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Welfare implications of public expenditure in Indian agriculture: New evidence from CS-ARDL Approach
This study explores the welfare implications of public expenditure at the subnational level.
This factsheet provides a brief description of the economic structure and the size of the agrifood system of Uttar Pradesh (UP), an Indian state.
This factsheet provides a brief description of the economic structure and the size of the agrifood system of Odisha, an Indian state.
This factsheet provides a brief description of the economic structure and the size of the agrifood system of Bihar, an Indian state.
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is critical for reducing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability and enhancing their capacity to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is critical for reducing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability and enhancing their capacity to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.
This paper analyzed the determinants of India’s virtual water trade in crops and crop products for the period 2001 to 2020.
Public expenditure and growth dynamics in Indian agriculture: Trends, structural breaks, and linkages
The present study analyzes temporal and spatial trends in public expenditure on agriculture and irrigation in India. It links sub-period growth performance with expenditure based on structural breaks.
MNREGA Program Asset Selection: A leaflet providing women information on how to participate
This training manual focuses on developing the skills necessary to articulate aspirations and goals related to individual and community assets that could be built through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA) program
This report provides an overview of discussions that transpired during the outreach event titled "Scaling up Experiential Learning Tools for Sustainable Water Governance in India." Held in New Delhi, India, on October 18th, 2023, this event served
Climate change poses a threat to smallholder farmers worldwide, impacting livelihoods and agricultural pro duction. At the same time, agrifood systems account for about one-third of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Lack of access to information is an important barrier affecting women farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and technologies.
Qualitative fieldwork to identify CSA practices preferred by women farmers in India, Kenya, and Uganda
Promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is an important step toward enhancing farmer resilience to climate change.
Strict lockdown measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic had extensive impacts on agriculture, and especially on women farmers. These effects were worsened by a lack of reliable and timely access to agricultural extension.
The political economy of bundling socio-technical innovations to transform agri-food systems
Agri-food systems transformation requires accelerated innovations to address multiple economic, environmental and health objectives. No innovation serves everyone’s interests. Political opposition to innovations is therefore inevitable.
How were the governments of three middle-income countries with high levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—India, Mexico, and South Africa—able to implement sugar-sweetened beverage taxes (SSBs) despite intense opposition from powerful corpora
India's rice export restrictions and BIMSTEC countries: Implications and recommendations
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) brings together five South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and two Southeast Asian countries (Myanmar and Thailand).
Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
Early life nutrition sets the stage for the health, nutrition, and development of young children.
Adolescents’ health and wellbeing: Trends and insights from the National Family Health Surveys, 2006, 2016, and 2021
South Asia is home to more adolescents than any global region, and one in five adolescents globally live in India.