Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar Pradesh
The process of crop diversification towards high-value crops in Uttar Pradesh at regional as well as district level for the period 1990-91 to 2011-12 was examined. Simpson index of diversification and panel data regression analysis were used to analyze the trends and drivers of crop diversification....
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| description | The process of crop diversification towards high-value crops in Uttar Pradesh at regional as well as district level for the period 1990-91 to 2011-12 was examined. Simpson index of diversification and panel data regression analysis were used to analyze the trends and drivers of crop diversification. The results infer that state agriculture is moving from traditional crops to high value crops. This becomes the apt choice of policy makers for boosting agricultural growth. However, this shift is not found evenly distributed across the districts/regions. The irrigation, fertilizers and mechanization were found to be the major drivers of shift in the area towards high value crops and leads to less diversification. On the other hand, access to primary markets has positive impact on diversification. This necessitates the redesign and implementation of different strategies for crop diversification in these regions. The insight emanating from results emphasize not only to arrest the rising intra-regional disparities but also policy support in terms of better marketing infrastructure, easy and cheap access to agricultural credit for the development of irrigation facilities and farm mechanization, availability of fertilizers and appropriate technologies for increasing farm income and improving farmers’ livelihoods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da77c369e189456fb6e57c2a7149e3632023-07-20T11:55:06ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192018-11-01881110.56093/ijas.v88i11.84903Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar PradeshSANJEEV KUMAR0SHIV KUMAR1VED PRAKASH CHAHAL2DHARAM RAJ SINGH3Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Lucknow, LucknowPrincipal Scientist, NIAP, Pusa, New Delhi 110 012Assistant Director General, Division of Extension, ICAR, New Delhi 110 012Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Economics, IARI, New Delhi 110 012The process of crop diversification towards high-value crops in Uttar Pradesh at regional as well as district level for the period 1990-91 to 2011-12 was examined. Simpson index of diversification and panel data regression analysis were used to analyze the trends and drivers of crop diversification. The results infer that state agriculture is moving from traditional crops to high value crops. This becomes the apt choice of policy makers for boosting agricultural growth. However, this shift is not found evenly distributed across the districts/regions. The irrigation, fertilizers and mechanization were found to be the major drivers of shift in the area towards high value crops and leads to less diversification. On the other hand, access to primary markets has positive impact on diversification. This necessitates the redesign and implementation of different strategies for crop diversification in these regions. The insight emanating from results emphasize not only to arrest the rising intra-regional disparities but also policy support in terms of better marketing infrastructure, easy and cheap access to agricultural credit for the development of irrigation facilities and farm mechanization, availability of fertilizers and appropriate technologies for increasing farm income and improving farmers’ livelihoods.https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/84903Crop diversificationRandom effect modelUttar Pradesh |
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| title | Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar Pradesh |
| title_full | Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar Pradesh |
| title_fullStr | Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar Pradesh |
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| title_short | Trends and determinants of crop diversification in Uttar Pradesh |
| title_sort | trends and determinants of crop diversification in uttar pradesh |
| topic | Crop diversification Random effect model Uttar Pradesh |
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