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cfye zsi DIA URN OF A RIC IT L ECO 0 ICS (Organ - of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics) Vol. XIV JULY—SEPTEMBER 1959 No. CONTENTS ARTICLES k Supplementary to the Ford Foundationr cam's Report : "India's Food Crisis and, Stepss ••''‘ To Meet It" • • , • • • • Jol -\134;`)Bkick The Skill and Attributes of the Agricul ural Economist - .. H. C..M.Ca'se Improvements in Nutritional Standards an Objective in Economic Planning .\ Vitta:io Marrama - Price Programme for Agricultural Produce S. P. Dhondyal and in India • • Jai Krishna Substitution between Sugarcane and Paddy in Madras State • • G. Parthasarathy - Co-operative Farming in Bengal H. Amir Au Co-operative Farming • • A. C. Shah NOTES World Agricultural Situation Mordecai Ezekiel Small Farmers, Not Small Farms, • • M. L. Dantwala Future Feed, Seed and Wastage Rates • • P. C. Bansil Scope for Consolidation of Holdings and. Soil Conservation and Its Effect on Agri- cultural Production W. S. Mann Progress of the Co-operative Movement in India: 1957-58 BOOK REVIEWS (see inside cover) R$. 4.00 BOOK REVIEWS Page National Council of Criteria for Fixation of P. K. Mukherjee 75 Applied Economic Water Rates and Selec- Research , tion of Irrigation Pro- jects Mukherjee, P. K. Economic Surveys in C. H. Shah 77 Underdeveloped Coun- tries: A Study in Metho- dology Warriner, Doreen Land Reform and Deve- J. P. Bhattacharjee 78 lopnzent in the Middle East Yang, W. Y. Methods of Farm Mazza- G. D. Agrawal 82 gement Investigations for Improving Farm Produc- tivity - Desai, A.- R. Rural Sociology in India S. C. Dube 84 Patwardhan, V. S. Food Control in 'Bothbayl Province- 1939-49 1 Mukherjee, P. K. and ' Food Administration . in -S: B. Mahabal . 85 Kanungo, Kissen - '. Punjab and UttarPradeshj - - 1946-53 EDITORIAL BOARD M. L. Dantivala}Prof. Joint Editors Dr. M. B. Desai Shri V. Al. Jakhade Shri G. B. Kulkarni Dr. G. D. Agrawal The copyright and all rights of reproduction and translation of -articles, book reviews and correspondence published in THE INDIAN_ JOURNAL'OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS are reserved by the Society. Application for permission to translate or reproduce any material contained in it should be made to the Honorary Secretary, The Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 46,48, splanade 'Mansions, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Bombay-1. THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Vol. XIV JULY—SEPTEMBER 1959 No. 3 CONTENTS ARTICLES Page Supplementary to the Ford Foundation Team's Report : "India's Food Crisis and Steps To Meet It" •• •• •• •• John D. Black The Skill and Attributes of the Agricultural Economist •• •• •• •• H. C. M. Case 7 Improvements in Nutritional Standards as an Objective in Economic Planning • • Vittorio Marrama 14 Price Programme for Agricultural Produce S. P. Dhondyal and in India • • • • • • • • Jai Krishna 23 Substitution between Sugarcane and Paddy in Madras State • • • • • • G. Parthasaratlzy 31 Co-operative Farming in Bengal H. Amir Ali 40 Co-operative Farming • • • • • • A. C. Shah 48 NOTES World Agricultural Situation • • • • Mordecai Ezekiel 52 Small Farmers, Not Small Farms M. L. Dantwala 57 Future Feed, Seed and Wastage Rates • • P. C. Bansil 59 Scope for Consolidation of Holdings and Soil Conservation and Its Effect on Agri- cultural Production .• • • • • W. S. Mann 66 Progress of the Co-operative Movement in India : 1957-58 • • • • • • • • 71 BOOK REVIEWS •• •• •• •• 75 CONTENTS page REVIEWS IN BRIEF 87 ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY 93 ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZE AWARDS SCHEME FOR 1959 99 It ti ti LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AS ON AUGUST 31, 1959. 101 5 1 LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS no- (AS ON AUGUST 31, 1959) ade HONORARY MEMBERS ted DARLING, MALCOLM LYALL,42, Catherine Place, London (England). 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