A book about the Indian farmer, now travelling the world.

Between 2014 and 2026, Indian agriculture went through one of the most ambitious policy experiments anywhere in the world. Income support reached farm households directly. Insurance, irrigation, markets and credit were redesigned. Land records, soil health and payments moved onto digital rails. The question changed from how much India grows to how much its farmers keep.

Deepak Pareek’s book reads that decade as a system rather than a list of schemes, and follows its effects through to the farm household. It was written in India, about India. But the questions it asks, about food security, rural incomes, public digital infrastructure and how a state reaches hundreds of millions of small producers, matter far beyond India’s borders.

So it is especially satisfying to see the book begin to travel. For researchers, policymakers, development professionals, investors, students and the Indian community abroad, it is now just a local order away.