Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports
Rajesh Chadha
Ayyapasore Govindan
Laxmi Joshi
V. P. Ahuja
Charu Jain
Shesadri Banerjee
Sameer Kumar Mondal
September 2012
The need for monitoring and analysis of emerging food scenarios is important for India both because of significant dependence of output on the monsoon rains and the fact that globally India is one of the major consumers of food crops influencing markets. Management of agriculture from a public policy perspective requires organisation of this information and analysis as inputs to policy making.
Agriculture and Rural Development