The pattern of diversification across states/crops in India has beenschematized and various determinants of diversification have beendeciphered. To objectively confer the empirical resonance, values ofSimpson index have been estimated. The diversification index (SID) hasbeen found to range from...

Instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of theproducers as well as the consumers in an agriculture-dominated countrylike India. Farmers in a bid to avert the price risk often tend to go fordistress sale and thereby reduce the potential returns. In order to cope upwith...

In India, male out-migration from rural to urban areas has increased in recent years, especially in the Indo- Gangetic regions of the country. This indicates that most of the developed regions of India are utilizing labour force of backward areas. The paper has investigated on labour...

This study has evaluated the superiority of resource conservation technologies (RCTs) over conventional methods of cultivation and has identified the factors influencing adoption of these technologies. It has provided succinct evidences from four states — Bihar, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar...

Instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of the producers as well as the consumers in an agriculture-dominated country like India. Farmers in a bid to avert the price risk often tend to go for distress sale and thereby reduce the potential returns. In order to cope up with...

Agriculture in India occupies an important place as it contributes nearly 25 per cent of GDP and two-thirds of the population depend upon it. Agricultural growth in the past has been sufficient to move from severe food crisis to aggregate food surplus today. The rainfed regions are diverse in...