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Demand elasticities for pulses and public policy options / Ravindra H. Dholakia.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526440617 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.47
Online resources: The case discusses the demand elasticity and price of pulses (an important source of protein in India) and public policy options regarding their cultivation, given India's goal to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains. The case lays out the data for estimating the growth in domestic demand of pulses and the student is invited to consider whether any surplus pulses should be exported or used to build buffer stocks.
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Originally published in Dholakia, R. H. (2016). Demand Elasticities for Pulses and Public Policy Options. ECO0362. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

The case discusses the demand elasticity and price of pulses (an important source of protein in India) and public policy options regarding their cultivation, given India's goal to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains. The case lays out the data for estimating the growth in domestic demand of pulses and the student is invited to consider whether any surplus pulses should be exported or used to build buffer stocks.

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