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 equity and sustainability becomes all the more important. Agriculture …

This paper addresses the issues of technical efficiency, total factor productivity and its convergence for cereal crop … production in Indian agriculture using district level data over twenty-five years from thirteen major states. We estimate a … stochastic frontier model to analyze technical efficiency after controlling for the district specific and climatic impact in the …

India has a very diverse geography and many aspects of this geographical landscape are tied to its economy. Natural …

The issue of utilization of sludge from wastewater treatment in agriculture is an important socio-economic and … fertilizer in agriculture. It is becoming a topical issue along with the growing interest in effective “transformation of wastes … the effects, factors and efficiencies of sludge use in agriculture. Despite their relevance, in-depth studies of the …

this paper is to highlight the behavior and the role of China (a net food importer country) and India (which is facing a …

Brazilian agriculture has grown enormously during the past three decades. An interesting aspect of this growth is the …