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Impact of laser land levelling on food production and farmers’ income: Evidence from drought prone semi-arid tropics in India
Climate change has brought large instabilities in agricultural systems, in terms of both crop yield and net farm income. Climate smart agriculture is one of the innovative methods that tries to build resilience in agricultural systems.
Using information on varietal adoption of important cereal crops from a large-scale survey in India, this paper investigates “how social networks influence technology adoption behaviour of farm households.” Our key innovation is that unlike many o
Adoptions of improved technologies and production practices are important drivers of agricultural development in low-income countries like Nepal.
Social networking amid social differentiation in the adoption of improved technologies: A case study in Rajasthan, India
This paper evaluates the role of social networks in the adoption of mustard hybrids.
The frontiers of technologies have been constantly expanded in many industries around the world, including the agricultural sector.
Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies.
‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India
This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture.
Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart agriculture an assessment in the Indo-Gangetic plain
This study was undertaken to assess farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various climate-smart interventions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.