Distortion in distribution and consumption of agricultural commodities is a result of disruptive
shocks in prices and food value chains leading to a significant food loss as well as waste …

The vast majority of households in Ethiopia live in rural areas and agriculture is still the main
economic activity. They rarely produce for the market and are highly dependent on climate …

The study has investigated market integration across five major wholesale apple markets,
viz. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata, of the country by adopting …

Purpose Wheat, which is one of the major staple food grain crops in India, continues to
depict occasional fluctuation in the prices though Union government has adopted …

Food price volatility is a major threat for welfare, economic prosperity and political stability.
The monetary authority is generally viewed in the literature as the only institution …

Purpose Post-2008 global food crisis the prices of perishable high-value food commodities,
such as vegetables and fruits, in India have risen faster and become more volatile compared …

Highlights•Economy shutdown post-COVID-19 disrupted the supply chain in wheat at all
levels.•Despite disruption, record level of wheat procurement (38.99 million tonnes) has …

Agricultural growth with stability has been a matter of concern in India. This paper analyses
41 years data (1970-71 to 2011-12) on area, production and yield under paddy to …

Abstract Indian National Food Security Programme, with a goal to provide highly subsidized
food grains to more than 800 million people in every nook and corner of the vast country …

Market integration and prices in horticultural crops such as onion play an important role in
determining the production decisions of the farmers and diversification to high value crops …