01017pab a2200169 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Sidhu, H.S. Crisis in agrarian economy in Punjab: some urgent steps 2002 p.3132-138. 27 Jul Agricultural 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. Agrarian structure - India - Punjab Agrarian structure Economic and Political Weekly 53146 53146 53146 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 37, Issue no: 30 AR53583 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR