Rede Ganeshkumar Dilipkumar

• M.Sc. Agri, Ph.D., ASRB NET (Agricultural Economics) MBA
• Assistant Professor at Symbiosis International University

In the present study efforts have been made to Find the gap between MSP Given by government to farmers and MSP recommended by Swaminathan committee in the report of national commission on farmers. The NCF had submitted a total of five reports between 2004 -2006 with new formula for MSP. The secondary data on value of comprehensive cost that is cost...

Purpose. Given the urgent need to save the planet, countries are striving to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Agriculture is one of the sectors that contributes to the achievement of these goals on a global scale. As practices in this sector change, direct impacts on soil, air and water are evident, calling into question the sus...

Micro-irrigation technologies have been an integral part of modern agriculture. Ranging from ‘increased crop yield’ to ‘improved economic benefit,’ such systems have much to offer. However, costly installation procedures and high socioeconomic barriers restrict their diffusion with relatively cheap alternatives. Appropriate policies and innovative...

This study outlines the variables that differentiate high-yielding from low-yielding potato growers and looks into the significant productivity variance of potatoes in West Bengal, India. Goals were pursued through the use of linear discriminant analysis (LDA). Based on our empirical investigation, we find that high-yielding farmers are more likely...

Background: Dairy farming is a cornerstone of the rural economy in India. Maharashtra, particularly its drought-prone districts, is critical in this sector. Despite challenges posed by erratic monsoons and limited irrigation, dairy farming remains a viable strategy for economic stability in these regions. The aim of this study was to examine the fi...

"In this book imperative concepts of democracy, decentralization with respect to good governance have been explicated clearly with sufficient examples from the concerned area. This book intends to provide evidence of democracy at grass root level, their relevant elections and about good governance for people participation. Election commission in In...

Doubling Farmer Income through application of precious irrigation and water saving techniques in vegetable crops may be possible under change in climatic and water scarcity conditions by proper inclusive adaptation of the results of present field experiment investigation. Significantly higher, net returns and benefit cost ratio Was observed in IR t...

The study was undertaken to examine the pattern of price behavior between market arrivals and prices in selected markets. This study is based on the secondary data of 15 years from 2005-06 to 2019-20, collected from two APMC, APMC Gadchiroli and APMC Chamorshi, in Gadchiroli district. For the analysis, the exponential data types of the equation wer...

To frame an inclusive agricultural policy, analysis of price and market arrivals overtime is essential. Variations in market arrivals mainly leads to price instability. Such study is beneficial for farmers in demand to select the appropriate time to sell their farm produce to get best economic profits. On this sight the present study was undertaken...

The manner we run agribusiness is fundamentally ethical concern. So, we all agricultural community related with moral philosophy. Marketing ethics is an area of applied ethics which deals with the moral principles behind the operation and regulation of marketing. It is mostly concerned with topics involving public policy. In agribusiness, the m...

Basmati rice is a breakthrough cereal crop with distinct characteristics like long grain, superior aroma and unique flavour. Basmati rice is also stated to be the Pearl of Rice. India accounts for over 70% of the world's basmati rice production. So the present study was undertaken with the aim to assess the growth and instability in the area, produ...

With a vision to incorporate farmers with bulk trades including exporters, agro-industries etc. for higher price realization through modification of market and price risks to the farmers and ensuring smooth agro raw material supply to the agro industries, a "Model Contract Farming Act 2018" has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers...

Basmati rice is a breakthrough cereal crop with distinct characteristics like long grain, superior aroma and unique flavour. Basmati rice is also stated to be the Pearl of Rice. India accounts for over 70% of the world's basmati rice production. So the present study was undertaken with the aim to assess the growth and instability in the area, produ...

Crop diversity can be a focus for policy to improve farmers’ livelihoods; these policies need to encourage farmers with little land to form cooperatives. There is no relationship between profit variability and crop diversity, but farmers with greater crop diversity and more land were more profitable, a result driven by several rarely planted but lu...

The concept of a green economy has lately gained currency as the world has been searching for solution to multiple global changes, especially like COVID. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the interrelationships between the environment and our livelihoods. Climate change is our next big challenge, and it's around the corner. Achieving net-zero emis...

The present article is about the concept of Green Economy. As we know the green economy is people-centered. Its purpose is to create genuine, shared prosperity. It offers opportunities for green and decent livelihoods, enterprises and jobs. It is built on collective action for public goods, yet is based on individual choices. It promotes the equita...

Organic agriculture is an integrated production management system which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity (FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, 2007). It emphasizes the use of natural inputs (i.e., mineral and products derived from plants) and the renunciation of sy...

In India, dairy farming is traditionally practiced enterprise as a supplementary income source with the crop production. The present study was undertaken to analyze the Economic feasibility of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) microfinance for dairy enterprise run by women particularly from buffalos in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. Whole study was...

Agro- Tourism as an Alternative Farm Enterprise: Tourism is now well recognized as an engine of growth in the various economies in the world. Several countries have transformed their economies by developing their tourism potential. Tourism has great capacity to generate large-scale employment and additional income sources to the skilled and unskill...

Agricultural marketing in common jargon means a series of activities involved in moving the agricultural produce from the point of production to the point of consumption. It involves all the activities which creates time, place, form and possession utility. As we know that market structure in respect of agriculture has so far been lopsided. The pre...

The study analyses the resource-use efficiency of banana cultivation in relation with per ha return and cost based on the information of 90 sample farmers of Solapur district, Maharashtra in 2018-19. Findings show that production level was 563.11q/ha on an aggregate level. The estimated cost of cultivation was Rs.324671.04/ha. The per hectare input...

The present article is about the agricultural information systems and its applications. As we know agricultural information system is a system, in which agricultural information is generated, transformed, transferred, consolidated, received and fed back in such a manner that these processes function synergistically to support knowledge utilization...

In the study, an attempt was made to focus and identify the distinct characteristics of the two contrast groups affecting pomegranate yield. It examined the difference between the two groups of pomegranate growers based on some socio-economic characteristics, input application factors, managerial factors, and labour characteristics. Linear Discrimi...

The present study was undertaken in order to understand the constraints faced in production and export of pomegranate in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. Garrett's ranking technique was used to study the opinions of the farmers regarding the major constraints associated with production and export of pomegranate. The pomegranate growers reported...

Instability of an output production arises mainly due to changes in area and productivity of the output. Infact, it was found that adoption of new technology had increased instability in food grains and agricultural production in India (Chand and Raju, 2008). Agriculture is the back bone of Manipur's economy. Rice is the only staple food crop grown...

This chapter aims to understand the economic initiatives taken by the NABARD in the Agricultural development in the post COVID era. As NABARD is upper refinancing institution, which provides all types of credit needed for the agriculture sector and rural development. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to op...

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Globally peoples are suffering from deficiencies in nutritional intake, nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition. Analyzing the reasons of this situation is crucial to any action to improve nutrition. Poverty is key root of food insecurity and hunger. Inequalities explain why global availability does not translate into global access to food, both bec...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-...

The role of institutional finance in the agricultural development is well recognized in both developed as well as developing countries and a large number of literatures are available in support of this view. Circumstantial evidence shows that where agriculture has grown rapidly, institutional credit has expanded quickly Nationally integrated financ...

The present study aims at examining the financial feasibility analysis of pomegranate production in Solapur district of Maharashtra which happens to be the leading district in terms of production and area under cultivation of that crop. Data collected from primary sources have been analyzed with the set objectives using appropriate techniques and s...

The present study was conducted to study the progress of Self Help Groups-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) in India. The study was based on secondary data comprising chiefly of the number and agency-wise distribution of bank linked Self Help Groups (SHGs), their savings, loans, etc. Further, compound annual growth rate was calculated to analyze the pa...

An attempt has been made to focus and identify the discrete characteristics of the two contrast groups determining pomegranate yield. It examines the difference between the two groups of Pomegranate growers on the basis of some socioeconomic characteristics, input application factors, managerial factors and labour characteristics. Linear Discrimina...

The integrated farming systems provide scope notonly to augment income of the farmers but also bringimprovement in soil health through recycling of organicwastes and thereby increase the overall productivity of thefarms. The energy obtained from IFS in various forms ismuch higher than energy input, as the by-products of theseallied enterprises prov...

This article explains how new practices of public-private partnerships (PPPs) can work for overall development of agriculture sector. As we know that the public sector provides a promising organized atmosphere for the agricultural development and also provides funds for research with local relevance. On the other hand, private sector having substan...

Economic development essentially means a process of upward change whereby the real per capita income of a country increases over a period of time .Entrepreneurship has an important role to play in the development of a country. It is one of the most important inputs in economic development. The number and competence of entrepreneurs affect the econo...

Maharashtra contributes 90% of the country's total pomegranate production. Farmers making a shift to pomegranates since this fruit commands a better price in the market. This is being seen as a more remunerative crop than other fruit crops of Maharashtra. With the exception of Vidarbha, farmers in Gadchiroli, Konkan and Marathwada are also shifting...

Marketing infrastructure include apart from the Government institutions and organizations, roads, railways, warehouses, market yards, cold stores, processing units, research and training institutions, means of communication and transportation including air cargo, sea cargo etc. The basic rationale of any infrastructure is the sustenance it provides...

Present article is addressed to need and importance of crop insurance in agriculture sector. Production risk, market or price risk, institutional risk, financial risk, etc. are the different risks occurred in agriculture. To overcome such risks and uncertainty, crop insurance is a specialized version of insurance. So, there is a need of crop insura...

Social exclusion is a compound and multi-dimensional process. It includes the lack of denial of resources, rights, goods and services, and the inability to participate in the normal relationships and activities, available to the majority of people in a society, whether in economic, social, cultural or political arenas. It affects both the quality o...

Participation in RNFAs is widespread among rural populations in the rural area. However, majority of the RNFAs are temporary, ‘low skilled’ and ‘low return’ activities. The informal rural non-farm sector provides the bulk of non-farm employment for the rural households. The intensity of performing these RNFAs increases during the off-farming season...

This article is about the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), which includes Patents, Geographical indications, Copy rights, Industrial designs, Trademarks and Plant verities and farmers rights etc. It is not only in the interest of the individual but country and society at large that scientific inventions, new technologies and achievements are pro...

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The present study aims at examining the level of efficiency of Pomegranate growers in Solapur district of Maharashtra which happens to be the leading district in terms of production and area under cultivation of this crop. The variation in the level of efficiency is estimated by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. There is a wide varia...

A study, on Resource Use Efficiency in Blackghram in Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh, was conducted in different development blocks (Birdha, Mahrauni, Bar and Jakhaura) of Lalitpur district during the agricultural year 2014-15. Five villages from each block were selected randomly. Further, from each village 15 farmers were selected randomly so a...

The present study was conducted with an objective to study the socioeconomic characteristics of farmers practicing paddy-cum-fish cultivation in low lying paddy field of Manipur. This study was conducted on 120 farmers in four village's viz. Wabagai, Hiyanglam, Laphupat, Khoidum under Kakching block of Thoubal district. It was aimed to analyse the...

current investigation was piloted to evaluate yield and economics in sunflower seed production of different insecticidal treatment schedules in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal. The experiment was conducted for two consecutive seasons of 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the Instructional farm at Jaguli, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Nadia, Wes...

The food security is a primary concern of any developing country. Adequate nourishment is necessary to sustain healthy life and per capita availability of food has been considered as a measure of food security. So in this context, an effort has been made to examine the “Food security with reference to demand- supply gap and projections of food grai...

The results of the regression analysis revealed that the farmers were in the second stage of production, which is, diminishing returns to scale in case of both the two types of cultivation. The efficiency computation indicated that fertilizers (1.14), plant protection chemical (16.53) and machine labour (2.51) were being underutilized in hybrid ric...

Women have a unique position in the society. Real development cannot take place if it is bypasses women, who not only represent one half of a country’s population but also the kernels around which societal revolution take place. Entrepreneurship is considered to be one of the most important factor contributing towards the development of the society...

The present study was carried out in Amravati division of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra where Gram is commonly grown by farmers. Amravati division comprises the five districts namely Akola, Amravati, Washim, Buldhana and Yavatmal. For the present study the data collected from Agriculture Prices and Costs Scheme (APC) located in The Department of A...

In the present study the efforts have been made to examine the farm efficiency measures to increase the income from farm as a whole. The study was undertaken in three tehsils of Akola district. The study was based on the primary data of 90 farmers having land holding less than 2 ha. for the year 2011-2012. The actual yield of crops was higher than...

In the present study the efforts have been made to examine the economics of farm business of selected small farmers in Akola district of Maharashtra. It helps us to know the economic condition of small famers. The economics of selected farmers is worked out using different cost concepts. For the analysis four major crops were selected from Kharif a...

In the present study efforts have been made to explore the current status and performance or direction of trade and changes in the export of pomegranate from India. The secondary data on value of Pomegranate exported to various countries were collected for the period 2006-07 to 2014-15. The collected data were analysed using Markov Chain analysis....

This study was designed to measure technical efficiency in gram production of Amravati division of Vidharbha region of Maharashtra state using a stochastic frontier production model. The sample of 75 Gram farmers were selected from which input-output data collected based on 2011-12 rabi cropping season. The results revealed that the technical effic...

This study was designed to measure resource use efficiency in gram production of Amravati division of Vid-harbha region of Maharashtra state. In present investigation we use the double log type Cobb-Douglas type of production function. The sample of 75 Gram farmers were selected from which input-output data collected based on 2011-12 rabi cropping...