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Econometric Analysis of Import Demand of Pulses in India

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Title Econometric Analysis of Import Demand of Pulses in India
 
Creator SHARATH S YELIGAR
 
Contributor SHIV KUMAR
 
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Description t-9784
India is the world's largest producer and consumer of a wide variety of pulses which is
dominated by tropical and sub-tropical crops such as chickpea, black gram, red gram (pigeon
pea), green gram (mungbean), lentil and so on. The world pulse production, area and yield
during 2013 was 73 million tonnes (MT), in nearly 80.8 million ha and 904 kg ha-1
respectively (FAOSTAT 2015). In India, production of pulses is around 19.3 million tonnes
from 26.3 million ha (ESI 2015) with a very low average productivity of 764 kg/ha. India has
witnessed an impressive growth in pulses production during last 5 years. The overall
productivity of pulses increasing to an impressive 786 kg ha-1
during 2012- 13 as compared
to 577 kg ha-1
during 2004-05. The credit for which goes to the improved varieties and
production of breeder seed and schemes launched by the government to promote pulses
cultivation. Pulses are rich sources of protein and energy but largely cultivated under energy
starved conditions, mostly on marginal and sub-marginal land and more than three-fourth of
the area under pulses is still rainfed resulting in poor crop productivity (Choudhary 2013).
Green revolution also adversely affected the acreage of pulses causing displacement by ricewheat
cultivation leading to shift of pulse crops in marginal dry lands in the country resulting
in decline in the yield of pulses during last few decade. Pulses crop being rich in protein are
loved by pests and Blue Bulls (neelgais). They are also extremely sensitive to heat and cold,
besides they are slow crop. All these factors contributes in high fluctuations in yield.
To analyse trend and instability tolls like Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
and Cuddy-Della Valle Index (CDVI) is employed. To accomplish the objective of import
demand analysis to compute long run elasticity of determinant Stock Watson Dyanamic OLS
has been used. It has been found that import demand for pulses is determined by income,
price and urbanization. Results indicate that import price of total pulses has no statistically
significant impact on import demand for total pulses. It is important for policymakers to
understand that abolishing the existing constraints on imports will not have a major impact on
total pulse imports, because the pulse economy is rather weak to respond to market signals in
India.
 
Date 2018-10-09T09:17:21Z
2018-10-09T09:17:21Z
2017
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810077629
 
Language en_US
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Division of Agricultural Economics ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi