. Nevertheless the low market participation of most smallholders in the country remains a fact. We employ semi-parametric regression … techniques to analyze the current state of market participation and production diversification and to identify the determinants … commercial specialization. The result is a U-shaped relationship between commercialization and diversification. …

, between 1980-90 and 2004-05, the number of crops decreased resulting in low level of diversification in both the areas of the …Diversification in agriculture is considered as an important means for rapid economic growth and development in the … traditional crops, and adoption of allied activities like dairy, poultry, fishery, sheep and goat rearing, and horticulture, etc …

Resource constraints and small farm sizes make crop diversification a difficult proposition in India. Though, contract … diversification, which is a key ingredient in agriculture transformation in India. Cooperative models and models based on microfinance …