Agro Economic Research Centre

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Established by the Union Ministry of Food and Agriculture at the Institute in 1954, the AERC has contributed to major research studies on the Agricultural Economy of India. The AERC has completed over 200 studies for central and state governments, and government institutions like the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development over the last seven decades. These research-based projects encompassed the areas of villages and farm business surveys, irrigation and watershed management, rural electrification, rural credit, agricultural tenancy, cooperation, droughts and famines, crop insurance, agricultural marketing and exports, and so on. The pioneering research at the Centre has contributed significantly to research and policy in India's agriculture.

Some of the recent studies undertaken by the AERC include studies on

  • Agricultural Policy in Maharashtra
  • Bt Cotton Cultivation in Maharashtra
  • Evaluation of National Watershed Development Projects for Rainfed Areas
  • Macro Management of Agriculture Schemes
  • Declining Productivity in Important Crops
  • Evaluation of Livestock Development in Maharashtra
  • Threats and Opportunities under the WTO Regime
  • Diversification of Agriculture through Horticulture Development Programmes
  • Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries in Maharashtra
  • Determinants of Stagnation in Productivity of Important Crops in Maharashtra
  • Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of eight districts in Maharashtra
  • Evaluation of Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for Farmers in Suicide Prone Districts of Maharashtra
  • Assessment of Biogas Availability for Biomass Power Generation in Maharashtra
  • Impact of NREGA on Wage Rates, Cost of Production, Food Security and Rural UrbanRural-Urban Migration
  • Comprehensive State Agricultural Plan of Maharashtra State
  • Assessment of Policy Interventions in Agri-Business and Allied Sectors Credit versus Credit Plus Approach for Livelihood Promotion
  • Innovative Financing for Agriculture and Food Value Chains in India
  • Impact Assessment of the Implementation of the Revival Package for Short-term Co-operative Credit Structure (STCCS) in Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra

Staff Positions as on 31.12.2021

  • 2022-2023
  • 2021-2022
  • 2020-2021
  • 2019-2020
  • 2017-2018
  • 2016-2017
  • 2015-2016
  • 2014-2015
  • 2013-2014
  • 2012-2013
  • 2011-2012
  • 2010-2011
  • 2009-2010
1. Role of Women in Agriculture-Jayanti Kajale and Atreyee Sinha Chakraborty 2022-23
1. Improving Water Use Efficiency in Indias Agriculture The Benefits Impact and Challenges of Micro Irrigation under the PradhanMantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana Per Drop More Crop in Maharashtra Sangeeta Shroff

1. Assessment of Ratio of Different Products of Spices Being Marketed - Study Based on Ginger and Turmeric - Sangeeta Shroff - November 2020-21

2. Relevance and Distribution Efficiency of Seed Minikits of Pulses in Maharashtra - Deepak Shah -March 2020-21

3.Village Survey Study in Maharashta-Gulumb-VillageJayanti Kajale and Amruta Suryawanshi - January 2020-21

  1. Impact study on agricultural extension services to farmers by Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (ACABCs Scheme) in Maharashtra
  2. Working of Pressurized Irrigation Network System (PINS) in Maharashtra State
  3. Impact of Soil Health Card Scheme on Production, Productivity and Soil Health in MaharashtraDecision-Oriented Information Systems for Farmers: A Study of Kisan Call Centres (KCC), Kisan Knowledge Management System (KKMS), Farmers Portal, and M-Kisan Portal in Maharashtra
  4. Trade Policy and the Edible Oil seed Sector of India
  5. Performance evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in Mahrashtra
  6. Decision-Oriented Information Systems for Farmers: A Study of Kisan Call Centres (KCC), Kisan Knowledge Management System (KKMS), Farmers Portal, and M-Kisan Portal in Maharashtra
  7. Dynamics and revival of fallow land in Maharashtra
  1. Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra
  2. Impact of Neem-coated Urea on Production, Productivity and Soil Health in India – A case of Surarcane and Tur in Selected Districts of Maharashtra
  3. Working of pressurized irrigation network systems (PINS) in Maharashtra State
  4. Impact of soil health card scheme on production, Productivity and Soil Health in Maharashtra
  5. Impact Study on Agricultural Extension Services to famers By Agri-Clinics and Agri Business Centres (ACABCs Scheme) in Maharashtra
  1. The Relationship between Wholesale Prices, Retail Prices, Export Prices and Realized by the Farmers for Grape and Onion in Maharashtra
  2. Evaluation of central sector: Central sheep breeding farm hissar
  1. The Relationship between Wholesale Prices, Retail Prices, Export Prices and Prices Realized by the Farmers for Grape and Onion in Maharashtra. Deepak Shah, sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi.
  2. The Relation between Wholesale Price, Export Prices and Prices Realized by Farmers for Onion and Grapes in Maharashtra. Draft Report.
  1. Assessment of Pre and Post-Harvest Losses in Tur and Soyabean Crops in Maharashtra
  2. Assessment of Crop-wise Marketable and Marketed Surplus of Major Food grains and Post-Harvest Losses in Maharashtra
  3. Problems and Prospects of Soyabean Cultivation in Maharashtra
  1. Agricultural Distress and Farmers Suicides in Yavatmal District NABARD
  2. Assessing Policy Interventions in Agri-Business and Allied Sectors Credit versus Credit Plus Approach for Livelihood Promotion
  3. Study on Competitive Assessment of Onion Markets in India (Case of Maharashtra), Competition Commission of India, New Delhi
  1. Impact of NREGA on Wage Rates, Cost of Production, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration
  2. Impact of Emerging Marketing Channels in Agricultural Marketing -Benefit to Producers -Sellers and Marketing Costs and Margins of Major Agricultural Commodities
  3. Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) – Ahmednagar District, XI Five Year Plan  RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana, Government of India
  4. Possibilities and Constraints in Increasing Pulses Production in Maharashtra and the Impact of National Food Security Mission on Pulses
  5. Report of the Working Group on Decentralised Planning in Agriculture for Twelfth Five Year Plan, submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India
  6. Assessing Policy Interventions in Agri-Business and Allied Sectors Credit versus Credit Plus Approach for Livelihood Promotion
  7. Comprehensive State Agricultural Plan of Maharashtra State
  8. Report of the Study Group for Review of Government Policy for Fixing Minimum Support Prices of selected Agricultural Commodities with reference to Maharashtra state, India, Action for Agricultural Renewal in Maharashtra (AFARM)
  1. Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) – Ahmednagar District, XI Five Year Plan Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Government of India
  2. Market Access and Constraints in Goat Marketing and their Products in Maharashtra State
  3. Economics of Contract Broiler Farming in Maharashtra
  4. Possibilities and Constraints in Increasing Pulses Production in Maharashtra and the Impact of National Food Security Mission on Pulses
  5. Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for the Farmers in Suicide Prone Districts of Maharashtra
  1. Understanding the Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries in Maharashtra
  2. Evaluation of Five Decades of Livestock Development in Maharashtra: Threats and Opportunities in WTO Regime
  3. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Amravati District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
  4. Market Access and Constraints in Marketing of Goats and their Products
  5. Determinants of Stagnation in Productivity of Important Crops in Maharashtra
  6. The Impact of the Macro Management of the Agriculture Scheme in Maharashtra
  7. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Nagpur District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
  8. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Parbhani District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
  9. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Ratnagiri District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
  10. Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) ” Pune and Satara Districts under XIth Five Year Plan ” Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Government of India
  11. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Jalgaon District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
  12. Evaluation of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) of Aurangabad District, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi

  1. Workshop on Land Titling and Agricultural Productivity

  2. Workshop on the Impact Evaluation of the Pilot Project "Development of Model Villages under the Soil Health Card Scheme"