Chapter 1 Covid-19 Pandemic and Sustainability of Punjab Economy -- Chapter 2 Agriculture Sustainability in Punjab: A Way Forward -- Chapter 3 Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Punjab Agriculture -- Chapter 4 Need for Innovations in Crop Residue Management in Punjab: Lessons from the Covid-19...

The present study was undertaken to analyze the extent of adequacy of agricultural marketing infrastructural facilities in Punjab. The study was based on both primary and secondary data. Primary data for the study was collected from a sample of 180 farmers belonging to six selected districts of...

Abstract Global production networks (GPNs) are the norm in many export sectors of developing world economies like India. High-value crops, including horticultural crops and produce, are seen as candidates for exploiting global market opportunities. Indian agriculture and agribusiness are being...

This paper examines the rationale, practice and implications of contract farming under the MNCs in vegetable crops in the Indian Punjab from the new institutional economics perspective. It is found that the MNCs deal with relatively large producers, their contracts are biased against the farmer,...