Indian agriculture has achieved tremendous growth in production and productivity of crops
after Independence. Between 1950-51 and 2009-10, production of foodgrains increased …

State of India's Farmers Page 1 Commentary State of India's Farmers The Situation
Assessment Survey of the farming community, commissioned by the ministry of agriculture …

An investigation was done to work out the cost of production, cost of cultivation, returns and
profitability from Sugarcane, Wheat and Paddy crops in order to identify which crop is more …

Purpose The provision of fair and remunerative prices to farmers through government
intervention is one of the key debates to address the farmers' distress in India. This article …

It is believed that the irrigated crops generate more profit than that of the same crops
cultivated under rainfed or less-irrigated condition. How far does this perception hold true at …

This research illustrates the technical efficiency of the pan-India paddy cultivation status
obtained through a stochastic frontier approach. The results suggest that the mean technical …

The study attempts to assess the impact of institutional credit on agriculture production by
estimating Cobb Douglas agricultural production function for the pre reform (1972-91) and …

This paper examines the issues related to the opening up of the Indian pulses sector as well
as the relationship between production, prices and imports. Though import duty on pulses …

Last couple of decades has been the most difficult, troublesome and testing for the Indian
agriculture and the indigent peasantry. Though agriculture in India was never fortune's …

The agrarian economy of the state of Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of severe crisis. For the
majority of the farming community, agriculture has become an unviable activity and …