• ISBN13: 9789384092801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: Ratna Sagar
• Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 338
• Original Price: INR 1195.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 694 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Asia / South / General

This volume sheds light on systems of agricultural knowledge, inherited agricultural practices and allied activities, adoption of new knowledge as well as attempts at modernization, and the involvement and perception of the key historical players and agricultural pioneers who initiated the process of transformation of the system of agrarian production and the creation of a new agrarian knowledge base against the backdrop of burgeoning Western scientific knowledge.

Deepak Kumar is Professor of History of Science and Education, Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of] Social Sciences; and Concurrent Professor, Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Bipasha Raha is Professor and Head, Department of History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.