This study seeks to ascertain urban consumers' preferences for traditional aromatic rice varieties vis-a-vis conventional aromatic rice varieties. It used a mixed method approach that includes focus group discussion and key informant interviews to get first-hand information relating to...

This paper analysed the growth performance of non-rice crop sectors by estimating total factor productivity (TFP) growth for the selected coarse cereals viz., maize, sorghum and pearl millet in India. The analysis indicates that the TFP growth contributed substantially to the output growth of...

Increase in agricultural productivity is induced by public investment in research. Several studies have analyzed the impact of research investment at the national level but such analyses at the state or regional level are a few. The present study is an attempt to analyze the pattern and quantify...