The present paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà- vis conventional … farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and U.P were purposively selected for the present study …. Similarly, four major crops i.e., cotton, sugarcane, paddy and wheat were chosen for comparison. A model based nonparametric …

ensure its effectiveness in the future. PAM-analysis was used to evaluate the effectiveness of state agricultural policy in …

income growth, urbanization and other demographic changes. Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) indicators are constructed to predict … self-sufficient in the future. Based on the PAM ranking, this may be possible under reduced or no government interventions …

in India and China; (b) the cotton prices in India also impacts the cotton prices in China as we report a unidirectional …This study examines the price transmission between cotton prices in U.S., Indian, and Chinese futures markets. We focus … indicate the following: (a) the U.S. cotton futures market continues to be the most dominant market, and it leads price changes …

the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent of the variability in grains, oilseeds, and cotton prices can be …