India's economic standing and its policy landscape have come a long way since the 1943 Bengal famine. History saw buffer stocking of food grains as a famine-combating tool. Today, apart from serving as an effective hedge in times of famines, such grain stocks are a conduit deployed by the...

Over thirty years have passed since the Bhopal chemical disaster began, and in that time scholars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have discussed and debated several frameworks for improving corporate response to social and environmental problems. However, CSR discourse rarely delves...

Implementation of the project 'Addressing Barriers to Rice Seeds Trade between India and Bangladesh' (RISTE) has contributed to a constructive dialogue on trade and cooperation between the two countries. Through action research, networking and advocacy, it has involved policy makers, research...

The paper reveals that formal trade in HYV rice seeds between India and Bangladesh is hampered by inefficiencies in the use of available resources, non-tariff barriers, inappropriate pricing of inputs and outputs, among others. It has been identified that there are significant variations in per...

If the recent exponential increase in food prices is any indication, India faces the risk of food crisis. Agriculture is defined as the science and practice of activities relating to, processing, marketing, distribution, utilization, and trade of food, feed and fiber. Agriculture remains an...

Odisha’s economy is predominantly agriculture driven. Exports from mining industries remained a significant source of foreign exchange. However, over a period, aquaculture exports have also emerged as a lucrative possibility. It is a perfectly suitable sector considering the long coastline,...

The study tries to test the convergence hypothesis in agricultural output by using district level output data over the period 1971 to 2010. Both exploratory (growth analysis with the help of summary statistics and mapping) and confirmatory approaches have been adopted (formal tests: sigma and...

The present investigation has been carried out to analyze the agricultural output growth and contribution of different components to the output growth in the state of Bihar. Results of the analysis depicted mixed trend in growth rates of area under different crops in the state. The production...

The Indian government has provided large subsidies to stimulate the take-off of the cold storage sector. However, the impact of this policy is not well understood. In a case study of the potato sector in Bihar, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of cold...

The new agenda in Indian agriculture should have a goal that explicitly focuses on improving agricultural systems and addresses rural development in an integrated manner. While Indian agriculture has crossed the threshold of traditional farming to modern agri-business, the objective of ensuring...