India : Revitalizing Punjab's Agriculture

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Punjab has played a pioneering role in Indian agriculture. Three key challenges face Punjab agriculture - restoring growth, promoting sustainable use of natural resources, and rationalizing fiscal outlays on the sector. The main content of this paper includes: development and outcomes; policies, public expenditures and provision of public services; and options and recommendations. The options and recommendations include: enterprise options for growth and diversification; conceptual matrix for analyzing policy and institutional options; reforming price policy and public expenditures; and institutional reform characterized by revamping agricultural research and extension, regulation and reform of canal irrigation and groundwater management policies, reforming the marketing system, and contract farming.

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ADVANCED RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL ISSUES, AGRICULTURAL LABOR, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, BENEFICIARY GROUPS, BENEFICIARY INVOLVEMENT, BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION, BIOSAFETY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, CANAL IRRIGATION, CAPITAL FORMATION, CEREALS, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, COMMERCIAL INVOLVEMENT, CONSUMER PRICE, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONTRACT FARMING, CONTRACT FARMING PROGRAMS, COTTON, CROP, CROP AREA, CROPPING, CROPPING INTENSITY, CROPPING PATTERNS, CROPS, CULTIVATION, DAIRY SECTOR, DATES, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DELIVERY OF SERVICES, DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS, DIVERSIFICATION, DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE, ECONOMICS, ENTITLEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXPENDITURE, EXPLOITATION, EXTENSION, EXTENSION SERVICES, FARM, FARM INCOMES, FARM SIZE, FARMER, FARMER INCOMES, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FARMERS, FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS, FARMING COMMUNITY, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER SUBSIDY, FIELD CROPS, FISH, FISHERIES, FISHING, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD SECURITY, FOODGRAINS, FORESTRY, FRUITS, GRAIN, GRAIN TRADE, GREEN REVOLUTION, GROUNDWATER, HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES, HORTICULTURE, HYBRID SEED, IFPRI, INCOME, INCOME SUPPORT SCHEME, INFLATION, INPUT USE, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LABOR FORCE, LEGISLATION, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, MAIZE, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL FARMERS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET PRICES, MARKETING BOARD, MONOPOLY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, OILSEEDS, PADDY, PERISHABLE PRODUCTS, PEST MANAGEMENT, PESTICIDE, PLANTING MATERIALS, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, PRICE INCENTIVES, PRICE POLICIES, PRICE POLICY, PRICE SUPPORT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCE, PRODUCE MARKETS, PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTION GROWTH, PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC SERVICES, PULSES, R&D, RA, RABI CROPS, RICE, RICE CULTIVATION, RICE PRODUCTION, RICE YIELDS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL PRODUCER, SEED DEVELOPMENT, SEEDS, SMALL FARMERS, SOCIOLOGY, SOWING, SPREAD, STOCKS, STRAW, SUBSTITUTION, SURPLUS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, TRANSPLANTING, TYING, VARIABLE COSTS, VEGETABLES, VETERINARY SERVICES, WAGES, WAREHOUSE, WAREHOUSES, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER USE, WHEAT, WHEAT PRICES, WHEAT PRODUCTION, WHOLESALE MARKETING, YIELDS

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