The long term trend of declining agricultural commodity prices has come to an end. Since the turn of the millennium prices have gone up as global demand growth has outstripped the growth in supply. As a consequence hunger around the globe is growing as the expansion of the agricultural acreage...

This study focuses on estimating determinants of wages across primary, secondary and tertiary sectors in rural India by the type of work contract involved. Casual labourers, with short term work contracts and nearly absent benefits and wage employees, with long term work contracts, higher wages...