Handbook of Farm Management in North-Eastern Hills of India

Contents: Foreword. Preface.  I. Cereal and oilseed crops: 1. Production variability and its determinants: a disaggregated study of rice in Manipur/Somching Leivang and Nilotpal Borthakur. 2. Economics of lowland rice cultivation in Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya/Ibakordor Khongshei. 3. Comparative economics of rice under SRI and Non-SRI methods in Tripura/Beauty Debbarma and Ram Singh. 4. Rapeseed and mustard cultivation under zero tillage in Manipur/Monika Aheibam and Ram Singh. II. Horticultural crops. III. Animal husbandry. IV. Consumption and price forecasting. V. Trade and agricultural finance. Annexures.

Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of the North Eastern states of India. This sector provides employment and income to the majority of the rural masses of the region. Rice is the major cereal crop cultivated in the region. The region is also known for different horticultural crops too. The livestock sector has taken off late but playing important role in rural development. The regional rural banks are the only ray of hope in the front of agricultural finance. Despite many states having international borders the agricultural trade is primarily indicates trading at village, state or regional level. Though the organic products have huge international market the region could not harness the potential and come up as per expectation due to lower level marketable surplus and poor infrastructure.

The chapters in this book cover the cost and return structures of different crops cultivated in the region. Some chapters are also dedicated to local consumption behavior, marketing of milk, price forecasting, status of financial institutions vis-à-vis agriculture and scope of international trade for different states of the North Eastern region of India.