Pathusha Nasurudeen

PAJANCOA & RI · Department of Agricultural Economics

The study estimated the externality cost of soil salinity caused by shrimp farming on paddy productivity by comparing an affected village, Poovam, with an adjacent unaffected village, Thiruvettakudy. Soil salinity status was normal in both the villages in the pre-shrimp period (1994–1995). But soil samples of 2005 showed that soil salinity was in t...

Shrimp farming is an important socio-economic enterprise in a number of coastal regions of India. According to the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), India's nodal agency for the promotion of seafood exports, shrimp accounts for about two-thirds of marine product exports by value, and in 2004-2005 the sector earned foreign exchan...

The efficiency of paddy farms in the Union Territory of Pondicherry has been measured for the year 2005- 06 using data envelopment analysis (DEA). It has revealed that about 12.62 per cent of the farmers who operate rice farms belong to the most efficient category (90-100 per cent) and 23.45 per cent belong to the least efficient group (less than 5...

The present study was carried out with the objective of analysing the performance of regulated markets in Puducherry region. Conventional tools like simple averages and percentage analyses were done to analyse the year-to-year growth and compound growth rate was also worked out to estimate the growth of variables over a period of time. The analysis...

The present report entitled “Paddy in Regulated Markets of Puducherry: A Comprehensive Report”, covers the following information: Pattern of market arrivals, Behaviour of prices and Relationship between market arrivals and prices. For the present study conventional analytical tools were used to study the pattern in market arrivals. Compound growth...

Despite the existence of several techniques to forecast commodity prices, the present report deliberately focuses on forecasting methodology for a time series. Data on paddy prices from the regulated market of Madagadipet, Puducherry has been used to forecast prices on a day-by-day basis by employing different forecasting techniques. Each forecasti...

The study performed the analysis of the pattern in arrivals and prices of paddy in Thattanchavady regulated market of Puducherry. The results of the analysis on the pattern of arrivals showed that ADT 37, Chinna Ponni, ADT 39, White Ponni, Super Ponni and Ponmani were the major varieties traded. These varieties together contributed more than 75 per...

For the present report on Madagadipet regulated market, conventional analytical tools were used to study the pattern in market arrivals. Compound growth rate and year-to-year growth, trend and Coefficient of Variation were estimated to identify the behaviour of prices. Correlation and regression analyses were carried out to examine the relationship...

For the present report on Koonichempet regulated market, Conventional analytical tools were used to study the pattern in market arrivals. Compound growth rate and year-to-year growth, trend and Coefficient of Variation were estimated to identify the behaviour of prices. Correlation and regression analyses were done to examine the relationship betwe...

For the present report on Kanniakovil regulated market, conventional analytical tools were used to study the pattern in market arrivals. Compound growth rate and year-to-year growth, trend and Coefficient of Variation were estimated to identify the behaviour of prices. Correlation and regression analyses were done to examine the relationship betwee...

The dynamics of the per capita expenditure on various food groups, including cereals, across income groups and the consumption of cereals and calorie intake in India were analyzed. Data from the 27th, 32nd, 38th, 43rd, 50th and 55th Rounds of household consumption expenditure surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) were...

The study conducted in the Karaikal region of the Union Territory of Pondicherry during 2004-05 has made a comparison of watershed and conventional systems. The crop diversification index has been found 0.28 in watershed and 0.32 in the conventional system. The study has revealed that nearly all the farmers in the watershed and only 40 per cent in...

Droughts are a recurring feature (majority of the series have a cycle ranging from 2.0-4.4 years) in the study area warranting advanced contingent crop and employment planning. Satellite surveillance could be useful for timely and efficient monitoring of drought conditions. Soil moisture monitoring and watershed approach for management of drought-p...

The analysis of prices of oils and oilseeds in Bombay market reveals the nature of price integration between oilseeds and oils. The assumption of complete oil price integration could not be fully accepted. Price integration in most cases was bidirectional except in castor oil. The contemporary belief of influence of groundnut oil price on all edibl...