00966pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245006000056260000900116300001600125362001100141520057100152650004000723650002300763773003400786180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSidhu, H.S.  aCrisis in agrarian economy in Punjab: some urgent steps  c2002  ap.3132-138.  a27 Jul  aAgricultural production and crop yields in Punjab have nearly stagnated. Land and water, the two most critical resources  on which Punjab's rural economy is built, have sharply deteriorated over time. Profit margins of the farmers have come down drastically. The paper argues that there is an urgent need to diversify the state's agrarian economy not only in the narrow sense of diversification within the crop husbandry sector, but also in its wider sense, i.e. to promote allied agricultural and non-farm activities and agro-processing in rural area. - Reproduced.  aAgrarian structure - India - Punjab  aAgrarian structure  aEconomic and Political Weekly