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Market Impacts of Technological Change for Sorghum in Indian Near-Subsistence Agriculture

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  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Murty K. N.

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Evaluating market impacts of technological change for near-subsistence crops like sorghum in semiarid tropical India is complicated because of diversified agricuiture, geographically isolated markets, and therefore feedbacks through prices, and producer-demander income links for such products. Dynamic simulations with a multicommodity market model suggest that increased sorghum productivity would have spillover effects on other markets, increase the welfare of sorghum consumers, and probably lower the sorghum price. Contrary to speculations of some experts, the output gain probably would be greater than the pure productivity effect despite the price decline because of induced input allocations favoring sorghum production.

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  • Jere R. Behrman & Murty K. N., 1985. "Market Impacts of Technological Change for Sorghum in Indian Near-Subsistence Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 67(3), pages 539-549.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:67:y:1985:i:3:p:539-549.
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    1. Shumway, C. Richard & Jegasothy, Kandiah & Alexander, William P., 1988. "Production Interrelationships In Sri Lankan Peasant Agriculture," Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 31(1), pages 1-13, April.
    2. K. Jegasothy & C. R. Shumway & H. Lim, 1990. "Production Technology And Input Allocations In Sri Lankan Multicrop Farming," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(1), pages 33-46, January.
    3. Shumway, C. Richard & Alexander, William P. & Talpaz, Hovav, 1990. "Texas Field Crops: Estimation With Curvature," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, July.
    4. Ephraim M. Nkonya & Joe L. Parcell, 1999. "Redistribution of social benefits from advances in extension and research in the Tanzanian maize industry," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 21(3), pages 231-239, December.
    5. Shumway, C. Richard, 1995. "Recent Duality Contributions In Production Economics," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 20(1), pages 1-17, July.

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