Declining profitability of rice cultivation, changing patterns of food demand in the rapidly growing cities and liberalized Indian economy putting challenges before the planners and policy makers to maintain a steady growth of food grain production to feed the growing population and at the same...

Government of India, in order to boost the farmers' income, particularly in the eastern parts of the country, intends to allow corporate houses to practice contract farming. For this, the government is all out to bring about changes in its land ceiling laws, agricultural market laws and retail...