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    An analytical study on impact of WTO on agricultural trade in India
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2019-12) Kavita; Mehta, V P
    The study on “An analytical study on impact of WTO on agricultural trade in India” was done with the following objectives: (1) To study the trends of agricultural trade in India during Pre and Post-WTO regime (2) To compute the terms of trade in Indian agriculture (3) To examine the comparative advantage in India‟s agricultural trade (4) To study the instability of India‟s agricultural trade and suggest appropriate policy measures for improving the agricultural trade. The present study was based on secondary data collected from the various published sources, viz., various issues of hand book of RBI, FAO Trade year Book, Statistical Abstract in India, indiastat.com, FAOSTAT etc. The data were grouped into two periods (Pre-WTO and Post-WTO) depending upon the formation of world trade organization and its effect on export and import of agricultural sector, Period-I is characterized by impact of world trade organization on agricultural trade before formation of world trade organization and ranged from 1975 to1994 and Period-II ranged from 1995 to 2015 which is the Post-WTO period. India became a member of WTO on 1st January 1995 and it was the first multilateral agreement, meant to curb unfair practices in agricultural trade and set off the process of reforms in the agricultural sector. A decreasing trend was observed in agricultural export share of India in world‟s agricultural export during pre- WTO period and an increasing trend during post-WTO period whereas India‟s import share showed reverse trend. Agricultural export share in national export has been showing decreasing trend during pre as well as post-WTO period. Similarly agricultural import share in national import has been showing decreasing trend during pre and post-WTO period. Terms of trade of agricultural sector of India in quantity as well as value terms were decline during pre-WTO period and intensified during post-WTO period. Indian agricultural sector shows trade surplus during pre-WTO period as well as post-WTO period. India has gained comparative advantage in export of cereals, pulses, spices and cash crops and comparative disadvantage in oilseeds, dairy products and eggs, meat and meat preparation whereas mixed result observed in case of fruits and vegetables export. Agricultural trade and national trade were stable during pre-WTO period as compared to post-WTO period.
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    Effect of different tillage and weed management practices on wheat yield and soil properties
    (CCSHAU, 2017) Kavita; Dahiya, D.S.
    An ongoing field experiment established in 2012 at Agronomy Research Farm, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India was selected to study “Effect of different tillage and weed management practices on wheat yield and soil properties”. The experiment was laid out with three different tillage (zero tillage, FIRBS and conventional tillage) and four weed management practices (W1: Atrazine (50% W.P.) @ 750 g/ha in maize and pinoxaden 50g/ha + premix of metsulfuron and carfentrazone (Ally Express 50% DF) 25g/ha + 0.2 % NIS as post-emergence in wheat, W2: Tembotrione (Laudis 42% Sc @ 120 g/ha + S 1000ml/ha (10-15 DAS / 2-4 leaf stage) in maize and clodinafop 60 g/ha + metsulfuron 4 g/ha as post- emergence in wheat, W3: Two HW in maize (20 to 40 DAS) and wheat (30 to 50 DAS), W4: Weedy check in maize and wheat) at two different depth (0-5 & 5-15 cm) were replicated thrice in spilt plot design. Plant and soil samples for analysis were collected after 4 cycle of maize-wheat cropping system in the month of April, 2016 after the harvesting of wheat crop. A significant higher yield reported under FIRBS (66.1 qha-1) method of tillage as compared to other tillage practices. pH and EC reported higher under conventional tillage under different tillage and weed management practices. SOC (0.896%), N (100.57 kg ha-1), P (32.61 kg ha-1), S (18.21 kg ha-1), HA-C (0.352%) and FA-C (0.239%) reported higher under zero tillage due to more retention of crop residue on surface. However, a reverse trend was obtained in case of available K. Values of Zn, Fe and Cu was also recorded higher under zero tillage while value of Mn reported higher under conventional tillage. Most of the nutrients values reported higher at upper depth (0-5 cm) and under weedy check treatment. DOC followed reverse trend as compared to other parameters and higher values reported under conventional tillage. Highest values of MBC (336.02 mg kg-1) was noticed under zero tillage and at 0-5 cm depth. All enzymes (Dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase and urease) activities reported higher under ZT. Dehydrogenase and urease activity reported higher at upper depth (0-5cm) while activity of alkaline was higher at lower depth (5-15 cm). At the end of season weed management practices showed non-significant effect on MBC and all enzymes. Bulk density of soil reported higher under CT as compared to other tillage practices.