Indians Demanding More Plant-Based Protein, but Farmers’ Profits Drop: Empirical Evidence to Understand the Dilemma

Rezitis, A N and Mishra, A K and Kumar, S (2024) Indians Demanding More Plant-Based Protein, but Farmers’ Profits Drop: Empirical Evidence to Understand the Dilemma. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 49 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2327-8285

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Abstract

This study estimates changes in productivity and profitability and their respective components for two major Indian sse crops, pigeon peas and chickpeas. Results show that average profitability declined during the period under consideration (2009–2014) for both pulse crops. Lower profits are driven by increases in input prices and decreases in total factor productivity, output growth, and output (constant) prices. The reduction in total factor productivity is primarily due to a slow increase in output. Finally, the technical efficiency estimates are lower than for cereal crops like rice and wheat: 72% for chickpeas and 71% for pigeon peas.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Global Research Program - Enabling Systems Transformation
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	input prices, output prices, scale efficiency, state heterogeneity, technological change, total factor productivity
Subjects:	Others > Village Level Studies Others > India Others > Village Dynamics Studies
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2024 05:08
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2024 05:13
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12387
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Acknowledgement:	We are grateful to two anonymous referees and the managing editor for useful comments and edits on an earlier version of the paper. We would like to thank Elias Khan and Abhishek Das for their contribution in extracting and organizing the dataset. The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the donor or the authorsâ˘A´Z institution. The usual disclaimer applies.
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