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Real Consumption Levels and the Public Distribution System in India

Jha, Raghbendra - 2012

'historical basis'. This paper uses four sets of pooled equations for predicting stable levels of per capita consumption of rice …

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Diet Quality, Child Health and Food Policies in Developing Countries

Bhargava, Alok - 2014

, Philippines and Tanzania is summarized. The supply of nutritious foods is appraised from the viewpoint of improving diet quality …

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Demand-Supply Trends and Projections of Food in India

Mittal, Surabhi - 2008

The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and …

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The public distribution systems of foodgrains and implications for food security: A comparison of the experiences of India and China

Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Wan, Guanghua - 2006

A comparative study of the public distribution systems of foodgrains in India and China is expected to reveal lessons and experiences that are valuable to policymakers. This is particularly important for developing countries in their endeavour to ensure food security. This paper undertakes such...

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Food Security in India : Does the Futures Market for Wheat Meet the Bill?

Murthy, K. V. Bhanu - 2007

The thrust of agricultural policy during the sixties and seventies was towards restriction on trade. While this might have been the justified in the years of shortages the present trend towards surplus production of foodgrains necessitates a review of such restrictive policies. Also agricultural...

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Food Price Inflation in India : Causes and Cures

Agrawal, Pradeep; Kumarasamy, Durairaj - 2013

Inflation in general and food price inflation in particular has been a persistent problem in India over the past few years. Price stability is crucial for sustainable growth as persistent inflation implies higher demand relative to supply. Therefore, we analyse here demand and supply of food in...

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Understanding Food Inflation in India : A Machine Learning Approach

Malhotra, Akash - 2017

Over the past decade, the stellar growth of Indian economy has been challenged by persistently high levels of inflation, particularly in food prices. The primary reason behind this stubborn food inflation is mismatch in supply-demand, as domestic agricultural production has failed to keep up...

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Food Inflation and Food Price Volatility in India : Trends and Determinants

Sekhar, C. S. C. - 2017

The study analyzes food inflation trends in India over the last decade. Annual trends show that different commodities have contributed to food inflation in different years and that no single commodity shows uniformly high inflation. A decomposition exercise shows that eggs, meat, fish, milk,...

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Impact of India's National Food Security Act On Domestic and International Rice Markets

Debnath, Deepayan - 2017

Policy making in food security is at a crossroads in India, particularly for the rice crop. Whereas India has emerged … as a leading rice exporter over the last two years, the government has also introduced a large food subsidy program … called the National Food Security Act. The program requires that 33.6 million metric tons of rice per year be distributed to …

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Wages, Prices, and Agriculture : How Can Indian Agriculture Cope with Rising Wages?

Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P - 2015

In this paper we study the impact of rising wages on Indian agriculture by measuring the responses to output prices and wages of output, and of both variable and quasi fixed factors. Raising output prices to compensate for rising wages is an unattractive policy, because the medium-term...

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