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Agriculture, Rural Development and Resource
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The programme area has continued to focus on reforms and trade liberalisation
in the agricultural sector, initiated more than a decade ago. Recent studies on
issues relating to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), rural
infrastructure, rural credit, and rural development have tried to carry forward
the research agenda of the programme area.
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connected to the pricing of inputs as well as the output, marketing,
distribution, processing, rural infrastructure, credit, investments and social
protection that need to be dealt with to manage the process of globalisation.
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Indian agriculture, these issues will need to be addressed in a holistic manner
to improve the well being of the rural masses and eradicate poverty. This is
particularly true for India where some 72 per cent of the people still live in
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| As the process of liberalisation deepens, there
would be significant changes, which will have important implications for the
economy, including the rural sector. The likely benefits to the country from
these changes can be substantial, if necessary investments (both public as well
as private) are made, and more proactive steps are taken to safeguard those
groups that are adversely affected in the short run in this process. To
formulate a comprehensive reform programme encompassing all issues related to
rural economy - investments, pricing, marketing, distribution, processing, and
delivery - a lot of serious research efforts are needed.
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| The programme area plans to focus on these
issues, which would require endowment grants and long-term committed research
grants to carry out independent research to help policymakers and help build
public opinion. |
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Reforms
in the
agricultural
sector and
agreement on
agriculture (AoA)
under the WTO |
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Price policy and public distribution system (PDS) |
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Land consolidation, fragmentation and optimal land-use
plans |
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Rural infrastructure and agro-processing |
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Irrigation and watershed management |
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Changing food baskets and their impact on production
patterns |
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Exports of Value-added Products from the Agricultural
Sector: Impediments and Strategies for the Future |
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Policy Reforms in the Sugar Sector: Implications for the
Gur and Khandsari Industry |
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| Ongoing Projects |
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Study
of
Fertiliser
Consumption
and
Agricultural
Output |
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Climate
Change
and
the
Indian
Economy:
A
CGE
Modelling
Exercise |
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| Completed Projects |
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Policy
Reforms
in
the
Sugar
Sector:
Implications
for
Gur
and
Khandsari
Industry |
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Exports
of
Value-Added
Products
from
the
Agricultural
Sector:
Impediments
and
Strategies
for
the
Future |
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