Emerging Trends for High-Value Agricultural Products in India: Production, Consumption and the Nutritional Fallout
Price: ₹ 500
Author: Nisha Gupta , Mahua Bhattacharjee , and Anindita Roy Saha
Author Address: Research Scholar, and Professor Amity School of Economics, Amity University, Noida, Amity Road, Sector 125, Noida- 201301 (Uttar Pradesh) and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi-110054 (Delhi)
Keywords: Availability, consumption, high-value agricultural products (HVAP), nutritional intake, production
JEL Codes: I15, Q11, Q18
Abstract
High-value
agricultural products (HVAP) have been gaining importance in India recently
owing to their contribution towards improving farmers' income and consumers'
health awareness. The study empirically examined the changing trends in the production
and consumption of HVAP and the nutritional fallout in rural and urban India
during 2000-2019 using regression analysis and calculation of growth rates. The
results showed a growth rate of 4.3 percent in the production of HVAP and 9
percent for that per capita expenditure on food. However, the growth of per
capita availability was 2.3, and 80 percent of the population had a nutritional
intake lower than the recommended diet levels. The study pointed at the price
effect, inadequate availability and nutritional gaps in the Indian diet.
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 17 No. 4, 2021, 821-830
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/21233
NAAS Score: 5.15
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) of WoS
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