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Item Can Contarct Farming Double Farmer's Income?(EPW, 2018) Kaur, P.; Singla, NareshFollowing its mandate to double farmers’ income by 2022, the central government has enacted a separate model contract farming act in 2018 based on the perception that contract farming is one of the several pathways for doubling farm income. However, findings from primary surveys in Moga, Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts in Punjab, reveal that despite bringing in new crops, technologies and markets for farmers, contract farming excludes the smallholder farmers. Unless such arrangements can protect the interests of the smallholders who constitute almost four-fifth of India’s farming population, doubling farm income will remain elusive.Item Growth and structural transformations in dairy sector of India(Indian Dairy Association, 2018) Kaur, M.; Singla, NareshThe ongoing agrarian crises and rise in demand fordairy products coupled with government’s emphasis on dairysector since operation flood has led to shift in dynamics of crop-livestock production systems in India. In this context, the presentstudy examines growth and underlying structural transformationsin dairy sector of India since 1991. The results of the study revealthat milk production has continuously risen from 53.9 milliontonnes during 1990-91 to 163.7 million tonnes during 2016-17along with increase in per capita availability of milk from 176 g/day to 352 g/day during the same period. The study also showsthat different states of India has responded differently to thestructural changes such as rapid growth in contribution of milkby states like Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan in nationalmilk production, while traditionally green revolutionary statessuch as Punjab and Haryana along with Karnataka, Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have registereda decline in milk contribution. At national level, the contributionof crossbred cows has continuously increased, whereas the shareof indigenous/local cows and buffaloes has gone down. Thestudy also reveals that around 57 per cent of growth of milkproduction is contributed by increase in livestock population,while another 31 per cent growth is due to rise in milk yield of themilch animals. Yield effect is found to be stronger in local cattleand goats, whereas population effect is stronger in case ofcrossbred cattle and buffaloes. The structural shift is alsowitnessed in milk marketing pattern with cooperative sectorexpanding its procurement and processing capacity.Item Fresh food supermarkets in the Indian Punjab: Organisation and impacts(University of California Los Angeles CMRS, 2014) Singla, Naresh; Singh, Sukhpal; Dhindsa, Paramjit KaurLinking primary producers with global and national markets through modern corporate food retail supermarkets and other linkages is seen as one of the innovative ways to improve the livelihoods of small producers in developing countries. But, value chains driven by food supermarkets everywhere are, generally, found to exclude small farmers for various reasons. In this context, this paper examines the inclusiveness and effectiveness of fresh food supermarkets in linking farmers with end markets with the help of a case study of two major supermarkets in Punjab viz. Easy Day and Reliance Fresh based on a primary survey of growers of two major crops each. Using the evidence and inference from this study, a number of policy suggestions are proposed for better leveraging of food supermarket linkage for achieving smallholder inclusive crop diversification in Punjab. ? 2016 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved.Item Role of land reforms in eradicating land inequalities in rural india(Society of Economics and Development, 2016) Singla, Naresh; Kaur, Pavneet; Ahmed, MumtazItem An Economic Analysis of Kinnow Cultivation and Marketing in Fazilka District of Punjab(Society of Economics and Development, 2016) Kaur, Manpreet; Singla, NareshThe recent re-emergence of agrarian crises in Punjab has again drawn the attention of policy makers towards the viability of alternative crops. In this context, the study attempts production and marketing of one of the alternative and viable crops (i.e kinnow) considered for the farmers in the state. The study has been carried out in a newly carved Fazilka district of Punjab with a sample of 100 farmers selected equally from four villages in two tehsils of the district. The study points that kinnow is profitable crop as benefit-cost ratio, net present value and internal rate of return at 10 per cent rate of discount were worked out to be 2.04, `302289.78 and 40 per cent respectively. The study also reveals that the channel with least number of intermediaries was most efficient as compared with the channels with more number of middlemen. However, the farmers faced various problems such as inefficient marketing process, fluctuations in price, low price, lack of storage facility, etc. The study suggested that in order to realize the benefits of such new crops, there is need to regulated markets with better marketing facilities so that farmers are not only able to reduce their transportation costs but they will also be realize better prices for their produce. Besides, linking the fresh produce with agro-processing industries can go a long way in ensuring the returns from this crop.Item An Analysis of Major Determinants of Food Inflation in India(Indian Society for Education and Environment, 2014) Ahmed, Mumtaz; Singla, NareshThe study has exclusively analyzed the major determinants of food inflation in India by using the monthly data from January 2006 to December 2013. Using Johansen’s cointegration technique, it was shown that in long run, all major determinants of food inflation such as money supply, interest rate, exchange rate, crude oil and rainfall except world food prices affect food inflation significantly. The Error Correction Model was also used to comprehend the short run behavior of food inflation and its determinants. The error correction term turned out to be significant statistically which further confirmed the long run causality as well as the speed of convergence towards long run equilibrium. In short-run, only world food and crude oil prices affect the food inflation.Item Cointegration, Causality and Impulse Response Analysis in Major Apple Markets of India(Agricultural Economics Reseach Assosiation, 2014) Beag, Fayaz Ahmad; Singla, NareshThe study has investigated market integration across five major wholesale apple markets, viz. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata, of the country by adopting Johansen’s multivariate cointegration approach. The study has confirmed the presence of cointegration, implying the long-run price association among the markets. To get the additional evidence as to whether and in which direction price transmission is occurring between the market pairs, Granger causality test has been used, which has confirmed Delhi to be the price-determining market. Hyderabad has been found comparatively more efficient as it has depicted most bidirectional causal relations with other markets. The market pairs: Ahmedabad — Kolkata and Bengaluru — Kolkata have not shown any causal relation between them. The impulse response functions were also conducted which have confirmed the results of cointegration and Granger causality, but the magnitude of price transmission has been found relatively low in some market pairs that are spatially integrated. The major implication of the study is for the designing of a network of agricultural wholesale markets across the country at almost equal distance from each other to enhance the market integration and better price transmission among them.