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Funded by: International Balzan Foundation Principal Investigator: Prof. Bina Agarwal Date of Initiation: January, 2018 Likely Date of completion: December, 2022Forecasting Agricultural Output Using Space,Agro-Meterology & Land...
Funded by: Ministry of Agriculture Principal Investigator: Dr. Nilabja Ghosh Date of Initiation: April, 2006 Likely Date of completion: March, 2022Understanding the adoption of modern agricultural technologies in India
Journal of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsImpact of Direct Procurement on Farmer Profitability, Employment and...
Funded by: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC Principal Investigator: Prof. Chandra S.R. Nuthalapati Date of Initiation: December, 2021 Likely Date of completion: November, 2022Econometric crop yield modelling with satellite remote sensing under...
Funded by: Agriculture & Land Eco-System Division, BPSG, EPSA, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad Principal Investigator: Prof. Nilabja Ghosh Date of Initiation: June, 2019 Likely Date of completion: December, 2021AGRICULTURAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS AND FARM PROFITABILITY IN INDIA
The gap between the incomes of agricultural workers vis-a-vis non-agricultural workers in India has widened since the 1990s and improving farmers’ income has emerged as the key policy focus in recent times. In realizing this objective, functioning of the markets is very critical as market imperfections can increase the production and transaction ...Economy’s response to Rainfall and Economic factors
Agriculture, known to be particularly sensitive to rainfall, helps determine GDP by its own performance and through its linkages with the industrial sector. Using Factor analysis to spatially disaggregate meteorological rainfall data based on commonality and employing an econometric simultaneous model the study finds determination of sectoral GDP performances in the economy ...THE RECENT FARM LAWS IN INDIA: RATIONALE, IMPLICATIONS AND WAY FORWARD
Indian Parliament has recently enacted three laws related to agricultural marketing (two laws and an amendment to an existing Act), which are popularly called the ‘Farm Laws’. The enactment of these laws led to largescale unrest and protests in some parts of the country, particularly the northwestern states of Punjab, Haryana and ...Price or income support to farmers? Policy options and implications
The recent farm laws enacted by the Indian Parliament have sparked a major debate over the importance and the form of public support for farming in India. At the centre of the discourse are issues related to price support, income stabilization, fair trade and the role of government. The Government of India ...Coordinated Horticulture Assessment & Management using geoiNformatics...
Funded by: Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Principal Investigator: Prof. Nilabja Ghosh Date of Initiation: December, 2018 Likely Date of completion: March, 2021Innovations in Food Value Chains and Dynamics of Participation and Welfare...
Funded by: NABARD Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Chandrasekhar Rao Date of Initiation: December, 2018 Likely Date of completion: December, 2020Farmers’ Stress, Income and the role of Non-Farm Business
Agricultural policies in India have largely been geared to increase domestic production and productivity in agriculture. Some of the reasons for farmers’ stress are rooted in these policies. For example, land related policies have largely focused on large land-owners, prohibition of tenancy, and similar measures; while the number of unviable size of ...Combating Hidden Hunger through Micro-Nutrient Dense Biofortified Foods
The burden of malnutrition in the world is unacceptably high and is estimated to adversely affect two billion people. The extent of ‘hidden hunger’ in South Asia is much more widespread than other parts of the world. Anemia among pregnant women (52%) and children of less than five years (58%) in South ...Start up with Innovation and Impact of Growth, Employment and Welfare
Funded by: ICSSR Principal Investigator: Prof. N. Chandrasekhar Rao Date of Initiation: March, 2018 Likely Date of completion: February, 2020For Implementation of Price Support for Farmers
Price support to farmers has been an important pillar of development policy in agriculture. Price support is a way to implement minimum support price of crops and its proper implementation provide income insurance to farmers. Read MoreSmall Farmers and Disruptive Innovations in Food Chains in India
Various segments of value chain from consumption to production that includes retailing, wholesaling, logistics, processing and production have been undergoing rapid and unprecedented changes in recent times in the country. This policy brief traces innovations in value chains brought about by new-generation start-ups, and presents an econometric analysis of field data on ...Towards Increasing Off-Farm Income Opportunities for Farmers
Small land holders dominate Indian agriculture, and need off-farm income for survival. Analysis shows that for sufficient off-farm income opportunities, growth in agriculture, manufacturing, or tourism is important as it triggers growth in other sectors of the rural economy. After weighing various options, the study finally concludes that spatially distributed, linkage-based manufacturing ...