucha S. Gill
Economic Distress and Suicides in Rural
Punjab
219
H. S. Shergill
Wheat and Paddy Cultivation and the
Question of Optimal Cropping Pattern for
Punjab
239
Sukhpal Singh
Contract Farming for Agricultural
Development and Diversification in Punjab:
Problems and Prospects
251
Lakhwinder
Singh
Deceleration of Industrial Growth and Rural
Industrialization Strategy for Indian Punjab
271
Nirvikar Singh &
Deepali S. Kohli
The Green Revolution in Punjab, India: The
Economics of Technological Change
285
Book Reviews
Contents
307
Reviews
309
Amrita Pritam
Nirmal Azad
327
In Appreciation
JOURNAL OF PUNJAB STUDIES
Editors
Indu Banga
Mark Juergensmeyer
Gurinder Singh Mann
Ian Talbot
Shinder Singh Thandi
Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
University of Southampton, UK
Coventry University, UK
Book Review Editor
Eleanor Nesbitt
University of Warwick, UK
Editorial Advisors
Ishtiaq Ahmed
Tony Ballantyne
Roger Ballard
Gerald Barrier
Parminder Bhachu
Anne Bigelow
Verne Dusenbery
Ainslee T. Embree
Lou Fenech
Sucha Singh Gill
Tejwant Singh Gill
David Gilmartin
Will Glover
J.S. Grewal
John S. Hawley
Suzanne McMahon
Iftikhar Malik
Hew McLeod
Farina Mir
Rana Nayar
Harish Puri
Christopher Shackle
Scott Marcus
Joginder Singh
Nirvikar Singh
Pashaura Singh
Pritam Singh
Darshan Singh Tatla
Michael Witzel
Tan Tai Yong
Stockholm University, Sweden
University of Otago, New Zealand
University of Manchester, UK
University of Missouri – Columbia, USA
Clark University, USA
North Carolina State