Export Competitiveness of Indian Cereals

Abstract

The results revealed that sorghum and barley had negative growth in the area. Only rice recorded positive growth in the quantity of the commodity exported during the second period. The instability for the selected cereals was less in area, production and productivity and more in the quantity of the commodity exported. All the selected cereals had moderate export competitiveness (NPC > 0.5) during the first period from 2000-01 to 2010-11. Except for rice, other cereals became non-competitive (NPC > 1), and rice had moderate export competitiveness with NPC 0.82 during the second period from 2011-12 to 2020-21. The MSP for barley and sorghum should be increased. The Government should take measures to increase the competitiveness of Indian cereals by collaborating with various stakeholders in the value chain.