Recently added articles from Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics:
PREFACE
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Sixty-eighth Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics is scheduled to be held from 28th to 30th November, 2008 under the auspices of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The following subjects are selected for discussion at the ...
Progress and Potential of Horticulture in India
Jul 01, 2008; ... SUBJECT I TRIGGERING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HORTICULTURE CROPS INTRODUCTION The potential of horticulture in raising agricultural production, value added, farm income and employment in the country has been recognised long ago. The Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) ...
Can Horticulture Revitalise Agricultural Growth?
Jul 01, 2008; ... 1 INTRODUCTION Over the last one decade or so agricultural sector has come under stress. Agricultural growth has decelerated from 3.2 per cent during 1980/81 to 1995/96 to 1.9 per cent during 1996/97 to 2005/06, leading to a situation of agrarian distress in some parts of the ...
Enhancing Farmers' Linkage to Markets
Jul 01, 2008; ... An attempt is made to investigate the (i) structural transformation of agri- horticultural produce markets, (ii) barriers to market access by various producers- growers in marketing of their produce and (iii) illustrate the case of alternative marketing arrangements, i.e., how terminal markets ...
Government Intervention in Horticulture Development - The Case of Maharashtra
Jul 01, 2008; ... I BACKDROP Maharashtra's agriculture has been traditionally dominated by low value cereal production. This is because agriculture in the state is mainly rainfed and barely 16 per cent of the area cultivated is under irrigation. Since the last two decades however, the Government ...
Synthesising Investment Initiatives for Horticulture Sector in India: A Crucial Component for Agricultural Growth
Jul 01, 2008; ... The study attempts to address the various issues relating to horticulture sector of India with particular reference to evaluating diversification of agriculture, marketing of high value crops, and the extent of investment made by various agencies over time towards creation of post-harvest ...
Cashew Production and Processing: Livelihood Opportunities
Jul 01, 2008; ... Cashew has substantial potential for generating gainful employment and revenue through production, processing and marketing within and outside the country. Cashew processing provides an important source of wage employment for rural women and also self-employment through micro enterprises ....
Contract Farming in Two Horticultural Crops: A Transaction Cost Perspective
Jul 01, 2008; ... Indian agriculture witnessed a tremendous change in the last half century or so. The change was brought about not only by technology such as green revolution but also through institutional interventions in delivering farm inputs and marketing of outputs. Contract farming is another institutional ...
Structural Changes in Horticulture Sector in India: Retrospect and Prospect for XIth Five Year Plan
Jul 01, 2008; ... I INTRODUCTION The growth of agriculture is not commensurate with other sectors of the Indian economy. The growth in agricultural sector has declined from 3.7 per cent during early reforms period (1991-92 to 1996-97) to 2.5 per cent per annum during Ninth and Tenth Plan (1997-98 ...
Price Behaviour in Fruits and Vegetable Markets: Cointegration and Error Correction Analysis
Jul 01, 2008; ... The paper builds on the hypothesis of higher spatial price convergence and makes an attempt to empirically analyse the magnitude of price variability and integration that has taken place across the state level fruit and vegetable markets in India. Time series data on wholesale prices during the ...
Export Performance of Cardamom in India during Pre- and Post-Liberalisation Periods
Jul 01, 2008; ... Indian agriculture has to face competitiveness in international trade due to liberalisation. Cardamom is one of the spices traded internationally. In recent years, its export showed fluctuating trend. Hence, the present study was carried out with the following objectives; (i) to measure the ...
Trade Liberalisation and Export Performance of Horticultural Sector in India
Jul 01, 2008; ... The study presents a comparative analysis of horticultural sector scenario in postreform period; choice of period for the analysis becomes crucial because in India trade liberalisation, in the real sense began after 1991. The study is based on time series data since 1991. It analyses the ...
Horticulture Production in India: Growth, Determinants and Its Impact on Income and Employment
Jul 01, 2008; ... In the green revolution period India's agricultural growth was due to the supply driven factors, but in the post-reform period the demand driven factors are the driving forces. Urbanisation, increase in per capita income and changing consumer tastes and preferences have largely shifted the ...
A Comparative Analysis of Production, Consumption and Exports of Food and Horticultural Commodities in India
Jul 01, 2008; ... The paper examines whether the issue of triggering agricultural development through horticultural crops acts as a viable policy option or not by analysing three important aspects, namely, behaviour of actual production of food and horticultural crops in relation to its trend, domestic ...
Value Addition in Mango Processing for Pulp in South Konkan Region (Maharashtra)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The study was undertaken to study the economics of investment profitability in pulp production and value addition in processing of mango for pulp. For the purpose of study, a list of all mango processing units was obtained from the office of Deputy Director of Horticulture and 15 processing ...
Economic Analysis of Crop Diversification: A Comparative Study of Foodgrain and Vegetable Crops
Jul 01, 2008; ... The present study attempts to examine the comparative advantages of food grain and vegetable crops on marginal, small and medium size of operational holdings. Fifty two farmers consisting of 20 marginal, 20 small and 12 medium farmers were selected randomly from two villages of Khijri block of ...
Diversification of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: An Increase in Income and Employment of Rural Farmers in District Kannauj Uttar Pradesh
Jul 01, 2008; ... The main objectives of the paper are (i) to study the farm structure and cropping pattern of households in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, (ii) to study the comparative advantage of different enterprises adopted by the farmers and (iii) to work out the effect of diversification on farm ...
Change in Cropping Pattern and Present Status of Horticultural Crops in West Bengal
Jul 01, 2008; ... The study attempts to examine the change in cropping pattern of West Bengal for the period 1970-71 to 2004-05 with a view to highlight the extent of commercialisation of the state agriculture through introduction of horticultural crops to meet the growing needs of green vegetables and fruits and ...
Agricultural Growth and Diversification in Tripura: Concerted Performance of High-Value Horticulture Crops
Jul 01, 2008; ... An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the transformation pattern from traditional agriculture to high-value horticulture crops, in Tripura State, growth rates of area, production and productivity, variability in yield and dynamics of production of major agriculture and horticulture ...
Marketing of Onion in Indore District of Madhya Pradesh
Jul 01, 2008; ... An attempt is made in study to estimate the various marketing costs and margins and the onion grower's share in the consumer's rupee, marketing efficiency of onion and the problems faced by the onion growers in the marketing of onion in Indore district in Madhya Pradesh and sale in the vegetable ...