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Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India

Implications of Accelerated Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation

By: J. S. Sarma,Vasant P. Gandhi

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Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India

Implications of Accelerated Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation

By: J. S. Sarma,Vasant P. Gandhi

Trends and changes in foodgrain production; Input use and production behavior; Trends and changes in per capita consumption of foodgrains; Scenarios for the year 2000.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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0896290840

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9780896290846

Farmers’ Participation in India’s Futures Markets

Potential, Experience, and Constraints

By: Kushankur Dey,Vasant P. Gandhi,Kanish Debnath

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Farmers’ Participation in India’s Futures Markets

Potential, Experience, and Constraints

By: Kushankur Dey,Vasant P. Gandhi,Kanish Debnath

Futures markets offer numerous advantages in the marketing of agricultural commodities, and in this context, the book examines the major factors and issues that determine the participation of India’s farmers in the futures markets. These include the efficiency of the futures markets in price discovery, the convergence of spot and futures prices, the dissemination of spot price information, and the socio-economic and exchange-related issues affecting farmer participation. It also examines the factors affecting the demand and supply of participation, and the access to futures trading services. The purpose is to identify different factors that can enhance or constrain farmer participation in the futures markets, which may include market characteristics, institutional features, socio-economic issues, and behavioural aspects of farmer participation. A number of organizations related to rural development, as well as farmer producer companies have sought to facilitate farmer participation in the forward/futures market through offering aggregation and other trading services, and the book also examines these efforts towards the exchange-traded derivative markets and the direct and indirect benefits that accrue. The book also studies the efficiency of futures markets in price discovery and price dissemination applying co-integration tests, and error correction and volatility models, using available data of wheat, rapeseed-mustard, cotton, guar seed, castor, cumin and coriander futures contracts traded in the largest agricultural commodity exchanges in India. Besides, case studies are used to examine and understand the institutional roles of aggregators in aggregation efforts towards the forward/futures market. This book covers several states and locations in India to enhance the representation and validity of the findings. It also examines representative farmer organizations which have obtained institutional membership in the forward or futures markets, and identifies areas of further research. In the current scenario, the book would be of immense importance and relevance to governments, commodity exchanges/markets, aggregators, many private and development organizations, as well as interested researchers and students.

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145

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Springer Nature

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9811634327

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9789811634321

Bt Cotton vis-à-vis Traditional Cotton Varieties: The Economics and Returns in the State of Maharashtra in India

By: Vasant P. Gandhi,N.V. Namboodiri

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Bt Cotton vis-à-vis Traditional Cotton Varieties: The Economics and Returns in the State of Maharashtra in India

By: Vasant P. Gandhi,N.V. Namboodiri

Breakthroughs in science and technology often produce stunning results such as in the green revolution which swept through much of Asia averting the food crisis. Given the present slowing of agricultural growth and rising commodity prices, breakthroughs are once again urgently required and this has put biotechnology at the forefront of a new potential green revolution. One of the frontrunners in this has been development of Bt Cotton which was introduced into India in 2002, amidst much hesitation, after its induction in a large number of other countries. Whereas it has been accepted and has spread rapidly in India leading to a substantial growth in cotton production, there are conflicting reports about its success and various issues and problems have been raised. In light of this, the book examines the performance of Bt Cotton vis-à-vis non-Bt Cotton in the state of Maharashtra which is the largest cotton growing state by area. This is part of a coordinated study undertaken by the authors for the Ministry of Agriculture covering four major cotton states—Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu—which together account for about 70 percent of the country's cotton production. The book examines the adoption, experience, performance and economics of Bt cotton in Maharashtra. It reports on the advantages, disadvantages as well as other observations on Bt cotton as conveyed by the farmers of the state.

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Allied Publishers

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8184245866

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9788184245868

Introduction of Biotechnology in India’s Agriculture

Impact, Performance and Economics

By: Vasant P. Gandhi,Dinesh Jain

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Introduction of Biotechnology in India’s Agriculture

Impact, Performance and Economics

By: Vasant P. Gandhi,Dinesh Jain

Biotechnology can bring major breakthroughs in agriculture. The book examines the experience of introduction of biotechnology in Indian agriculture, specifically, examining the performance of Bt cotton versus non-Bt cotton across India’s major cotton states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which together account for nearly 70 percent of the country’s cotton production. Major advances in biotechnology have made it possible to directly identify genes, determine their functions, and transfer them from one organism to another. The advances have spawned many technologies and Bt cotton is one important outcome. Bt cotton has become one of the most widely cultivated transgenic crops and is currently grown in 21 countries - 11 developing and 10 industrialized countries. The Government of India was relatively late in permitting biotechnology, only approving the cultivation of three transgenic Bt cotton hybrids from April 2002. Many concerns were raised about their performance there was strong opposition from some quarters. In India, Gujarat and Maharastra were the first states to adopt them, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. Based on a sample of 694 farming households, the book examines and analyzes the performance on the yields, pesticide costs, seed costs, overall production costs and profits. It also reports on the environmental impacts, satisfaction with the technology and ways of improving its performance.

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Springer

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9811010919

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9789811010910

Book's by Vasant P. Gandhi

Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India

Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India

Farmers’ Participation in India’s Futures Markets

Farmers’ Participation in India’s Futures Markets

Bt Cotton vis-à-vis Traditional Cotton Varieties: The Economics and Returns in the State of Maharashtra in India

Bt Cotton vis-à-vis Traditional Cotton Varieties: The Economics and Returns in the State of Maharashtra in India

Introduction of Biotechnology in India’s Agriculture

Introduction of Biotechnology in India’s Agriculture

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