PUBLISHER'S NOTE


official source: Ideal Farming Part 2

cross-references: none

this version: is the printed Ideal Farming Part 2, 1st edition, 
	version (spelling mistakes only may have been corrected). 
	I.e., this is the most up-to-date version as of the present Electronic 
	Edition.

	During His lifetime, P.R. Sarkar made an immense contribution to a vast range of subjects including spirituality, ethics, literature, music, philology, psychology, science, socio-economic theory and philosophy. He also gave numerous talks on all aspects of farming from the end of 1987 until His Maha'praya'na or Great Departure on 21st October 1990.


	P.R. Sarkar was especially keen that underdeveloped and developing countries should adopt a more scientific system of farming to increase their productivity and solve their food problems. To demonstrate His ideas, He established and built up A'ananda Nagar as a model farming project in the Purulia district of West Bengal, one of the poorest and most backward parts of India.   


	Ac. Asiimananda Avt., a senior monk of A'nanda Marga and an agricultural specialist, faithfully noted down many of P.R. Sarkar's talks on farming. But tragically, he was brutally murdered by members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on 2nd April 1990 at A'nanda Nagar. Due to his untimely death, he was unable to personally oversee the publication of this book, the second part of P.R. Sarkar's series called "Ideal Farming". 


	We have made every effort to accurately compile P.R. Sarkar's talks on farming as noted by Ac. Asiimananda Avt. and present them to our readers.