#+STARTUP: hidestars #+TITLE: Title of my paper #+DATE: #+AUTHOR: Vikas Rawal #+COLUMNS: %25ITEM %TAGS %PRIORITY %T #+OPTIONS: H:3 toc:nil #+LATEX_CMD: xelatex #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{comment,multirow,tabulary,fontspec} #+LATEX_HEADER: \setmainfont{Adobe Garamond Pro} * Introduction Economic conditions in contemporary Indian countryside have been repeatedly characterised as one of an "agrarian crisis". In this context, a study of economics of farming -- of cost of production and profitability -- assumes critical value. Despite this, such studies have not been conducted in adequate detail. * Issues related to macro-level statistics ** Major problems with CCPC data *** On concepts and methodology The most important limitation of CCPC is that it provides no data on overall incomes of farming households from cultivation. Data collection under CCPC is narrowly designed to estimate profitability of individual crops. However, analysis of profitability at the level of individual crops has several limitations. *** On presentation of data **** Disaggregated, unit-level data are not available *** Decentralisation of implementation has resulted in dis-uniform quality of data collection and management *** ** Problem of prices