Contents:
Introduction.
1. Policies of food security: an agenda for change/Madhura Swaminathan.
2. Globalization-yet another threat to food security and regional parity in India/Ashok Kumar Maiti and Subhendu Chakrabarti.
3.Food security and agricultural growth: prospects for the North-Eastern region/M.P. Bezbaruah.
4. Food insecurity in India with special reference to North Eastern region/P.M. Passah.
5. Food security of North East India for twenty-first century/S.N. Goswami, B.K. Sarma and S.B. Singh.
6. Agriculture should get high priority in the North-East/V.S. Mahajan.
7. Determinants of production and instability of rice in North Eastern states of India/S.B. Singh, K.K. Datta and Kh. B. Singh.
8. The 21 century and the emerging scenario and issues of social science research in North-East India/K. Alam.
9. Some issues of social science research in North-East India in the 21 century/S.B. Chakrabarti.
10. Social science research in the N.E. region in the 21 century/B.B. Kumar.
11. Identifying researchable issues for 21 century N. E. India/Biman Kar.
12. The North-East and future trends/K.S. Singh.
13. Adult education and rural development/Meghali Baruah.
14. Enhancing teaching and learnings integrated systems analysis/A.S. Guha.
15. Health and nutritional status of the people of North-Eastern region/Pranay Jyoti Goswami.
16. Tribal population of the Brahmaputra valley under changing socio-political situation/N.N. Bhattacharyya.
17. Judicial intervention in the management of forests in the North East India/S.K. Agnihotri.
18. Civil society and the politics of peace-making