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The Impact of Agricultural Research in British India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Carl E. Pray
Carl E. Pray
Affiliation:
Research Associate at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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Abstract

This paper attempts to answer three questions. How much did agricultural research contribute to agricultural growth in British India? Was its limited impact due to too little investment or inefficient allocation of research resources? Could more research have led to a “Green Revolution” in foodgrain production? Available data indicate that the impact of research was small and that more should have been invested in research. The evidence suggests, however, that larger investments in foodgrain research would not have resulted in a Green Revolution in British India.

Type
Papers Presented at the Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 429 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1984

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