Historically, black pepper has been a highly tradable commodity; its domesticprice, production as well as profitability are highly influenced by itsinternational prices. In 2003-04, the domestic prices of black pepper plungeddown to Rs 74/kg from a peak of Rs 215/kg in 1999-2000. The study...

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...

The present study, conducted during 2005-06, in two districts, viz. Amritsar and Faridkot of Punjab, (former having pre-dominantly tubewell-irrigated area and the latter having canal + tubewell irrigation facilities) has assessed the extent of water depletion and has measured irrigation...

Indian agriculture is highly diversified both in terms of production environment and activities. The main objective of the study is to identify and prioritize constraints and accelerators of agricultural diversification and promotion of selected promising CGPRT crops, I.e: maize. Five states...

Historically, black pepper has been a highly tradable commodity; its domestic price, production as well as profitability are highly influenced by its international prices. In 2003-04, the domestic prices of black pepper plunged down to Rs 74/kg from a peak of Rs 215/kg in 1999-2000. The study...

The study has examined the adoption of IPM practices on cotton in Punjab and on paddy in Haryana and has assessed the impact of key socio-economic and institutional factors on IPM adoption. The Poisson count regression models have been used to analyze technology adoption. The awareness...

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...