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Crop Diversification Through Oilseeds in Eastern India

In: Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India

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  • M. K. Bhowmick

    (Rice Research Station (Government of West Bengal))

  • B. Duary

    (Visva-Bharati)

  • P. K. Biswas

    (Visva-Bharati)

Abstract

This chapter makes a critical review on various dimensions of diversification in cropping systems through oilseeds in eastern India and analyses the advantage of crop diversification with oilseeds in marginal ecosystems to make the cropping enterprise as a profitable venture avoiding risks. It is argued that Indian oilseeds sector, the fourth largest in the world after USA, China and Brazil, is at crossroads with a wide gap between country’s oilseeds production and escalating demand and mounting imports of vegetable oils causing a drain on the foreign exchange reserves. Hence, it is of immediate necessity to bridge the gap between demand and supply of oilseeds in the country, especially in the eastern states. Crop diversification through suitable oilseeds with appropriate management practices in areas, where cereal-dominating production system is in vogue, may be an effective option for mitigating or minimizing the present-day problems, besides making a sustainable improvement in oilseeds production.

Suggested Citation

  • M. K. Bhowmick & B. Duary & P. K. Biswas, 2015. "Crop Diversification Through Oilseeds in Eastern India," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Madhusudan Ghosh & Debashis Sarkar & Bidhan Chandra Roy (ed.), Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India, edition 127, chapter 10, pages 109-130, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-81-322-1997-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1997-2_10
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