Overview
- Examines the main risks that farmers face and investigates farmers’ views on crop insurance or being protected by a minimum support price
- Analyzes acreage and productivity for 18 crops across eleven districts
- Presents the realities and risks associated with agriculture, offering vital insights for researchers and policymakers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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About this book
This book examines the risks involved in agriculture from the farmer’s perspective. It investigates the issues that concern farmers the most like why farmers are not increasing the acreage allotted to pulses despite major increases in the price. Primarily based on focused group discussions (FGDs) and individual interviews, it also analyzes the productivity levels for 18 crops using data from eleven districts in several Indian states.
The main risks that farmers face can be divided into two categories—production risks and price risks – and fluctuations in either one can lead to uncertainty in terms of revenues, and at times to considerable losses. The book demonstrates that agricultural productivity, especially in India’s semi-arid tropics, leaves much to be desired when compared with other nations. It offers a unique and valuable resource, not only for agriculture economics researchers and all those interested in agriculture, but also anyone seeking to understand current trends in acreage for various crops, fluctuating production levels for different crops, price fluctuations, and farmers’ views on allotting acreage and crop insurance.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alka Parikh is a Professor of Development Economics at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. She holds a PhD from Cornell University, USA, and has collaborated extensively with working groups of the Planning Commission for the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans. She is on the board of two NGOs, Utthan and Uplift India, and is also on the governing board of the Centre for Social Studies, Surat. Further, she serves on the advisory committee of the Small Grants Program, United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Throughout her career, Prof Parikh has worked with NGOs, the corporate sector and academic sector to contribute to the field of development studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Risks in Agriculture
Book Subtitle: Farmers' Perspective
Authors: Alka Parikh
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6271-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6270-4Published: 23 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6271-1Published: 12 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5504
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 104
Number of Illustrations: 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Production, Risk Management