Agricultural Economics Research Review

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  IT Application in Agricultural Marketing Service Delivery — Electronic Tender System in Regulated Markets§

  • Author: P.G. Chengappa, Arun M., C.G. Yadava, H.M. Prasanna Kumar

• Impact Assessment of Reuters Market Light (RML) in Agricultural Information Dissemination in Punjab

  • Author: S.S. Chahal, M.S. Sidhu, Parminder Kaur

• Input Delivery, Processing and Marketing of Natural Rubber: The Role of Producers’ Cooperatives in Kerala

  • Author: A.R. Anuja, Amit Kar, V.C. Mathur, G.K. Jha

• Value Chain Analysis of Maize Seed Delivery System in Public and Private Sectors in Bihar§

  • Author: Ranjit Kumar, Khurshid Alam, Vijesh V. Krishna, K. Srinivas

• Influence of Sources of Seed on Varietal Adoption Behavior of Wheat Farmers in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

  • Author: Subash Ghimire, Mamta Mehar, Surabhi Mittal

• Canal Irrigation Management through Water Users Associations and its Impact on Efficiency, Equity and Reliability in Water Use in Tamil Nadu

  • Author: G. Arun, Dharam Raj Singh, Shiv Kumar, Anil Kumar

• Deficiencies in Agricultural Marketing and Input Delivery System: A View from the Field

  • Author: Ajit Kumar Singh

• Improving Economic Viability of Farming: A Study of Cooperative Agro Machinery Service Centres in Punjab

  • Author: R.S. Sidhu, Kamal Vatta

• Pesticide Delivery System in Apple Growing Belt of Kashmir Valley§

  • Author: S.H. Baba, M.H. Wani, Bilal A. Zargar, S.A. Wani, S.S. Kubrevi

• Outreach and Inclusiveness of Formal Agricultural Credit System: Some Reflections

  • Author: Jaya Jumrani, Shaily Agarwal

• Access to Rural Credit and Input Use: An Empirical Study

  • Author: K.J.S. Satyasai

• Structure of Indebtedness of Households in Semi-Arid Tropics of India

  • Author: A. Amarender Reddy

• Effectiveness of Institutional Arrangements for Delivery of Potential Fishing Zone and Ocean State Forecast Advisory Services to Fishers in Tamil Nadu

  • Author: C. Lloyd Chrispin, P.S. Ananthan, M. Krishnan, P. Mahalakshmi

• Motorization Technology Delivery in Small Scale Fisheries – Its Impact and Impediments in Adoption§

  • Author: C. Prabakar, K.R. Sundaravaradarajan

• Livestock Economy of Himachal Pradesh: Need to Strengthen Animal Health and Veterinary Services

  • Author: Virender Kumar, Harbans Lal, Priyanka

• Can Privatization Improve Animal Healthcare Delivery System? An Ex-ante Analysis of Dairy Farmers in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand§

  • Author: S. Pratap, D. Bardhan, Y.P.S. Dabas

• Inputs and Services Delivery System under Contract Farming: A Case of Broiler Farming§

  • Author: S.S. Kalamkar

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Agricultural Inputs and Services Delivery Systems in India: A Review

• Price Instability: A Study of Futures’ Markets for Pepper in India

• Gypsum Distribution System and Farmer's Behaviour in Application of Gypsum for Sodic Land Reclamation

• Evaluation of Risks, Seed Delivery System, Profitability and Seed Production Problems in the Union Territory of Puducherry

• Mechanism for Production and Distribution of HYV Seeds of Rice and Wheat in Himachal Pradesh

• Weather Risk in Rainfed Agriculture: A Study on Rice, Maize and Bajra in Odisha

• Institutional Innovation for Agri-technology Dissemination and Resource Management: Assessment of Country-wide Experience

• Agricultural Input Supply System in Assam — An Appraisal

• A Joint Initiative to Develop Floriculture Industry in Uttarkhand: Its Economic Impact, Opportunities and Constraints

• Impact Assessment of Price Forecasts for Farmers Cultivating Coconut Processing to Copra in Karnataka

• Use of Statistical Methods for Studying Price Behaviour of Arecanut Application of ARIMA Forecasting Model

• Price Forecasting of Coriander: Methodological Issues

• Are Uzhavar Shandhais Helping the Farmers to Reap Higher Profits in Marketing of Fruits and Vegetables in Tamil Nadu?

• Price Risk Management Strategies and Commodity Futures Market in India

• Maximising Farmers’ Income through Market Intelligence Service

• Performance Measures of Univariate Time Series Methods for Price Forecasting — An Empirical Study of Gram Price Forecast

• Do Rice Farmers Realize Minimum Support Price? An Investigation across Indian States

• Impact of MGNREGS on Curbing Rural Unemployment and Migration

• Growth Performance and Fluctuations in Output of Selected Crops in Odisha: A District Level Analysis

• Constraints in Supply of Inputs for Organic Paddy Production in Madhya Pradesh

• Spatio-temporal Disparity in Growth of Fertilizer Consumption in Gujarat State

• An Open View on Re-Construction Measures to Sustain Indian Agriculture

• Agricultural Input-Output Delivery System in Meghalaya: Status and Prospects

• Efficacy of Agricultural Input Delivery System in the Tribal Belt of Odisha

• Economic Evaluation of Lined Rainwater Harvesting Tanks for Improving Productivity of Hill Farming Systems

• Analysis of Promotional Activities of Pesticides in Sangli District of Maharashtra

• Marketing Scenario of Hybrid Paddy Seed in Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand

• Willingness to Pay Behaviour of Farmers to Access Agricultural Advices through ICT Enabled Participatory Agricultural Extension Model in India

• Agricultural Risk Management in Arid Zone of Rajasthan

• Bamboo: A Boom for Sustainable Survival

• Impact of Cropped Area and Year on Production of Chilli, Ginger and Turmeric Crops in North-East Region of India

• Economics of Cotton-based Farming Systems in Maharashtra

• Security Measures for Farmers’ Welfare in India

• Enabling Access to Protective Irrigation through Socio-technical Engineering — Efficiency and Equity Effects

• Structural Changes in Rice Cultivation in Tamil Nadu: Resurvey Approach

• Total Factor Productivity Growth of Coarse Cereals in India: A Comparative Analysis Using Different Measures

• An Empirical Assessment of Inputs and Service Delivery System and Technology Adoption for Pulse Crops in Maharashtra

• Economics of Custom Hire Services in Mechanized SRI in Andhra Pradesh

• Input-use and Production Pattern of Paddy Cultivation under Leased-in Land in Tungabhadra Project Area

• Performance of Soil Testing Service in Bhopal District of Madhya Pradesh

• Total Factor Productivity and Agricultural Research Relationship: Evidence from FSR Centre, Jammu

• Utilization and Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies: An Evidence from Field Survey of SC/ST Farmers in Bihar

• Comparative Economic s of Beneficiary and Non-beneficiary of Custom Hiring of Farm Machineries in Nasik Disrtict

• Nutrition and Food Adequacy of Rural and Urban Assam: An Aspect of Sustainable Livelihood

• Agricultural Disparity in Uttar Pradesh — A District-level Analysis

• Impact of Custom Hiring Services for Costly Machinery on Punjab Agriculture

• Socio-economic Benefits of Innovations in Sugarcane Procurement System in Uttar Pradesh

• Agri-Service Delivery System for Sustainable Agriculture

• Factors Affecting Adoption of Coconut Hybrids and Improved Varieties in Kerala: An Application of Tobit Regressino Analysis

• Agricultural Services Delivery System for Accelerating Growth and Improving Farm Income in Meghalaya

• Different Aspects of Delivering Services to Farmers

• Service Delivery of Drip Irrigation System (DIS) among Farmers in Selected Areas of Tamil Nadu

• Agriculture Inputs Delivery System and Role of Quality Seed in Wheat Production

• Increasing Farm Income through Integrated Farming Practices in Tamil Nadu

• The Impact of New Agricultural Technology on Tribal Farming: A Study of Ranchi District of Jharkhand State

• Adoption Behavior of Farmers in Changing Cropping Pattern for Sustainable Farming in Punjab

• Effect of Growth Regulators and Nutrient Spray on Fruit Retention and Quality of Plum (Prunus salicina L.) cv. Kala Amritsari

• Effect of Growing Media on Vegetative Growth and Runner Production of Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) Cultivars (Ofra and Camarasa)

• New Frontiers in Indian Agriculture: A Note on Bt Cotton

• Impact of Post Harvest Mechanization in Hilly Region — A Study of Vivek Millet Thresher-cum-Pearler

• Integrated Input Delivery and Product Procurement of Papaya under Contract Farming in Tamil Nadu

• Institutional Interventions, Commercialization of Agriculture and Growth of Infrastructural Facilities: A Case Study of Block Planting Units under Natural Rubber Cultivation in Tripura

• Socio-Economic Transformation through Tribal Participation in Tasar Culture

• Credit Linked Commodity Markets in Andhra Pradesh

• Contract Farming System in Barley Production in the State of Rajasthan

• Effect of Formal Credit on the Agricultural Output in Jammu and Kashmir using Generalized Moment of Methods

• Kisan Credit Card — IT-enabled Credit Delivery System

• Input and Service Delivering Systems through Contract Poultry Farming in Pune District

• Contract Farming: A Case of Hybrid Rice Seed Production in Andhra Pradesh

• Comparative Cost of Agricultural Credit in Punjab

• Credit: The Critical Input in Farming – The Delivery Mechanism and Farmer Preferences

• Economics of Gherkin Contract Farming in Tamil Nadu

• Analysis of Agricultural Credit and Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture: A Comparison of Pre-reform and Post-reform Status

• Financial Delivery Systems for Accelerating Agriculture Growth and Poverty Reduction

• Agricultural Credit Flow in Kerala: An Analysis

• Agribusiness Extension for Input Delivery Services in Recent Time

• Role of Contract Farming in Reducing Risks in Agribusiness

• Economic Performance of Warehousing Service, Constraints Faced by Agri-Warehouses in Maharashtra and Scope for Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Credit in India†

• Linking Farmers Access to Institutional Credit, Input and Service Delivery Systems with Crop Production Performance: A Study in the North Bank Plains Zone of Assam

• Contract Farming and Kinnow Cultivation in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan

• Service Delivery System through Agricultural Value Chain Development

• Input Delivery System of Feed in Jammu and Kashmir: Status, Issues and Policy Implications for Sustainable Livestock Development

• Estimation of Green Fodder Availability and Requirement for Livestock in Tamil Nadu

• Input Supply and Services Delivery System for Poultry Farming for Sustainable Development of Kumaon Hills

• Non-Farm Enterprises: An Instrument to Economic Development in Rural Punjab

• Fish Supply Chain Management in Karnataka

• Constraints in Small Ruminant Farming in Kashmir Region of Jammu and Kashmir

• Market Research of Shrimp Feeds in Odisha

• Competency of Delivery and Penetration of Extension Services Among Fish Farmers of Assam

• Profitability Analysis of Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Production in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State in Nigeria

• Incentives by Dairy Agencies to Smallholder Milk Producers: A Micro Study in 24 Parganas (N) District of West Bengal

• A Comparison of Cost of Milk Production among Beneficiaries and Non-beneficiaries of Dairy Co-operatives in Meghalaya

• Pathways to Accelerate Dairy Sector Growth to Enhance Livelihood of Small Farmers

• Unorganised Dairy Products Manufacturing Enterprises: Need to Strengthen Backward and Forward Linkages

• INDEXES

  Author Index

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Preface

  • Author: P. K. Joshi