Globalization, privatization and scientific advancements pose new challenges and opportunities for the development of Indian agriculture. The emerging paradigm shifts focus to creation and application of new knowledge for agricultural development and global competitiveness. To facilitate this...

Yield and price instability and covariate risks have been examined formajor oilseeds, viz. groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, sunflower and soybean,in selected states of India using time series data. Risk behaviour and effectsof price and price risk on production have been analyzed in a...

This paper has studied rural employment diversification in India and across major states using NSSO data at household level for the period 1983 and 2009-10. Factors affecting rural employment diversification towards non-farm sector have also been studied. Analysis has shown that the non-farm...