CONTENTS Vol. 64No. 1 JANUARY-MARCH 2009 SUPPLEMENTTO THE CONFERENCE NUMBER: JULY-SEPTEMBER 2008 Presidential Address: Mountain Agriculture: Development Policies and Perspective by N.S.Jodha 1 Conference Keynote Papers: Triggering Agricultural Development Through Horticultural Crops by H,P,Singh 15 Environmental Degradation and Measures for Its Mitigation with Special Reference to India's Agricultural Sector by Katar singh 40 Summaries of Group Discussion: Triggering Agricultural Development through Horticulture Crops by M.Sudha 62 Environmental Degradation and Its Correctives in Agriculture Sector by K,K,Datta 66 Rainfed Agriculture by Dinesh K,M. 70 ARTICLES Water Quality Response to Economic Development: Quantifying Environmental Kuznets Curve by I.Sekar Distributional Inequality and Groundwater Depletion: An Analysis Across Major States in India by Sanction Nayak 89 An Economic Inquiry into Collective Action and HouseholdBehaviourin Watershed Management by K. Palanisami 108 RESEARCH NOTES Estimation of Demand for Processed Potato, Products and Processing Quality Potato in Punjab by Rajesh K. Rana, N. K. Pandey, Arun Pandit, N.R. Kumar 123 Effect of Farm Size on Efficiency of Wheat Production in Moretna-Jirru District in Central Ethiopia byAbate Bekele, Machiel F. Viljoen, Gezahegn Ayele and SyedAli 133 Land Utilisation and Cropping Pattern in TamilNadu 144 BOOK REVIEWS 154 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 168 ANNOUNCEMENT 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists 171 Vol. 64 No.2 APRIL-JUNE 2009 CONTENTS: SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONFERENCE NUMBER: JULY-SEPTEMBER 2008 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Strengthening Food Security Based on Home Grown Foods by M.S.Swaminatham 177 ARTICLES Instability in Indian Agriculture During Different Phases of Technology and Policy by Ramesh Chand and S.S. Raju 187 Rural Non-Farm Employment inHimachal Pradesh, 1971-2001: A District Level Analysis byH.R. Sharma 208 Economics of Pashmina Based Trans-Humance Production System in Cold Arid Region of Jammu and Kashmir by S.A.Wani and Shoaib Yiisuf 229 RESEARCH NOTES Socio-Economic Impact of Microfinance: A Study of Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs) in Nilambur Block of Malappuram District, Kerala by EM. Reji 246 Marketing and Post-Harvest Losses in Fruits: Its Implications on Availability and Economy by D. Sreenivasa Murthy, T.M. Gajanana, M. Sudha and V. Dakshinamoorthy259 Subsidy Impact on Sustainability of SHGs:An Empirical Analysis of Micro Lending through SGSY Scheme byA.P. Pati 276 BOOK REVIEWS (see below) 289 World Congress on Conservation Agriculture: Brief Report AP.K. Joshi 293 INDICATIVEOUTLINESOFSUBJECTS SELECTED FOR DISCUSSION AT THE 70TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS298 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED ..312 Page Vol.64 No.3 JULY - SEPTEMBER 2009 Price Discovery in India's Agricultural Commodity Futures Markets by K. Elumalai, N. Rangasamy and R.K. Sharma 315 How Efficient are Futures Market Operations in Mitigating Price Risk? An Explorative Analysis by N.P. Singh, V. Shunmugam and Sanjeev Garg324 Commodity Futures Markets in India: Its Impact on Production and Prices by Tata Rao Dummu 333 Constraints, Opportunitiesand Options to Improve Indian Agricultural Commodity Futures Market by M.S. Jairath 357 Impact of Futures Trading on Spot Market and Price Discovery of Futures Market by R. Ramakrishna and Jayasheela 372 Summari 385 URBANISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON FARM SECTOR Does Urbanisation Influence Agricultural Activities? A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh by P. Parthasarathy Rao and P.K. Joshi401 Linkages Between Urban Consumption and Rural Non-Farm Employment and Agricultural Income: A New Perspective by Ramesh Chand, S.S. Raju, L.M. Pandey and Surabhi Sonalika409 Urbanisation and the Peripheries of Large Cities in India: The Dynamics of Land Use and Rural Work by Chinmoyee Mallik421 Special Economic Zones in India: A Review of Investment, Trade, Employment Generation and Impact Assessment by Deepak Shah 431 Urbanisation and Agricultural Growth in India by S.S. Kalamkar 442 Summaries 462 IMPLICATIONS OF CORPORATE ENTRY INTO AGRICULTURAL INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS AND ITS IMPACT ON SMALL r , PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS Farm-Level Impacts of Vertical Coordination of the Food Supply Chain: Evidence from Contract Farming of Milk in India by Pratap S. Birthal, Awadhesh K. Jha,Marites M. Tiongco and Clare Narrod 481 An Empirical Study of Gains from Potato Contract Farming by Arun Pandit, N.K. Pandey, Rajesh K. Rana and BarsatiLal Summaries 509 RAPPORTEURS' REPORTS509 Rapporteur's Report on Futures Market in Indian Agriculture and Its Impact on Production and Prices by J.N. Dhankhar521 Rapporteur's Report on Urbanisation and Its Impact on Farm Sector by T.N. Datta526 Rapporteur's Report on Implications of Corporate Entry into Agricultural Inputand Output Markets and Its Impact on Small Producers and Consumers by Sukhpal Singh 532 Vol. 64 No. 4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2009 ARTICLES Export of India's Fish and Fishery Products: Analysing the Changing Pattern/Composition and Underlying Causes by P. Shinoj, B. Ganesh Kumar, P.K. Joshi and UK. Datta 541 Pesticide Application and Occupational Health Risks Among Farm Workers in Kerala - An Analysis Using Dose Response Function by P. Indira Devi 557 People's Perception of Benefits from a Protected Catchment: A Case Study of Gundal Command in Karnataka by Seema Purushothaman, Seema S. Hegde, Sheetal Patil and ShamKashyap 573 Agrarian Crisis and Depeasantisation in Punjab:Status of Small/Marginal FarmersWho Left Agriculture byKaram Singh, Sukhpal Singh and H.S. Kingra 585 Economic Performance of Self-Help Groups in Karnataka, with Special Reference to Venkatenahalli in South India by M Nagaraj, M.G. Chandrakanth, David Acker, P.G. Chengappa, H.R. Shuthi, C.G. Yadava, and Ramesh Kanwar 604 RESEARCH NOTES Environmental Implications of Converting , Natural Grassland into Eucalyptus Plantations in Hydro Power Catchments in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu:An Economic Analysis By Subhash Chand Alok K. Sikka and V.N. Sharda Nadu: 618