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Diversification and its Determinants : A Search for Alternative Income and Agricultural Development in Eastern India
Ahmad, Nasim - 2020
group and over 75% of their earnings are utilized to ensure their food security. Issues related to diversification have been … discussed by researchers for a long period and they have been trying to relate diversification to the developmental prospects … attempt has been made to measure diversification using Herfindahl- Hirschman index, known as the most popular method, it was …
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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies
Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015
The study revealed the strong impact of policy measures on production, procurement, stocks and trade. We detected several market distortions and mounting fiscal costs. Wheat and rice supply strongly and significantly respond to the minimum support price (MSP). Wholesale prices at planting or...
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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India
Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404643
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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies
Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015
This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement, storage, distribution and trade. Using nationally aggregated time series data, these policies are econometrically analysed. Based on the estimation results, their market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010490146
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To reform and to procure : an analysis of the role of the state and the market in Indian agriculture
Misra, Kartik; Basu, Deepankar - 2022
Since the early 2000s, many Indian states started reforming their agricultural marketing policies and allowed private traders to buy directly from farmers outside the state-regulated market system. The experience of these states during the period 2000 - 2012 can shed light on the impact of...
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Myanmar's Agriculture Sector : Unlocking the Potential for Inclusive Growth
Raitzer, David - 2015
Myanmar's agriculture sector offers substantial unexploited potential to underpin the country's inclusive economic development. With extensive land, water, and labor resources, as well as proximity to fast-growing markets, the country's agriculture has key competitive advantages. At the same...
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HYV Rice Seeds Accessibility and Availability in India and Bangladesh : Stakeholders’ Perspective
Singh, Suresh - 2015
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...
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Regulatory Environment and Subsidies and It's Impact on Rice Sub-Sector in India
Singh, Krishna M. - 2015
Agricultural growth has been largely responsible for India's desire for long term food security for its rapidly growing population and making food affordable by price stabilization. It is therefore a big challenge for the policy makers to make policies which enable farmers to efficiently adjust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025068
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Modelling Indian Wheat and Rice Sector Policies
Kozicka, Marta - 2015
This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement, storage, distribution and trade. Using nationally aggregated time series data, these policies are econometrically analysed. Based on the estimation results, their market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026904
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Framework for Assessing Environmental Management in Agriculture
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2012
This paper incorporates interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics and suggests a holistic framework for assessing the forms and efficiency of environmental management in agriculture. First, it defines environmental management as a specific system of social order regulating behaviour and...
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