Rural India is expected to stand tall as the Covid-19 pandemic ravages the economy this fiscal - thanks largely to agriculture, which is expected to do well given the IMD's prediction of another normal-monsoon year.

CRISIL's Agriculture Report delves into the performance of rural India at a state and sub-region level. Starting this year, in addition to field crops and agriculture inputs, we are offering coverage on horticulture crops.

This enables us to offer a holistic view on farmer incomes in upcoming cropping seasons.

Key offerings

• Outlook on state- and crop-wise profitability in field crops
• Outlook on state- and crop-wise profitability in key horticulture crops
• Sub-regional profitability assessment
• Monthly dashboard providing updates on sowing, reservoir level, status of government regulations, performance of agriculture input segments, mandi arrivals and prices, etc.

Other aspects covered

• Sectoral coverage on agriculture industries
• Agricultural lending: State-wise opportunity and risk evaluation (top 15 states)
• Role of non-banking finance companies and microfinance units in agriculture financing
• Agricultural insurance market: Structure and coverage
• Financial and operational benchmarking of ~250 companies (revenue above Rs 50 crore)
• Tools to rank states and crops on expected profitability in 2018
• Over 1,200 data tables across key inputs covering state- and district-level assessment
• Continuous update on key data points such as rainfall, net sown area and mandi prices

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