Reference No: CMA0489Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case is based on an on-going project for raising coffee and rubber plantations over 8,000 hectares in one of the states in North-Eastern India. Besides others, the major objective of the project is to wean the shifting cultivators away from their age old profession which is considered to be socially ... More
Reference No: CMA0784TECPages: 17Published on: 1, January, 2000
Abstract: This note first briefly discusses the new economic policies as they pertain to the agricultural sector. It then formally tests the impact of relative farm prices which these policies aim to improve and the non-price factors on both aggregate agricultural output and marketed surplus considering the Nerlovian type of Partial ... More
Reference No: CMA0623TECPages: 52Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Agriculture concerns practically the entire biomass-plants, animals, insects, micro-organisms. All these organic matter contain carbon and hydrogen and frequently nitrogen and phosphorous. Application of science and technology for converting the biomass in numerous products had a snowball effect on the process of industrialization and economic development. The process is already ... More
Reference No: CMA0532Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1980
Abstract: The case brings out the achievement and difficulties faced by a fruits and vegetables cooperative in entering export business. The implications of keen competition and the role of technological innovations in the export business of a cooperative are brought out. The case also highlights the need for a positive role ... More
Reference No: CMA0373Pages: 9Published on: 4, October, 1975
Abstract: This case is based on the estimation study on an SFDA/MFAL scheme in Assam. The case presents the targets achieved and some reasons for the shortfall in achieving the targets. It can be used to highlight the role of estimation as a management function. ... More
Reference No: CMA0255TECPages: 17Published on: 6, February, 1973
Abstract: This is a background note on the relationship between production and procurement of paddy, and different factors like size of holdings, varieties grown and reasons influencing the quantities arriving in the market. The note is based on a micro data from West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh and it tries ... More
Reference No: CMA0483Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case raises several questions about how to prioritize the relative importance of credit and non-credit factors in promoting fertilizer use. It also discusses the relative importance of two types of short-term agricultural credit - direct and indirect. These questions are posed with a view to understanding the contribution of ... More
Reference No: CMA0707TECPages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: The note provides a framework for analysing agricultural and rural development policies. Four models are used 4-S to link spatial, seasonal, sectoral, and social aspects of a policy. 3-A to link access, assurance, and ability. Socio-ecological paradigms to analyse the relationship between ecological variables and portfolio choices of the households. ... More
Reference No: CMA0488Pages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case opens by highlighting that over 2,27,000 hectares or 59 per cent of the total forest land in Tripura supports less than twenty trees per hectare and is, thus, utilized. The Tripura Forest Development and Plantations Corporation has prepared a project to place 5,200 hectares of this land under intensive management. The ... More
Reference No: CMA0442TECPages: 19Published on: 2, August, 1977
Abstract: The note deals with the development, structural, and organizational characteristics of regular markets in India. The note examine the possibility of improvements in the marketing structure. ... More
Reference No: CMA0703Pages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: The objective of this note is to prioritize food processing industries for their working capital assistance based on their comparative performance in working capital management, profitability, and return to investment. The note provides information on intensity and solvency management, Management of Iiquidity and solvency cushion and profitability of three basic ... More
Reference No: CMA0725Pages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1995
Abstract: Considering the production function framework this note examines the contributions of land, credit-financed investment, and technological change to agricultural production during pre and post-Green Revolution (GR) phases. The contributions of cretit-financed investments and technological chanage significantly improved in post-GR phase. The post-GR phase witnessed land and labour with complementary capital ... More
