Certain trends in agricultural productivity, agricultural finance are outlined. Recommendations for improving … agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity in Indian Agriculture at CAB, Pune]. URL …

This paper gives information on global wheat market developments, price transmission and impacts on Indian domestic … markets, as well as an assessment of public policies to manage domestic prices. This also tracks, monitors and forecasts fast …-moving key macro-economic variables with potentially large consequences for public policy. URL:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Domestic_Wheat_Price_Formation_Food_Inflation_India.pdf]. …

SPEECH OF SRI K. ROSAIAH, HONOURABLE FINANCE MINISTER WHILE PRESENTING THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2008-09 TO THE ANDHRA …

agriculture, which has implications for the entire economy, it is essential to study the volatility patterns in international and … wheat, rice, palm oil, groundnut oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, sugar, cotton, tea and coffee [ICRIER WP No. 103]. …

-negotiation on Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) will also begin. It is time to take a retrospective look at what were the expected … the predictions of various macro-models about the gains to Indian agriculture and farmer were not unequivocal, their … structure, improvement in the terms-of-trade for Indian agriculture may be very limited. Whatever little improvement in terms …

It is argued that Indian agriculture is undergoing fundamental change wherein the technology and inputs are moving out … of the hands of the farmers to external suppliers. This, over a period of time may have resulted in the de-skilling of … farmers and without adequate public investments in support services and without appropriate risk mitigation products has …