Economics of Agricultural Commodities Spice and Medicinal Plants (EPUB)

by PC Bansil

The information available on the economic aspects of various agricultural commodities is quite meagre and also very widely scattered. It is difficult at present to pick up a specific publication which supplies relevant information comprehensively for the students, agricultural economists, administrators, policy planners as well as all those involved in production, raising resources, trade and industry concerned with agricultural products.This series entitled Economics of Agricultural Commodities aims to fill this gap and provide complete, well researched and comprehensively compiled information. The study covers different topics in 8 volumes as follows:1. Spices and Medicinal Plants2. Fruits and Nuts3. Vegetables and Floriculture4. Foodgrains5. Fibers6. Oilseeds7. Plantation Crops—Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Sugarcane, Tobacco8. History and Development of Agriculture and ForestryThis volume broadly covers all major spices and medicinal plants. Although the list is long, 48 spices and 47 medicinal plants have been described, giving historical background, varieties, culinary properties and uses, medicinal/therapeutical properties and uses, production systems, statistical data relating to area and production, and yield in India as compared to other countries. The data collected, compiled and evaluated is based on the information provided by different sources like Spices Board, various commodity boards. Directorate of Economics and Statistics in the Ministry of Agriculture, Horticulture Board of India, FAO, USDA, etc.This volume aims to serve as a comprehensive compilation and a storehouse of information for the students, researchers, agricultural economists and all those who require this information for development of entrepreneurship and utilization of the natural resources for the benefit of the country.