Crop Diversification towards High-value Crops in India: A State Level Empirical Analysis

Crop diversification is considered as a pathway to promote agricultural development. The present paper examines the subtleties of crop diversification in Odisha, an eastern state in India through spatial trends across 30 districts and determinants of crop diversification. The analysis carried out from 1993-94 to 2012-13 indicates sluggishness and unevenness in crop diversification. The coastal districts lack diversification while several of the districts falling in the southern part of the state tend to be more diversified. The analysis reveals that greater use of high-yielding crop varieties and access to irrigation have influenced crop concentration, whereas rural roads and income have led to crop diversification.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Crop diversification in Odisha: an analysis based on panel data

Nayak¹,

Kumar²

2019

“…Conversely, Punjab, and Haryana were found to have low Simpson Index value, i.e. nearly 0.70 or below for recent past years indicating low level of overall agricultural diversification which is consistent with previous studies (Kumar and Gupta, 2015;Singh et al, 2006). However Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh have depicted a moderate level of agricultural diversification with SID value ranging from 0.71 to 0.80.…”

Section: Spatio Temporal Trend and Agricultural Diversification Statusupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Variable Selection: The exogenous variables incorporated in the empirical model were selected following existing literature on agricultural diversification (Kumar and Gupta, 2015; 2007; Singh et al, 2006) and on relationship between farm income and agricultural diversification (Birthal et al, 2015;Bravo-Ureta et al, 2006). Table 1 portrays the description of variables included in the empirical model.…”

Section: Empirical Econometric Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Diversification and its Impact on Farm Income: A Case Study of Bihar

Sen¹,

Venkatesh²,

Jha³

et al. 2017

This paper has assessed the diversification scenario of agriculture at the national level and its reflection at farm level situation alongside. It has been observed that concentration ratio (CR 4) for four major agricultural sub-sectors has declined from 73.6 per cent to 69.6 per cent for the study period, 1999-00 to 2013-14. It clearly indicates a shift in Indian agriculture from cereals-based production pattern to other high-value based production pattern. However, Simpson Index for Diversification (SID) indicates that the average national SID for all agricultural enterprises is 0.83 which spans from 0.60 for Punjab to 0.89 for Karnataka. Relating it to farm level situation, the primary survey in Banka and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar has been carried out in 2016-17 to find out the impact of agricultural diversification on farm income with two-stage least square technique (2SLS). Empirical analysis has suggested that diversification of farm by adopting ancillary, horticulture and other HVE like mushroom, etc. will increase farm income.

“…In this study both production and consumption diversity have been estimated. The production diversification studies have mostly used Simpson (Kumar and Gupta, 2015), Herfindhal, Entrophy, Shannon and Margalef diversity index measures. We have adopted Simpson index of diversification for our analysis.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Family farming played a key role in securing food and nutrition security in India (Singh et al, 2014), however, in recent years market-driven agriculture has made a significant impact on food consumption pattern of rural households, and urbanization and rising income levels have changed consumption habits of urban households. The studies on agriculture focused on production pattern, crop diversification and their determinants (Chand, 1996;Joshi et al, 2003;Kumar and Gupta, 2015) and nutrition have emphasized on the consumption of calories, micro and macro nutrients intake and importance of diversified food consumption for better health (Drescher et al, 2007;Lumole, 2013;Viswanathan et al, 2015). A recent study has identified various linkages and pathways between agriculture and * Author for correspondence nutritional outcome in South Asia (Pandey et al, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between Food Production and Consumption Diversity in India – Empirical Evidences from Cross Section Analysis

Venkatesh¹,

Sangeetha²,

Singh³

2016

This study has examined (i) the food production and consumption diversity across the states, (ii) trends in food consumption and nutritional intake and changes in related socioeconomic characteristics, and (iii) relationship between consumption diversity and production diversity along with other major determinants. The data on production, consumption, and other socioeconomic factors have been collected from various government published sources for the past two decades (1990-2010). The study has revealed that percapita consumption has decreased in cereals and is stagnant in pulses, and has doubled in edible oils, vegetables, eggs, fish and meat during 1993-94 to 2011-12. It has reflected the nutritional intake wherein calorie and protein intake has declined, fat intake has increased during this period. Simultaneously, a significant growth has been observed in per-capita income and availability of food commodities along with rapid urbanization. The multivariate regression analysis of 28 states has suggested that dietary diversity significantly increases with production diversity and per-capita income and is significantly higher in other states visa -vis northeastern states. A significant non-linear relationship has been observed between dietary diversity and literacy. The study has highlighted a significant impact of local production diversity on consumption pattern and therefore, policies should target the diversification of agricultural production, particularly in the northeastern states to bring out dietary diversity and desired nutritional outcome.