Given the declining share of traditional agricultural commodities in production, consumption and trade, horticulture and other non-traditional high-value agriculture represent an important area of potential income growth in rural areas. The high-value agriculture-led-growth strategy also...

Agro-industries are given high priority in India particularly because of their great potential for contributing to development. The emphasis on village-based agro-industries was introduced almost a century ago in India by Mahatma Gandhi as an important ideology and corner-stone of the...

India has one of the largest food subsidy programmes in the world that has created a relatively effective social safety net but is also under increasing criticism because of its large contributions to government budget deficits, economic inefficiency and poor targeting. The Food Corporation of...

While fertilizer subsidy has probably been one of the most hotly debated issues in the country over the past two decades but debate reached a new height following a recommendation by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) in its latest Economic Outlook 2012/13 that “subsidies...

During the last two decades Indian agriculture has been facing major challenges like deceleration in growth rate, inter-sectoral and inter-regional equity, declining input efficiency, degradation of natural resources, etc. with consequent adverse effects on food and nutritional security, food...

Chemical fertilisers are key element of modern technology and have played an important role in agricultural productivity growth in India. However, the demand-supply gap of fertilisers in India has increased in recent times, thereby leading to increased dependency on imports. Indian imports,...

This paper provides a brief summary of the results of growth performance and projections of demand for forest products in India and uses these results to provide a background for discussion of implications for forest policy and management. The trends indicate that the production of most forest...

By mid-September, 2003 it is becoming clear that Gujarat is likely to experience a bumper crop in the year 2003-04. The State Ministry of Agriculture is looking for some concrete suggestions, advice and policy recommendations to better manage the situation likely to be created by the bumper crop...

The purpose of this study is to examine the trends in India’s growth rates and interdependency between agricultural and industrial sectors of Indian economy. A dual economic growth model was developed to investigate the relationship between the two sectors and factors affecting Indian economic...