...Khee Giap Tan; Kartik Rao; Ramkishen Rajan Purpose – This paper aims to provide an up-to-date analysis of the productivity in the agricultural sector within the states and union territories of India. Despite agriculture’s diminishing role as a share of overall gross domestic product (GDP...

...Ivica Petrikova Purpose The objective of this paper is to contribute to the existing literature by examining which combination of three important agricultural policies – land distribution, domestic food production, and trade liberalization – is most conducive to improving food security...

...Richard Grabowski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze those conditions which determine whether the state will be developmental or predatory. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model is developed to analyze those factors influencing state policy towards agriculture...

...Ming‐Hsuan Lee Purpose This paper seeks to use data from China between 1929 and 1933 and provides new empirical evidence to the debate over the impact of land ownership and land‐renting systems on agricultural productivity. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimate the OLS regression...