Department of Agricultural Economics & Statistics

Agricultural Economics and Statistics is a multidisciplinary field that merges the principles of economics, agriculture, and statistical analysis to address the complex challenges facing the agricultural sector. It plays a crucial role in shaping policies, improving productivity, and enhancing sustainability in farming systems, rural development, and food production.

Agricultural Statistics, on the other hand, provides the quantitative tools needed to collect, analyse, and interpret data related to agriculture. This includes everything from crop yields and livestock production to prices, trade flows, and environmental factors. Through advanced statistical methods, agricultural statisticians help to generate reliable data that supports decision-making, planning, and forecasting in agriculture.

Together, these fields provide essential insights that drive agricultural innovation, support rural economies, and contribute to global food security. By leveraging both economic theory and data-driven analysis can address key challenges such as climate change, food shortages, and evolving global markets.

Dr Rachana Ashok Kolambkar

Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics & Statistics, Goa College of Agriculture, Ela Farm, Old Goa.

Work Experience: 09 years

Academic credentials/Achievements:

Universal ICON Achiever Award by Genesis Ultima Dubai and MAHEZ Foundation India for the excellent work in the field of Education on 24th August, 2024.
Patent on AI- Powered Seed Quality Analyzer, Government of India, 15th July 2024.
International Achiever’s Award, 25th February 2024 at UAE. For excellent work in Education.
Life Time Education Excellence Award (With Medal) for outstanding Achievement and Remarkable role in chosen field of Education on the occasion of National Summit on Globalization of Economic and Social Development on 30th December 2023.
Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award for best performance by Achievers Association for Health and Educational Growth, New Delhi on 13th April 2023.
INSPIRE Fellowship for Doctoral Research, Directorate of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Govt. of India.
E-Content DISHTAVO recordings (150 Modules) both in English and Konkani.
Gold medalist in M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree programme.
Best poster Presentation Award in the field of Agricultural Economics.
Awarded with certificate of Founder Joint Treasurer for working successfully inAgricos Career Development Forum, Kolhapur.
Research Publications-35, Abstracts:18, Book, Souvenir, Magazine articles, Invited lectures and Talks, Extension Publications.

Sr.No	Year	Semester	Course No.	Credits	Course Title
1	Ist Year	II	ECON 121	2(2+0)	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics
2	IInd Year	III	STAT 231	2(1+1)	Statistical Methods
3	IInd Year	IV	ECON 242	3(2+1)	Agricultural finance and cooperation
4	IIIrd Year	V	ECON 353	3(2+1)	Agricultural Marketing, Trade & Prices
5	IIIrd Year	V	ELE ECON 354	3(2+1)	Agri-Business Management
6	IIIrd Year	VI	ECON 365	2(1+1)	Farm management, Production and Resource Economics
7	IVth Year	VII	RAWE 4704	2(2+1)	Agricultural Economics
8	IVth Year	VIII	ELM PATH 4817	1(0+1)	Mushroom Cultivation Technologies
9	IVth Year	VIII	ELM HORT 4811	1(0+1)	Commercial Horticulture
10	IVth Year	VIII	ELM ENTO 4809	1(0+1)	Commercial Beekeeping
11	IVth Year	VIII	ELM AHDS 4804	2 (0+2)	Processing of Milk and Milk Products

Students will gain the knowledge on fundamental concepts and models in the theory of production and costs and sets out to provide a basic understanding of price and output determination under different types of market structures including factor markets. Further will able to acquire knowledge and analytical skills in addressing the issues of agricultural marketing. Enhancing expertise in improving the performance of the marketing institutions and the players in marketing of agricultural commodities. Creating awareness among the students about the role of International Economics on National welfare.

In Statistics course students will understand the research process – identification of research problems, formulation of objectives, construction of hypotheses, sampling techniques, data collection and data analysis, hypothesis testing, interpretation of results, report writing.
During ELM module, Students participate in activities that directly relate to economic principles, like conducting market research, analysing financial data from real sources to draw conclusions about trends and patterns. Practical experience gained through experiential learning can improve employability and career readiness.

Projects:
1.Germplasm Preservation of Kokum crop (Garcinia indica).

Publications:
Extension Publications
1.Turmeric Cultivation (English)
2.Halad Lagawad Tantradnyan (Marathi)
3.Raising Coconut Nursery
4.Jackfruit Processing for chips and Leather
5.Fanas Prakriya Padarth.

Popular Magazine Articles
1.Drought management for sustainable agricultural production in Arid region
2.Artificial sweeteners in Dairy products
3.Ambush marketing
4.Rebranding
5.Green Marketing
6.Sustainable Marketing
7.The three stages of Production
8.Regression
9.Correlation
10.Production Economics

Life Membership
1.Life membership of Maharashtra Society of Agricultural Economics Research Journal
2.Life Membership of Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology
3.Life Membership in Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing

Trainings
1.Delivered training on Agrientrepreneurship
2.Strategies to be used for Effective Marketing
3.Virtual Marketing-Pros and Cons
4.Career Opportunities in Agriculture
5.Organic Farming

Conferences, webinar and workshop organized:
1.Webinar on Floriculture to sustain famers income amid Pandemic
a.Protected Cultivation of high value Horticultural crops
b.Production Technology & value addition of Anthurium
2.Endophyte modifies alternative splicing events in paddy genotype subjected to salinity stress
3.Genetic Resources of spices and plantation crops from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Underutilized fruit wealth of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
4.Organized International Conference on OCAEBGD dated 29/10/2022 to 31/10/2022.
5.Organized workshop on Entrepreneurial Opportunities in bee keeping, Mushroom Cultivation and Grafting Techniques on 10/08/2023.
6.Organized 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in agriculture, Engineering, Applied and Life Sciences for sustainability at Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India.

Activities:
Analysis of Economics of Experiential Learning Module
a.Commercial Beekeeping
b.Mushroom Cultivation Technologies
c.Commercial Horticulture
d.Processing of Milk and Milk Products
e.Vermicomposting