Impact of Minimum Support Price (MSP) on Area, Production and Productivity of Jowar in India

M. Charankumar, R.D. Vaidkar, U.T. Dangore, N.V. Shende and V.K. Khobarkar

Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 2025, vol. 39, issue 1

Abstract: The present study aimed to analyze the impact of various prices on area, production and productivity of Jowar in India. The Secondary data on Minimum support prices (MSP) of Jowar were collected from Indiaagristat website, Directorate of Marketing and Inspection and Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices for the period 2001-02 to 2020-21 (20 years). The results shows that the impact of MSP, on jowar, the values of elasticity per cent indicating that previous year price influences current year’s area of major jowar growing states The overall trend reveals that the linear regression models for jowar crop area, production and productivity in different states tend to perform better during period II and for the overall period compared to period I. This improvement signifies a heightened understanding of the impact of MSP, on jowar area, production and productivity as time progresses.

Keywords: Agricultural; Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.400063

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