ISBN: 978-93-93082-80-0
Author: Dr. Aditi Sawant
Year of Publication: 2024
Page Count: 212
Language: English
Description:
This book attempts at understanding the cost of cotton cultivation and its price dynamics in India. Presenting a first-hand study of farming communities in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana, it discusses at length India’s position in the international market in terms of production, consumption, import and export of cotton as well as India’s Relative Cost Advantage (RCA) in cotton export at global market. Further studying the cost of cultivation of cotton in three major countries, namely India, USA and China, from pre-sowing to marketing stages, it focuses on Indian cotton scenario in terms of state-wise production, yield and area under cultivation.