Further reading
BOOKS
Alvares, Claude, Vandana Shiva, Sultan Ismail, K. Vijayalakshmi, Korah Mathen and Bernard Declercq (ed). The organic farming reader. Goa: The Other India Press, 1999.
Balasubramanian, A.V. and Coen Reijntjes. Endogenous development in India – revisiting swadeshi. Chennai: Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), 2007.
Bhalla, G.S. Indian agriculture since independence. New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2007.
Carson, Rachel. Silent spring. Houghton Mifflin, 1962.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). Sustainable agriculture: a pathway out of poverty for India’s rural poor. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ, 2006.
Dharampal. Indian science and technology in the eighteenth century: some contemporary European accounts. Goa: Other India Press, 2000.
Diamond, Jared. Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed. New York: Viking Penguin, 2005.
GREEN Foundation. Banking on seeds: community seed bank network. Bangalore: GREEN Foundation, 2005.
Howard, Albert. An agricultural testament. London: Oxford University Press, 1943.
Imhoff, Daniel and Jo Ann Baumgartner (eds.). Farming and the fate of wild nature: essays in conservation-based agriculture. Watsonville California: Watershed Media/Wild Farm Alliance, 2006.
Kumar, M. Reddi, M. John Sudheer, B. Chenchu Reddy and B. Srinivasulu. Biological control of plant pathogens, weeds and phytoparasitic nematodes. Hyderabad: B.S. Publishers, 2008.
Lines, Thomas. Making poverty a history. London: Zed Books, 2008.
Madeley, John. Hungry for trade: how the poor pay for free trade. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2001.
Mazoyer, Marcel and Laurence Roudart. A history of world agriculture: from the Neolithic age to the current crisis. London: Earthscan, 2006.
McNamara, J.A. Maxiculture: beyond agriculture. Two Wells, South Australia: J.A. McNamara, 1991.
Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo and Vincente Sánchez. Trading in genes: development perspectives on biotechnology, trade and sustainability. London: Earthscan, 2005.
Oxfam Trust. Indian agriculture in crisis. New Delhi: Oxfam Trust, 2005.
Pereira, Winin. Tending the earth: traditional, sustainable agriculture in India. Mumbai: Earthcare Books, 1993.
Perspectives. Harvesting despair: agrarian crisis in India. New Delhi: Perspectives, 2009.
Querol, Daniel. Genetic resources: our forgotten treasure. Penang, Malaysia: Third World Network, 1992.
Ramakrishnan, P.S. Ecology and sustainable development. New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2001.
Randhawa, M.S. A history of agriculture in India. New Delhi: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1982.
Rao, C.H. Hanumantha. Agriculture, food security, poverty, and environment. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Shah, Mihir, Debashis Banerji, P.S. Vijayshankar and Pramathesh Ambasta. India’s drylands: tribal societies and development through environmental regeneration. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Sharma, Devinder. GATT to WTO: seeds of despair. New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 1995.
Sharma, Devinder. In the famine trap. New Delhi: The Ecological Foundation, 1997.
Shiva, Vandana and Radha Holla Bhar. An ecological history of food and farming in India. Vol. 1: diversity the Hindustan way. New Delhi: RFSTE/ Navdanya, 2001.
Shiva, Vandana and Radha Holla Bhar. An ecological history of food and farming in India. Vol. 2: sharing earth’s harvest. New Delhi: RFSTE/ Navdanya, 2001.
Smith, Jeffrey M. Genetic roulette: the documented health risks of genetically engineered foods. Chelsea Green, 2007.
Swaminathan, M.S. (ed.). Agriculture cannot wait: new horizons in Indian agriculture. Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2007.
Weis, Tony. The global food economy: the battle for the future of farming. London: Zed Books, 2007.
REPORTS/ PAPERS
Badgley, C and I. Perfecto. Can organic agriculture feed the world? ‘Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems’ 22(02), June 2008, pp. 80-86.
Badgley, C., J. Moghtader, E. Quintero, E. Zakem, J. M. Chappell, K. Aviles-Vázquez, A. Samulon, and I. Perfecto. In press. Organic agriculture and the global food supply. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Centre for Trade and Development (CENTAD). Demystifying WTO and development: frequently asked questions. New Delhi: UNCTAD India, 2005.
Deb, Debal. Seeds of tradition, seeds of future. New Delhi: Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology, 2005.
Diraviam, J. (compiled). Guidelines for IPM of major crops on the Deccan plateau – a basket of options. Bangalore: AME Foundation.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). India: country report to the FAO international technical conference on plant genetic resources. New Delhi: IARI, October 1995.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The state of food and agriculture 2008. Rome: FAO, 2008.
Funes-Monzote, Fernando. Farming like we’re here to stay: the mixed farming alternatives for Cuba. Ph.D. thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2008.
Government of India. Report of the Working Group for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) on crop husbandry, agricultural inputs, demand and supply projections and agricultural statistics. New Delhi: Planning Commission, GOI, December 2006.
Government of India. Situation assessment survey of farmers: indebtedness of farmer households (NSS 59th Round; January-December 2003). New Delhi: National Sample Survey Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI, May 2005.
Government of India. Situation assessment survey of farmers: some aspects of farming (NSS 59th Round; January-December 2003). New Delhi: National Sample Survey Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI, July 2005.
Government of India. (Ministry of Agriculture). State of the Indian farmer: a millennium study (27 volumes). New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2004.
GRAIN. Whose harvest? The politics of organic seed certification. Barcelona: GRAIN, January 2008.
Hurst, Peter with Paola Termine and Marilee Karl. Agricultural workers and their contribution to sustainable agriculture and rural development. FAO-ILO-IUF, October 2005.
IAASTD. International assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology for development. Washington: Island Press, 2009.
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Biotechnology: addressing key trade and sustainability issues. Geneva: ICTSD, 2006.
Kuruganti, Kavitha and G.V. Ramanjaneyulu. Genetic engineering in Indian agriculture: an introductory handbook. Hyderabad: Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, 2008.
Madeley, John, Karl Deering, Ra Tiedmann-Nkabinde and Ruchi Tripathi. Unheard voices: the case for supporting marginal farmers. London: Concern Worldwide, 2007.
Polaski, Sandra, A. Ganesh-Kumar, Scott McDonald, Manoj Panda and Sherman Robinson. India’s trade policy choices: managing diverse challenges. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2008.
Sharma, Devinder. GM food and hunger: a view from the South. New Delhi: Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, 2003.
The World Bank. World development report: agriculture for development. Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 2007.
United Nations Development Programme. Asia-Pacific human development report 2006. Delhi: Macmillan India, 2006.
Wennink, Bertus, Suzanne Nederlof and Willem Heemskerk (eds.). Access of the poor to agricultural services: the role of farmers’ organizations in social inclusion. Bulletin 376, Royal Tropical Institute. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2007.
WEBSITES
Action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (Formerly RAFI): http://www. etcgroup.org/
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE): http://www.cseindia.org/
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad: http://www.csa-india.org/
Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices, Government of India (GoI): http://dacnet.nic.in/cacp/
Department of Biotechnology, GoI: http://dbtindia.nic.in/
Department of Fertilisers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, GoI: http://fert.nic.in/index.htm
Down to Earth Magazine: http://www.downtoearth. org.in/
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN: http://www.fao.org/
Food Corporation of India: http://fciweb.nic.in/
Genetic Engineering Approvals Committee, GoI: http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/csurv/geac/geac_ home.html
GM Watch: http://www.gmwatch.eu/
India GM Info: http://www.indiagminfo.org/
Indian Council for Agriculture Research: http://www.icar.org.in/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/
Intellectual Property Watch: http://www.ip-watch.org/
International Alliance Against Hunger: http://www.iaahp.net
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD): http://ictsd.net/
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD): http://www.ifad.org/
La Vía Campesina (International Peasants Movement): http://viacampesina.org
Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) India: http://india.leisa.info/
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (GoI): http://www.goidirectory.nic.in/min222.htm
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI: http://fcamin.nic.in/
Ministry of food Processing Industries, GoI: http://mofpi.nic.in/
Ministry of Rural Development, GoI: http://rural.nic.in/
National Commission on Farmers: http://krishakayog. gov.in/
People’s Food Sovereignty: http://www.peoplesfood sovereignty.org
Save our Seeds: http://www.saveourseeds.org
Seedling Magazine: http://www.grain.org/seedling/
South Centre: http://www.southcentre.org/
State Agriculture Universities in India: http://www.icar.org.in/sau.htm
Third World Network: http://www.twnside.org.sg/
United Nations Development Programme, India Country Office: http://www.undp.org.in/
World Trade Organisation: http://www.wto.org/