Crop choices in Indian agriculture: Role of market access and price policy

Digvijay Negi (), Pratap Birthal, Devesh Roy and Jaweriah Hazrana ()
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Jaweriah Hazrana: NIAP

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 4, 2249-2256

Abstract: Following recent innovations in methodology for measuring market access, this paper assesses the influence of market access and price policy on crop choices in Indian agriculture. It finds that locations with greater market access specialize in less risky crops, away from pulses and oilseeds towards cereals and vegetables. Further, it establishes, a widely discussed but not empirically probed relationship, that cereal-centric price policy attenuates the effects of market access on crop choices.

Keywords: Crop choice; Market access; Support price; Procurement; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 Q1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-29
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