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| Birthal, Pratap Singh; Joshi, P.K.; Roy, Devesh; Thorat, Amit. |
| Agricultural diversification towards high-value crops can potentially increase farm incomes, especially in a country like India where demand for high-value food products has been increasing more quickly than that for staple crops. Indian agriculture is overwhelmingly dominated by smallholders, and researchers have long debated the ability of a smallholder-dominated subsistence farm economy to diversify into riskier high-value crops. Here, we present evidence that the gradual diversification of Indian agriculture towards high-value crops exhibits a pro-smallholder bias, with smallholders playing a proportionally larger role in the cultivation of vegetables versus fruits. The observed patterns are consistent with simple comparative advantage-based production... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Smallholders; High-value agriculture; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42372 |
