The Green Revolution bypassed Bihar in its first wave in the 1960s and 1970s. Subsequently, during a short interval in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the agricultural growth rate reached almost 3 percent per year, one of the highest in the country, though over a smaller base. Even this modest growth was short-lived, and stagnation has set in again. This report explores why.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/putting-agriculture-takeoff-trajectory-nurturing-seeds-growth-bihar-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/avinash-kishore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bharat-sharma
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-k-joshi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-water-management-institute-iwmi
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-revolution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dairy-development
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterlogging
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat