In a first, IIM-Ahmedabad brings out agriculture land price index

According to IIM-A, the index will be a reliable source in benchmarking land prices in rural and semi-urban areas and help in signalling converting agricultural land into real estate

In a unique initiative, IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has joined hands with an e-marketplace for agricultural land, SFarms India, to develop a farm land price index based on the sales and purchases done on the platform.

The index has been designed to record and present the “quality-controlled” data on prices of agricultural land in the country.

The Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIM-A, under which this index is being launched, will host this on its official website and it will be called IIM-Ahmedabad SFarmsIndia Land Price Index (ISALPI).

“The index will track the price movements in the marketplace (SfarmsIndia) and come up