List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendices
About the Editors
Foreword
Preface
Message
General Editor’s Note

 

 

 

Volume I

 
Introduction

 

 

 

Section I

Macro Issues in India’s Agricultural Economy

 

 

Macro Policy Changes and Response of

Indian Agriculture 

— Ramesh Chand

 

 

WTO: Competitiveness and Bound Tariff Requirements

of Indian Agricultural Commodities

— Gopal Naik, Gurdev Singh, Tamanna Chaturvedi,

     S.R. Asokan and Sudhir Kumar Jain

 

 

Impact of Removal of Quantitative Restrictions on Import

of Agricultural Produce 

— R.S. Deshpande and P. Thippaiah

 

 

Market Access and Marketing Constraints for

Agricultural Commodities in India

— Satish Y. Deodhar, Vijay P. Sharma,

    Gopal Naik and Vijay Intodiah

 

 

Impact of Minimum Support Prices on the

Agricultural Economy 

— R.S. Deshpande

 

 

Impact of Agriculture Trade and Related Reforms on

Domestic Food Security in India

— Ramesh Chand, Praduman Kumar and Sapna Sinha

 

Buffer Stocking Policy for Tenth Five Year Plan 
— Prem S. Vashishtha and Linu M. Philip

 

Institutional Issues in Indian Agriculture 
— R. Maria Saleth
 

 

 

 

 

Section II
Oilseeds and Pulses

 

Oilseeds and Oil Economy of India 
— Vijay Paul Sharma, Saradendu Patnaik
    and Hiren Tilala

 

Macro Aspect of Oilseed and Edible Oil Economy 
— Vijay Paul Sharma, Saradendu Patnaik
     and Hiren Tilala

 

Introducing of Oilseed Crops in Non-Traditional Areas 
— Rajeshree A. Dutta

 

Liberalised Imports and Low Tariff in Edible Oil Sector:
Analysis of Impact 
— D.S. Bhupal

 

Pulse Production in India: Constraints
and Opportunities 
— S.K. Gupta

 

 

 

 

Section III
Credit and Cooperatives

 

Credit to Small and Marginal Farmers in India 
— Samar K. Datta and M.S. Sriram

 

Role of Cooperative Credit in Development
of Farmers 
— V.J. Dave

 

Cooperative Marketing Societies: A
Performance Appraisal 
— V.J. Dave

 

Soft Loan Schemes for Horticulture 
— K.G. Kshirsagar

 

 

 

 

Section IV
Trade and Marketing

 

India’s Agro Export Potential and Real Costs in the
Changed International Scenario
— Ramesh Chand and S.S. Yadav

 

Economics of Export Oriented Horticultural Crops 
— S.P. Saraswat and M.L. Sharma

 

Spices Production and Export 
— Bharti Sharma

 

Fruits and Vegetable Marketing in India 
— Vasant P. Gandhi and N.V. Namboodiri

 

Extent of Customs Tariff on Urea after Removal of
Quantitative Restrictions under WTO Agreement 
— Brajesh Jha

 

 

 

 

Section V
Emerging Sectors

 

Economics of Mushroom Cultivation 
— C.S. Vaidya

 

Evaluation of Post-Harvest Losses in
Apple and Tomato 
— Ranveer Singh, S.P. Saraswat
    and Pratap Singh

 

Indian Dairy in the Emerging Trade Order 
— Brajesh Jha

 

Production and Utilisation Pattern of Milk 
— U.M. Jha and Ranjan K. Sinha

 

 

 

 

Section VI
Sector Specific Issues

 

Rural Non-Farm Employment in India 
— Brajesh Jha

 

National Integrated Pest Management
Programme 
— Kazi M.B. Rahim and Debashis Sarkar

 

Establishment of an Agency Reporting
Agricultural Statistics in India 
— Kazi M.B. Rahim and Debashis Sarkar

 

Training and Testing Facilities for Farm Machinery 
— Karam Singh, Kamal Vatta and Sanjaya Kumar

 

Agriculture Input Subsidies in India Impact on
Small and Marginal Farmers 
— Kanchan Chopra and Preeti Kapuria

 

 

 

 
Volume II

 

Section I
Cost and Production in Crop Sector

 

Declining Status of Soybean in Madhya Pradesh 
— S.C. Jain and Sita Ram

 

Evaluation of Oilseed Production Programme in Karnataka:
State Sector and District Sector Schemes
— R.S. Deshpande and K.J. Parameswarappa

 

Economics of Pulses Production in Mokama–Barahiya
Tal Area of Bihar 
— Ugra Mohan Jha and Rosline Kusum Marandi

 

Production and Marketing of Tapioca in Tamil Nadu 
— A. Pushpavalli

 

Cost of Cultivation of Coconut: A Study in Assam 
— Bharati Gogoi

 

Economic Efficiency of Indian Sugar Industry 
— Samar K. Datta, Vijay Paul Sharma, Soumendra
    Nath Ghosh, Pritee Sharma and Madalsa Gandhi

Contract Farming in India: Text and Cases 
— Gurdev Singh and S.R. Asokan

 

Terrace Cultivation and its Impact in
North-East India 
— T.N. Saikia, D. Borah and R. Borah

 

Infrastructure and Agricultural Development
in Karnataka State 
— L. Venkatachalam

 

Foodgrains Production: Towards an Explanation
of Extremes in Karnataka 
— K.V. Raju

 

Cropping Pattern and Resource Use Efficiency for
Major Crops: A Case Study of Karnataka
— M.J. Bhende

 

 

 

 

Section II
Cost and Production in Crop Sector

 

Irrigation Systems in Himachal Pradesh:
An Economic Analysis 
— Ranveer Singh, S.P. Saraswat, Meenakshi
     and Khem Raj Sharma

 

Tail-enders and Other Deprived in Irrigation
System: Haryana 
— Prem S. Vashishtha

 

Role of Water Markets in Groundwater
Management in West Bengal 
—  R.C. Mondal and D. Majumdar

 

Role of Water Markets in Groundwater Management
in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
—  K. Adiseshu

 

Role of Water Markets in Groundwater
Management in Rajasthan 
— H.M. Verma and S.R. Bhaiya

 

Role of Water Markets in Groundwater Management
in Bihar and Jharkhand 
— Ugra Mohan Jha and Ranjan Kumar Sinha

 

Impact of Shallow Tube Well Irrigation on
Crop Production in Assam 
— T.N. Saikia

 

Causes for the Shrinkage of Tank Irrigation Areas in
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
— C.L. Chenthil Kumar and C. Senthil Kumar

 

Diffusion of Water Economising Technologies and Practices 
— B.D. Dhawan

 

Usage of Chemical Fertilisers along with Organic/Bio-Fertilisers:
Implication and Promotion
— Nilabja Ghosh

 

A Study into the Economics of Seed Production
at Farm Level 
— Gurdev Singh, S.R. Asokan and S.N. Chokshi

 

Pattern of Utilisation of Bank Finance in Agricultural
Development in North-Eastern States
— P.C. Dutta and N.R. Goswami

 

 

 

 

Section III
Dry Land Farming and Watershed Development

 

Technological Change in Agriculture and its Impact
on Dry Farming in Tamil Nadu
— M. Lakshminarayan

 

Rapid Impact Evaluation of NWDPRA in
Maharashtra 
— A. Narayanamoorthy and K.G. Kshirsagar

 

Hirehalla Watershed Project in Shimoga:
A Concurrent Evaluation 
— K.V. Raju and J.H. Paramesha

 

Rapid Impact Evaluation of NWDPRA in Raichur
District, Karnataka 
— S. Erappa and Jayasheela

 

Output and Impact Monitoring Study of
Kawad Project 
— R.S. Deshpande, M.J. Bhende and S. Erappa

 

A Rapid Assessment of Impact of NWDPRA
in Gujarat 
— V.D. Shah

 

Rapid Impact Evaluation of NWDPRA in
Coimbatore District 
— R. Swaminathan

 

Quick Evaluation of the Impact of NWDPRA
in Uttar Pradesh 
— Rajendra Singh

 

Prospects for Coarse Cereals in Drought-prone
Regions 
— R.S. Deshpande and V.M. Rao

 

 

 

 

Section IV
Land and Agrarian Structure

 

Landholding and Use Pattern among Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra
— B.B. Mohanty

 

Changes in Structural Distribution of Land Holdings and its Impact
on Productivity of Major Crops in Punjab 
— Karam Singh, D.K. Grover, Kamal Vatta
    and Sanjay Kumar

 

Evaluation-Usar (Sodic Lands) Reclamation Programme
in Uttar Pradesh
— D.K. Singh

 

 

 

 

Section V
Agriculture and Institutions in Agriculture

 

Agricultural Financial Institutions in Maharashtra 
— Deepak Shah

 

Micro-Finance, Poverty Alleviation and
Empowerment of Women 
— D. Rajasekhar

 

Economic Reforms and Dynamics of Co-operative
Movement in India 
— U.M. Jha, A.K. Jha and Rajiv Kr. Sinha

 

Economic Reforms and Dynamics of Co-operative
Movement in Himachal Pradesh
— C.S. Vaidya, M.L. Sharma and N.K. Sharma

 

Performance of Co-operative Marketing Societies
in West Bengal 
— Debashis Sarkar and Fazlul Haque Khan

 

Crop Cutting Experiments Conducted
in Karnataka 
— R.S. Deshpande

 

An Analysis of Crop Insurance Scheme in Karnataka 
— M.J. Bhende

 

Rural Development Programmes in Karnataka
People’s Perception 
— I. Maruthi

 

Prospects of Value Addition of Forest Produce in Tribal Areas:
An Analysis across the States
— Ashwini Kant Jha

 

 

 

 

Section VI
Livestock

 

Trade Liberalisation and Indian Dairy Industry 
— Vijay Paul Sharma and Pritee Sharma

 

Livestock Economy of Haryana: Recent Trends
and Prospects 
— R.K. Sharma

 

Livestock Service Delivery and the Poor:
Case of Orissa 
— Vinod Ahuja and Arindam Sen

 

Evaluation Study of Feed and Fodder Development under
the Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Karnataka 
— M.J. Bhende, R.S. Deshpande and P. Thippaiah

 

Evaluation Study of Fish Farmers’ Development Agencies
(FFDAs) in Rajasthan
— H.M. Verma

 

Impact of Centrally-Sponsored Scheme on Strengthening
of Infrastructure for Inland Fish Marketing 
— Abdul Salam and Pushpavalli P.

 

An Economic Appraisal of Sheep Husbandry in
West Bengal 
— Debashis Sarkar, R.C. Mondal and Ashok Sinha

 

Indian Dairy in the Emerging Trade Order 
— Brajesh Jha

 

 

 

 

Section VII
Farmers’ Distress in Major States

 

Market Imperfections and Farmers’ Distress
in Maharashtra 
— B.B. Mohanty and Sangeeta Shroff

 

Market Imperfections and Farmers’ Distress
in Punjab 
— D.K. Grover, Sanjay Kumar and Kamal Vatta

 

Market Imperfections and Farmers’ Distress in
Andhra Pradesh 
— C. Ratnam

 

A Study on Causes and Remedies for Farmers’ Distress
in Karnataka 
— R.S. Deshpande

 

Potential Change in Cropping System Due to Liberalisation of
Economy in Himachal Pradesh 
— D.V. Singh

 

 

 

 

Section VIII
Emerging Sectors

 

Production and Marketing of Peach Fruit 
— S.P. Saraswat, M.L. Sharma and C.S. Vaidya

 

Problems of Post-Harvest Management
of Plum Fruit 
— S.P. Saraswat and M.L. Sharma

 

Production and Marketing of Mango in
Himachal Pradesh 
— C.S. Vaidya and Ranveer Singh

 

Fruits and Vegetable Mandis Located in Urban
and Semi-Urban Areas of Delhi
— D.S. Bhupal

 

Economics of Vegetable Crops Cultivation in Assam:
A Study in Nagaon and Jorhat Districts
— R. Borah and Runjun Savapandit

 

Marketing of Fruits and Vegetables in
and Around Chennai 
— A. Pushpavalli

 

Floriculture in Karnataka: Performance, Problems
and Prospects 
— P. Thippaiah

 

Development of Floriculture in Uttar Pradesh:
Problems and Prospects 
— D.K. Singh

 

 

 

 

Section IX
Allied Sectors

 

Processed Food Marketing in India: Selective
Case Studies 
— Prakash M. Shingi and D.S. Parmar

 

Food Quality Management in Agro-Enterprises 
— Satish Y. Deodhar and Vijay Intodia

 

Infrastructure for Agri-Business 
— V.N. Asopa

 

Poverty Alleviation Strategies of NGOs 
— D. Rajasekhar

 

Employment Programmes for Agricultural
Labourers in Karnataka 
— S. Erappa

 

An Evaluation Study of Prime Minister’s
Rojgar Yojana Karnataka 
— R.S. Deshpande, M.J. Bhende, P. Thippaiah
    and S. Manasi

 

Karnataka’s Agriculture: A Submisission
to Farmers’ Commission 
— R.S. Deshpande

 

Impact Assessment of Resettlement Implementation
under Nathpa-Jhakri Hydroelectric Power
— J.P. Bhati, Ranveer Singh and C.S. Vaidya

 

Evaluation of Bhagyajyothi/Kutirjyothi Scheme in Karnataka 
— M. Vivekananda

 

 

 

 

 

Index of Authors

 

 

Adiseshu, K. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Ahuja, V 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

Asokan, S.R. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Asopa, V.N 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Bhaiya, S.R. 
AERC, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar

 

 

Bhati, J.P. 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Bhende, M.J. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Bhupal, D.S. 

AERC, University of Delhi, New Delhi

 

 

Borah, D. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

 

Borah, R. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

 

Chaturvedi, Tamanna 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

Chenthil Kumar, C.L. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Choksi, S.N. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Chopra, K. 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth,
New Delhi

 

 

Datta, S.K. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Dave, V.J. 
AERC, Vallabh Vidyanagar

 

 

Deodhar, S.Y. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture,
IIM, Ahmedabad

 

Deshapande, R.S. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Dhawan, B.D. 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

 

 

Dutta, P.C. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

 

Dutta, R.A. 
AERC, Vallabh Vidyanagar

 

 

Erappa, S. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Gandhi, M. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture,
IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Gandhi, V.P. 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Ghosh, Nilabja 
AEC Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

 

 

Ghosh, S.N. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Gogoi, B. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

Goswami, N.R. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

 

Grover, D.K. 
AERC, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

 

 

Gupta, S.K. 
AERC, Jabalpur

 

 

Intodia, V. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Jain, S.C. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Jayasheela 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Jha, A.K. 
AERC, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur

 

 

Jha, Brajesh 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

 

Jha, U.M. 
AERC, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur

 

 

Kapuria, Preeti 
CMA, Ahmedabad

 

 

Khan, F.H. 
AERC, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

 

 

Kshirasagar, K.G. 
AERC, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

 

 

Kumar, Praduman 
AERC, Dehli

 

 

Kumar, S. 
AERC, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

 

Lakshminarayan, M. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Majumdar, D. 
AERC, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

 

 

Manasi, S. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore

 

 

Mondal, R.C. 
AERC, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

 

 

Marandi, R.K. 
AERC, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur

 

 

Maruthi, l. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Meenakshi 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Mohanty, B.B. 
AERC, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics, Pune

 

Naik, Gopal 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Namboodiri, N.V. 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Narayanmoorthy, A. 
AERC, Gokhale Institute of Politics
and Economics, Pune

 

 

Paramesha, J.H. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Parameshwarappa, K.J. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Parmar, D.S. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture,
IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Patnaik, Saradendu 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Philip, L.M. 
AERC, Delhi

 

 

Pushpavalli, A. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Pushpavalli, P. 
AERC, Chennai

 

 

Rahim, Kazi M.B. 
AERC, Shantiniketan

 

 

Rajashekar, D. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Raju, K.V. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Rao, V.M. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Bangalore

 

 

Ramesh Chand 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth,
New Delhi

 

 

Ratnam, C. 
AERC, Andhra University, Waltair

 

 

Saikia, T.N. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University,
Jorhat

 

 

Salam, Abdul 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Saleth, R.M. 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth,
New Delhi

 

 

Sanjay, K. 
AERC, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

 

 

Saraswat, S.P 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Sarkar, D. 
AERC, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

 

Savapandit, R. 
AERC, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

 

 

Sen, Arindham 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Senthil, K. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

 

Shah, Deepak 
AERC, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,
Pune

 

 

Shah, V.D. 
AERC, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar

 

 

Sharma, Bharti 
CMA, Ahmedabad

 

 

Sharma, Khemraj 
AERC, Shimla

 

 

Sharma, M.L. 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Sharma, N.K. 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Sharma, P. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Sharma, R.K. 
AERC, University of Delhi, New Delhi

 

 

Sharma, V.P. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Shingi, P.M. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

 

Shroff, S. 
AERC, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics, Pune

 

 

Singh, D.K. 
AERC, University of Allahabad, Allahabad

 

 

Singh, D.V. 
AERC, Shimla

 

 

Singh, G. 
Centre for Management in Agriculture,
IIM, Ahmedabad

 

 

Singh, K. 
AERC, Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana

 

 

Singh, Pratap 
AERC, Shimla

 

Singh, Rajendra 
AERC, University of Allahabad, Allahabad

 

 

Singh, Ranveer 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

 

Sinha, A. 
AERC, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

 

 

Sinha, R.K. 
AERC, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University,
Bhagalpur

 

 

Sinha, Sapna 
AERC, Delhi

 

 

Sitaram 
Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM,
Ahmedabad

 

Sriram, M.S. 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

Swaminathan, R. 
AERC, University of Chennai, Chennai

 

Thippaih, P. 
ISEC, Bangalore

 

Tilala, Hiren 
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad

 

Vaidya, C.S. 
AERC, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

 

Vashishtha, P.S. 
AERC, University of Delhi, New Delhi

 

Vatta, K. 
AERC, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

 

Venkatachalam, L. 
ADRT Unit, Institute for Social and Economic
Change, Banglore

 

Verma, H.M. 
AERC, Sardar Patel University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar

 

Vivekananda, M. 
ADRT Unit Institute for Social and
Economic Change, Bangalore

 

Yadav, S.S. 
AER Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi