Agricultural Economics Research Review [Journal of the Agricultural Economics Research Association (India)]

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2 ISSN Online ISSN Agricultural Economics Research Review [Journal of the Agricultural Economics Research Association (India)] Vol. 21 No. 1 January-June 2008 Research Articles CONTENTS Indigenous Technology and Agricultural Research System 1 Dayanatha Jha Artificial Neural Network Methodology for Modelling and Forecasting Maize Crop Yield 5 Rama Krishna Singh and Prajneshu A Study on the Performance of National Agricultural Insurance Scheme and Suggestions to 11 Make it More Effective S.S. Raju and Ramesh Chand Indian Seed System Development: Policy and Institutional Options 20 Harbir Singh, Prasoon Mathur and Suresh Pal Marketing System and Market Structure for Secondhand Tractors in Punjab 30 Karam Singh and P.S. Rangi An Assessment of Economic Losses due to Avian Flu in Manipur State 37 B. Ganesh Kumar, P.K. Joshi, K.K. Datta and S.B. Singh Energy Use and its Efficiency in Tamil Nadu Agriculture: A Case Study of Different 48 Groundwater Development Regions in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu S. Gurunathan and K. Palanisami Impact of Grain Legume (Groundnut) on Energy and Nutritional Levels of Tribal Farm 54 Households in Koraput (Orissa) G. Govindaraj, M.S. Basu and N.C. Barik Comparative Advantage of India in Agricultural Exports vis-á-vis Asia: A Post-reforms Analysis 60 Shinoj P. and V.C. Mathur Farmers Coverage under Market Intervention Scheme in Karnataka P.K. Rajkumar, S.B. Mahajanashetti, H. Basavaraj, H.S. Vijayakumar and Y.N. Havaldar 67 Setting Research Priority for Livestock Sector in Gujarat 73 N.C. Das and K.A. Khunt Contd...

3 Contents contd... Technical Efficiency in North-Western Himalayan Region: A Study of 82 Himachal Pradesh Agriculture R.K. Sharma, S.K. Chauhan and Sonika Gupta Food and Nutritional Insecurity and its Determinants in Food Surplus Areas: The Case 91 Study of Punjab State R.S. Sidhu, Inderpreet Kaur and Kamal Vatta System Synergy of Farming System and Common Property Resources in Mountain 99 Regions: A Case Study of Himachal Pradesh M.S. Pathania, K.D. Sharma and Harbans Lal Economics of Sugarcane-based Farming System in Western Uttar Pradesh 109 S.P. Singh, B. Gangwar and M.P. Singh Impact of Shelterbelts on Net Returns from Agricultural Production in 118 Arid Western Rajasthan B.L. Gajja, Rajendra Prasad, R.S. Mertia, Khem Chand and J.S. Samra Research Notes Economic Evaluation of Peach Cultivation in North Indian Plains 123 L.S. Gangwar, Dinesh Singh and Goutam Mandal Export of Cucumber and Gherkin from India: Performance, Destinations, 130 Competitiveness and Determinants Nalini Ranjan Kumar, A.B. Rai and Mathura Rai Book Review 139 Workshop Proceedings 141 Barik, N.C. 54 Basavaraj, H. 67 Basu, M.S. 54 Chand, Khem 118 Chand, Ramesh 11 Chauhan, S.K. 82 Das, N.C. 73 Datta, K.K. 37 Gajja, B.L. 118 Ganesh Kumar, B. 37 Gangwar, B. 109 Gangwar, L.S. 123 Govindaraj, G. 54 Gupta, Sonika 82 Gurunathan, S. 48 Havaldar, Y.N. 67 Jha, Dayanatha 1 Authors Index Joshi, P.K. 37 Kaur, Inderpreet 91 Khunt, K.A. 73 Kumar, Nalini Ranjan 130 Lal, Harbans 99 Mahajanashetti, S.B. 67 Mandal, Goutam 123 Marothia, D.K. 139 Mathur, Prasoon 20 Mathur, V.C. 60 Mertia, R.S. 118 Pal, Suresh 20 Palanisami, K. 48 Pathania, M.S. 99 Prajneshu 5 Prasad, Rajendra 118 Rai, A.B. 130 (ii) Rai, Mathura 130 Rajkumar, P.K. 67 Raju, S.S. 11 Rangi, P.S. 30 Samra, J.S. 118 Sharma, K.D. 99 Sharma, R.K. 82 Shinoj, P. 60 Sidhu, R.S. 91 Singh, Dinesh 123 Singh, Harbir 20 Singh, Karam 30 Singh, M.P. 109 Singh, Rama Krishna 5 Singh, S.B. 37 Singh, S.P. 109 Vatta, Kamal 91 Vijayakumar, H.S. 67

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6 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. K.C. Hiremath Former Professor, UAS, Dharwad Chief Editor XI Cross Road, Nirmal Nagar Dharwad (Karnataka) Dr. P. Kumar Former Professor Managing Editor Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Dr. (Mrs) Anuva Saikia Professor Member Deparment of Agricultural Economics Assam Agricultural University Jorhat (Assam) Dr. U.K. Pandey Professor Member CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar (Haryana) Dr. D.K. Marothia Professor & Head Member Department of Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGAU) Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Dr. P.G. Chengappa Vice Chancellor Member University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (Karnataka) Dr. R.L. Shiyani Professor and Head Member Gujarat Agricultural University Junagadh (Gujarat) Dr. Suresh Pal Principal Scientist Member National Centre for Agricultural Pusa, New Delhi Dr. Karam Singh Former Director, AERC, PAU Member 42-G, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana (Punjab) Dr. V.C. Mathur Head Member Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Dr. K. Palanisamy Director (CARD) Memebr Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Dr. R.C. Agrawal Former Professor Foreign Member Weisswasserweg 47 D Berlin (Germany) Dr. Suresh Babu Senior Fellow Foreign Member International Food Policy Research Institute Washington, DC , USA

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