-moving key macro-economic variables with potentially large consequences for public policy. URL:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Domestic_Wheat_Price_Formation_Food_Inflation_India.pdf]. …This paper gives information on global wheat market developments, price transmission and impacts on Indian domestic …

Wheat covers approximately 25% of the total global area devoted to by cereal crops. Wheat production needs to be … augmented to meet the growing demand. The amount of wheat produced is a direct function of energy inputs. Wheat is produced … is to optimize energy use patterns of different wheat growing regions (Western Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and …

Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution …

The ACIAR-managed project CS1/1996/013, Herbicide-resistant weeds of wheat in India and Australia: integrated … adoption of zero tillage to control Phalaris minor infestation in the rice–wheat areas of north-western India. This leads to an … management, was designed to find a long-term method of control of Phalaris minor, a problem weed of the rice–wheat cropping …

This paper asks how opening up of wheat and sugar trade between two nuclear neighbours, India and Pakistan, would …, and c) under a grant of mostfavoured nation (MFN) to India by Pakistan. We conduct simple welfare analysis for wheat, on … between the two countries under three alternative trade regimes : a) under an FTA between India and Pakistan, b) under SAFTA …

crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade regulations. [IFPRI Brief No.13] …

-tillage (ZT) for wheat after rice, particularly in India. This report reviews and synthesizes the experience with zero tillage in … the Indian IGP. Zero tillage of wheat after rice generates significant benefits at the farm level, both in terms of … significant yield gains (6–10%, particularly due to timelier planting of wheat) and cost savings (5–10%, particularly tillage …

This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat systems of India’s Haryana … State primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 400 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified sample revealed 34 ….5% to be ZT wheat adopters and a quarter of the wheat area in the surveyed communities to be under ZT. The study suggests …

During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy … domestic consumption, India developed a large wheat deficit because of reduced price incentives, weak yield growth, and rising … outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish …

The study examines the marketing of wheat in India, focusing on the private marketing system, the marketing efficiency … and quality. Wheat is now a major food staple in India, crucial to India’s food economy and security. With production … reaching 70 to 75 million tons and a large demand, India’s wheat economy is the second largest in the world. The efficiency …