Ramesh Chand

Market integration and price transmission in India: A case of rice and wheat with special reference to the world food crisis of 2007/08- A paper by Food and Agriculture Organization

This paper sheds light on the significant role played by rice and wheat in the Indian economy and its food security policy

D S Negi

P S Birthal

Shiv Kumar

S S Acharya

Posted on 07 Sep, 2012 09:53 PM

This paper by Food and Agriculture Organization sheds light on the significant role played by rice and wheat in the Indian economy, its food security policy and the specific policy measures that were taken during the global economic crisis of 2007/08.

Biofuels in India: Potential, policy and emerging paradigms- A policy paper by National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research

This article discusses the possibility of using bioenergy as an alternative to fossil fuels

Posted on 28 Jun, 2012 05:15 PM

This policy paper by National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research sheds light on use of bio energy as an alternative to fossil fuels.

Economic and Political Weekly 2011: Review of Agriculture (June 25 - July 8, 2011)

Review of AgricultureHalf a century ago, scholars first noticed that small farms in India demonstrated a higher per acre productivity than large farms. In the 21st century these farms still produce more per acre than large farms. We should be looking at making the most of the higher agricultural productivity on small landholdings.
Where earlier seed varieties were seen as a crucial input for Indian Agriculture, it is now water that has become a critical resource because of its over-exploitation and wasteful use on crop land. In the search for better ways to harvest and use water resources, there has been tendency to hark back to the past and look at small and localized systems, but we forget that the demographic settings then were different and we do not acknowledge the fact that the institutional settings of the time made for inequitable access.
AS the government grapples with modifying the 2002 National Water Policy, an independent effort is made to formulate a draft that looks at water use in all areas in a holistic manner. These and other articles in this review look at different aspects of Indian Agriculture.

Aruna Singh. K Palanisami