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Agricultural Situation in India April, 2018 The Journal is brought out by the Directorate of We are pleased to inform that our monthly journal Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture Agricultural Situation in India has been accredited & Farmers Welfare, it aims at presenting an by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences integrated picture of the food and agricultural situation in india on month to month basis. The (NAAS) and it has been given a score of 3.15 out of views expressed are not necessarily those of the 6. The score is effective from January, 2018 onwards. Government of India. The score may be seen in the following website: www.naasindia.org Note to Contributors Articles on the State of Indian Agriculture and allied sectors are accepted for publication in the The journal Agricultural Situation in India has been Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department included in the UGC approved list of journals for of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare’s promotion and recruitment in academic and non- monthly Journal “Agricultural Situation in India”. The Journal intends to provide a forum for scholarly academic posts. work and also to promote technical competence for Soft copy of the journal may be seen in PDF at the research in agricultural and allied subjects. Good following URL : articles in Hard Copy as well as Soft Copy (agri. eands.dacnet.nic.in/publication.htm [email protected]) in MS Word, not exceeding five thounsand words, may be sent in duplicate, typed in double space on one side of foolscap paper in Times New Roman font size 12, addressed to the Editor, Publication Division, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, M/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, C-1, Hutments Dara Shukoh Road, New Delhi-110 011 along with a declaration Abbreviations used by the author(s) that the article has neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. The author (s) should furnish their e-mail address, N.A.—Not Available. Phone No. and their permanent address only on the forwarding letter so as to maintain anonymity of N.Q.—Not Quoted. the author while seeking comments of the referees on the suitability of the article for publication. N.T.—No Transactions. Although authors are solely responsible for the factual accuracy and the opinion expressed in their N.S.—No Supply/No Stock. articles, the Editorial Board of the Journal, reserves the right to edit, amend and delete any portion of R.—Revised. the article with a view to making it more presentable or to reject any article, if not found suitable. Articles M.C.—Market Closed. which are not found suitable will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed and stamped envelope. No correspondence will be N.R.—Not Reported. entertained on the articles rejected by the Editorial Board. Neg.—Negligible. An honorarium of Rs. 2000/- per article Kg.—Kilogram. of atleast 2000 words for the regular issue and Rs. 2500/- per article of at least 2500 words for the Special/Annual issue is paid by the Directorate of Q.—Quintal. Economics & Statistics to the authors of the articles accepted for the Journal. (P)—Provisional. Disclaimer: Views expressed in the articles Plus (+) indicates surplus or increase. and studies are of the authors only and may not necessarily represent those of Government of India. Minus (–) indicates deficit or decrease. AGRICULTURAL SITUATION IN INDIA Editorial Board VOL. LXXV April, 2018 No. 1 Chairman Dr. K. L. Prasad CONTENTS PAGES Editor P. C. Bodh FARM SECTOR NEWS 1 Economic Officer GENERAL SURVEY OF AGRICULTURE 9 Prosenjit Das Officials Associated in Preparation of the ARTICLES Publication Nature and Extent of Agriculture Diversification and 13 D.K. Gaur — Sub-Editor Economic Growth in Himachal Pradesh-Sandeep Kumar, Ranveer Singh and Amit Sharma S.K. Kaushal — Tech. Asstt. (Printing) Uma Rani — Tech. Asstt. (Printing) Components of Vegetable Marketing: A Case Study in 24 Shripal Singh— MTS Himachal Pradesh-Dr. D.V. Singh and Dr. Dharam Paul Cover Design By: AGRO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH 30 Yogeshwari Tailor— Asstt. Graph Publication Division Farmer Suicides in Telangana-G. Gangadhara Rao - Agro- Directorate of Economics Economic Research Centre, Waltair, Andhra University, and Statistics Visakhapatnam Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare COMMODITY REVIEWS Government of India Foodgrains 34 C-1, Hutments, Dara Shukoh Road, Commercial Crops 37 New Delhi-110 011 Phone : 23012669 STATISTICAL TABLES (Email: [email protected]) WAGES Subscription 1. Daily Agricultural Wages in Some States— 39 Inland Foreign Category-wise. Single Copy : `40.00 £ 2.9 or $ 4.5 1.1. Daily Agricultural Wages in Some States— 39 Annual : `400.00 £ 29 or $ 45 Operation-wise. Available from The Controller of Publications, PRICES Ministry of Urban Development, 2. Wholesale Prices of Certain Important Agricultural 42 Deptt. of Publications, Commodities and Animal Husbandry Products at Publications Complex (Behind Old Secretariat), Selected Centres in India. Civil Lines, Delhi-110 054. 3. Wholesale Prices of Some Important Agricultural Phone : 23817823, 23819689, 23813761, 23813762, 45 23813764, 23813765 Commodities in International Market during the year, (Email: [email protected]) 2018. ©Articles Published in the Journal cannot be CROP PRODUCTION reproduced in any form without the permission of Sowing and Harvesting Operations Normally in Economic and Statistical Adviser. 47 Progress during May, 2018. For submission see last cover page. From Editor’s Desk Placed before our readers in this issue are: important On the academic standpoint, we are sharing two farm sector news announcing new agricultural articles on the issues of agricultural diversification and mechanisation solution for tackling crop residue vegetable marketing in Himachal Pradesh. The article problem, use of information communication technology; on nature and extent of agriculture diversification better information dissemination system; stress on the and economic growth examines the pattern of crop production of millets; and signing of an MoU with Iran diversification and nature of change in cropping covering cooperation in many important areas. It also pattern during 1991-92 to 2009-10 in Himachal Pradesh. covers the issue of decline in wholesale agricultural food The study, based on secondary data, measures the prices, low water reservoir levels in the first quarter of extent of crop diversification on the basis of Gibbs- the year, and two academic articles on agricultural and Martin index. Further, the extent of disparities in rural economics, and findings of one agro-economic agriculture is assessed by the coefficient of variation. research study on the issue of farmers suicides in It is observed that the process of crop diversification Telangana state carried out by the Agro-Economic is mainly prompted by the agro-climatic advantage, Research Centres. presence of large markets in the adjoining states and high degree of price responsiveness among farmers. The Union Cabinet’s approval for promotion of Overall, the diversification has shown a declining agricultural mechanization for local management of crop trend in the state during the study period, albeit the residue in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of diversification became more inclusive over time. The Delhi is important for all its public repercussions. Other policy implications suggest that government should important news concern the release of the Education devise policies in order to motivate crop diversification Portal of ICAR by the Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, in low and mid hill zones and to reduce income Shri Radha Mohan Singh, to provide a single window inequalities within various agro-climatic zones of the platform for disseminating information for benefits of state. The article on components of vegetable marketing students and farming community; Cabinet’s approval is a case study in Himachal Pradesh, which aims to for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between assess the changes in socio-economic status of vegetable India and Iran for cooperation in the areas of agricultural growers, price spread and marketing cost of important crop, horticulture, post-harvest technology, livestock vegetables on the basis of field survey data for 1990- improvement, seed technology, etc.; Cabinet’s approval 91 and 2011-12. For this purpose, this study adopts a for continuation, strengthening and establishment of multistage stratified random sampling method to select Krishi Vigyan Kendras till 2019-20. The farm sector 150 vegetable growers from the districts of Solan, Shimla news appearing in this issue also talks of Krishi Unnati and Mandi. To measure irrigation intensity, multiple Mela, held during March, 2018 in Pusa, New Delhi; the cropping intensity, etc., simple statistical tools are ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the applied. The study finds that the increase in total cost Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of production occurs primarily due to the increase in signing an MoU on skill development training marketing costs. The study suggests that development programmes at Krishi Vigyan Kendras on 20th March, of alternative agencies for the sale of vegetables might 2018; Shri Radha Mohan Singh’s emphasis on promoting help to reduce the wide difference between the price organic farming through Paramparagat Krishi Vikash received by farmers and paid by consumers. Further, Yojana while addressing a conference organized by growers should be provided with technical knowledge ASSOCHAM in New Delhi on 21st March, 2018; he call on post-harvest management. for according priority to production of millets to contain the problem of malnutrition in the poor while in his The agro-economic research report shared in this address to the members of the Consultative Committee issue is a study on farmer suicides in Telangana, of the Agriculture Ministry on 22nd March, 2018; and, prepared by AERC, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. finally NAFEDs signing a debt settlement agreement According to this study, major causes of farmer suicide with its eight lender banks to make the price support are crop failure, lack of access to irrigation, drought, scheme operations more effective in future.
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