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100			_aKannan, Elumalai and Pohit, Sanjib _932920
245			_aAgricultural growth diagnostics: Identifying the binding constraints and policy remedies for Bihar, India
260			_aReview of Development and Change
300			_a26(2), Dec, 2021: p.207-225
520			_aAgriculture plays a significant role in economic development of underdeveloped regions. Multiple factors influence the performance of agricultural sector but a few of these have a strong bearing on its growth. This study develops a growth diagnostics framework for agricultural sector in Bihar, located in eastern India, to identify the most binding constraints. The study results show that poor functioning of agricultural markets and low-level of crop diversification are the important reasons for low agricultural growth in Bihar. Rise in price instability of agricultural produces indicates a weak price transmission across the markets even after repealing the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act. Poor market linkages and non-functioning producer collectives at village-level affect the farmers’ motivation for undertaking crop diversification. Hence, policy suggestions to overcome these binding constraints include the state provisioning of basic market infrastructure to attract private investment in agricultural marketing, strengthening the Farmer Producer Organisations, and framing a comprehensive policy on crop diversification. – Reproduced
650			_aAgriculture,Growth diagnostics, Binding constraints, Agricultural markets _930883
773			_aReview of Development and Change
906			_aAGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
942			_cAR