Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops
This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method developed by Minot (2003), the analysis decomposes crop income growth into the contribution of yield increases, area expansion, price increases, and diversification from low-value cro...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Joshi, Pramod Kumar Birthal, Pratap Singh Minot, Nicholas |
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| description | This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method developed by Minot (2003), the analysis decomposes crop income growth into the contribution of yield increases, area expansion, price increases, and diversification from low-value crops to higher-value crops. The results confirm that at the national level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and diversification emerged as the dominant sources of growth in agriculture during 1990s. Diversification towards higher-value crops such as fruits and vegetables accounted for about 27% of crop income growth in the 1980s and 31% in the 1990s. However, these national averages hide substantial regional variation. In the grain-dominated northern and eastern regions, price increases were the most important source of growth during 1990s, while in the southern and western regions crop income growth was led by diversification into higher-value crops. The results reflect the slowing growth of wheat and rice yields in India, as well as the growing importance of diversification into higher-value crops. Restoring the growth in grain yields will require investment in agricultural research and development, while facilitating further diversification involves institutional development to better link small farmers with growing markets for high-value commodities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1604492025-11-06T05:50:27Z Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops Joshi, Pramod Kumar Birthal, Pratap Singh Minot, Nicholas crops agriculture agricultural research research and development prices decomposition This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method developed by Minot (2003), the analysis decomposes crop income growth into the contribution of yield increases, area expansion, price increases, and diversification from low-value crops to higher-value crops. The results confirm that at the national level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and diversification emerged as the dominant sources of growth in agriculture during 1990s. Diversification towards higher-value crops such as fruits and vegetables accounted for about 27% of crop income growth in the 1980s and 31% in the 1990s. However, these national averages hide substantial regional variation. In the grain-dominated northern and eastern regions, price increases were the most important source of growth during 1990s, while in the southern and western regions crop income growth was led by diversification into higher-value crops. The results reflect the slowing growth of wheat and rice yields in India, as well as the growing importance of diversification into higher-value crops. Restoring the growth in grain yields will require investment in agricultural research and development, while facilitating further diversification involves institutional development to better link small farmers with growing markets for high-value commodities. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:49Z 2024-11-21T09:50:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160449 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas. Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops. MTID Discussion Paper 98. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160449 |
| spellingShingle | crops agriculture agricultural research research and development prices decomposition Joshi, Pramod Kumar Birthal, Pratap Singh Minot, Nicholas Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title | Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title_full | Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title_fullStr | Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title_short | Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops |
| title_sort | sources of agricultural growth in india role of diversification towards high value crops |
| topic | crops agriculture agricultural research research and development prices decomposition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160449 |
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