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Information and Utilisation of MSP: Major Determinants
The prices of agricultural commodities are inherently more volatile than non-agricultural commodity prices. The major reasons are the inelastic...
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Pulses for Food and Nutritional Security of India Production, Markets and Trade
This book provides an in-depth analysis of India’s pulses sector in terms of production, prices, markets, and trade. Pulses play a pivotal role in a...
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Pulses Value Chain- Pigeon Pea and Gram
Pulses form an important part of agriculture in India given that the country is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses. Owing to their...
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Supply Response of Major Pulses
The present chapter analyses the supply response of chickpea and pigeon pea, using dynamic panel data estimation technique. The analysis is...
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An Overview of Pulses Economy
India contributes around 38% of world’s area under pulses. India’s share in world area was around 56% in 1961 but gradually declined to less than 40%...
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Pulses Production and Food Security
Substantial progress has been made globally in addressing the extreme forms of hunger as a result of improvements in agricultural productivity and...
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Conclusion and Policy Implications
Pulses are rich in protein content and a major source of protein in Indian diet of all categories of people. The protein content in pulses is double...
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Introduction
Pulses are an essential part of Indian diet as they are a dominant source of protein. Pulses are ‘the poor man’s meat’ because the consumption of...
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Impact of COVID-19, Lockdowns and Economic Slowdown on Food and Nutrition Security in India
The two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in India have resulted in widespread food insecurity and hunger in the country as a result of the burden of...
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Minimum Support and Price Policies
A defining feature of agricultural economic policy making in India until the nineties has been its inward orientation with high government...
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Impact of COVID-19 on Agricultural Markets: Assessing the Roles of Commodity Characteristics, Disease Caseload, and Market Reforms
This paper assesses the impact of the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown on wholesale prices and quantities traded in agricultural markets. We...
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Accelerating Farm Income Growth: Opportunities and Challenges
The contribution from the farming community to India’s agricultural development is huge. The agricultural sector stands as one of the biggest sectors...
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Food Policy: A Case of Punctuated Equilibrium
Beginning as a war-time food ration in the colonial era and going on to become India’s principal instrument to fight against hunger, PDS has emerged...
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COVID-19 and distortions in urban food market in India
In this paper, we study the effects of the spread of COVID-19 on retail and wholesale prices of urban markets in India, as well as price distortion...
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Asymmetric Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Market Share and Import Pricing
The current chapter is devoted to examine the role of country-specific market share on exchange rate pass-through and pricing behaviour of major...
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Structural Reforms and Governance Issues in Indian Agriculture
This chapter deals with key structural issues facing Indian agriculture since Independence. In the context of federal fiscal relations as well as...
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Socio-Economic Profile of the Sample Households
The present chapter provides an overview of socio-economic profile of the sample households. Considering the heterogeneous nature of the country and...
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Agricultural research and education: new ideology and innovations
India has one of the largest agricultural research and education systems in the world. Thanks to the foresight and vision of our planners and policy...
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Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger, Nutrition, and Food Security Since Independence
At the time of its independence, India did not have enough production of food grains to meet its domestic demand and had to depend on imports. The...
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Changing Food Consumption Pattern and Its Implications on Achieving Zero Hunger in India (SDG-2)
This paper provides an account of the nutritional status of Indian households and analyses the effect of changing food consumption patterns on...