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Agricultural Economics and Practices

Agricultural Economics and Practices is a research topic within General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 8.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on agricultural development, policy analysis, and economic sustainability in South Asia, particularly in India. It covers topics such as production technology, climate change impact, food security, and the economic analysis of agricultural practices. The papers also discuss the challenges and potential strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the region.

  • Agriculture
  • Development
  • Policy
  • Production
  • Technology
  • Sustainability
  • India
  • Economic Analysis
  • Climate Change
  • Food Security
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+98%
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Which countries lead Agricultural Economics and Practices research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (5.4k and 323 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 5.4k works
  2. 2 United States 323 works
  3. 3 Bangladesh 275 works
  4. 4 Pakistan 189 works
  5. 5 Egypt 168 works
  6. 6 Nepal 120 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 105 works
  8. 8 Iraq 103 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 98 works
  10. 10 China 85 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 78.7%United States: 4.7%Bangladesh: 4.0%Pakistan: 2.7%6 others listed: 9.9%79%largest
India5,429 · 78.7%United States323 · 4.7%Bangladesh275 · 4.0%Pakistan189 · 2.7%6 others listed680 · 9.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Agricultural Economics and Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publishes the most Agricultural Economics and Practices research, followed by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati and Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 212 works
  2. 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia 141 works
  3. 3 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 122 works
  4. 4 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 106 works
  5. 5 Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural UniversityIndia 93 works
  6. 6 Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural UniversityIndia 91 works
  7. 7 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia 89 works
  8. 8 Assam Agricultural UniversityIndia 78 works
  9. 9 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 74 works
  10. 10 Anand Agricultural UniversityIndia 74 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural Economics and Practices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural Economics and Practices include Ajay Singh and Vijay Kumar.

  1. 1 Ajay Singh United States 2.4k citations
  2. 2 Vijay Kumar India 1.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Agricultural Economics and Practices research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Economics and Practices research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), Coimbatore (India), Hyderabad (India) and Mumbai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pālanpur, Parbhani and Jūnāgadh.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Delhi India 319 works
  2. 2 Coimbatore India 260 works
  3. 3 Hyderabad India 200 works
  4. 4 Mumbai India 198 works
  5. 5 Bengaluru India 170 works
  6. 6 Allahabad India 147 works
  7. 7 Dhaka Bangladesh 134 works
  8. 8 Ludhiana India 124 works
  9. 9 Bhubaneswar India 114 works
  10. 10 Guntur India 107 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PālanpurIN · 29.9 works221×
  2. ParbhaniIN · 46.1 works185×
  3. JūnāgadhIN · 39.9 works165×
  4. SabaurIN · 24.5 works121×
  5. FaizabadIN · 42.4 works120×
  6. SamāstipurIN · 21.7 works119×
  7. BikanerIN · 64.2 works106×
  8. MeghalayaIN · 20.5 works105×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Economics and Practices than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural Economics and Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Gazipur Agricultural University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 13.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Agriculture Faisalabad: 20, 19.5%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 212, 5.9%Gazipur Agricultural University: 16, 22.3%Mizoram University: 12, 26.2%Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University: 89, 9.9%Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology: 41, 16.4%Visva-Bharati University: 26, 17.6%Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati: 142, 1.9%Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya: 56, 10.4%Central Agricultural University: 53, 9.3%Mizoram UniversityGazipur Agricultural…University of Agricu…Tamil Nadu Agricultu…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 67.819.5%18.1×20 +283.0%
2 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 65.15.9%127.4×212 +341.9%
3 Gazipur Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 65.022.3%63.4×16 +263.4%
4 Mizoram UniversityIndia 63.226.2%22.8×12 +262.5%
5 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia 63.09.9%131.4×89 +437.7%
6 Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia 62.916.4%193.4×41 +517.9%
7 Visva-Bharati UniversityIndia 61.217.6%43.3×26 +233.8%
8 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia 60.31.9%376.3×142 +212.2%
9 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 60.010.4%158.2×56 +457.4%
10 Central Agricultural UniversityIndia 60.09.3%112.1×53 +379.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Agricultural Economics and Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Economics and Practices.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.