India

Publications

project paper

Picture-Based Crop Insurance: Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification

2020

The Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI) project aims to develop a new way of delivering affordable and easy-to-understand crop insurance using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. The project, funded by the CGIAR…

discussion paper

Mapping Indian agricultural emissions: Lessons for food system transformation and policy support for climate-smart agriculture

2017

The recently signed Paris Agreement is one of the most promising steps toward addressing the challenges of climate change and global warming. The agreement came into force in November 2016, and India is a party to it. Two key obligations of each…

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Data & Tools

dataset

Segmentation Data for Nigeria and India States of Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh

2017

This dataset was compiled by processing and harmonizing multiple secondary datasets, covering Nigeria and three states in India (Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh), to help those working in the agricultural development sector identify and characterize…

dataset

Farmer's Preferences for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Hybrid Versus Traditional Rice

2014

The survey, Farmer's Preferences for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Hybrid versus Traditional Rice: Evidence from Bihar, India (2012-13), was designed to assess farmer's willingness to pay for drought-tolerant paddy in Bihar, India. The survey includes…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

Back to the storyboard

May 24, 2017 | Stuart Gillespie

A special issue of Global Food Security highlights the importance of narratives in driving progress toward ending hunger and malnutrition.

IFPRI Blog

Let the Dhara flow: GM mustard is pro-farmer and pro-science

May 17, 2017 | Avinash Kishore

Evidence shows that genetically modified crops cause no human health or environmental harm, and bring substantial benefits to farmers. IFPRI's Avinash Kishore argues the government of India should allow for the use of this new technology.

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Related Events

Conference

Pulses for Sustainable Agriculture and Human Health

May 31, 2016

Global demand for pulses is rapidly increasing. Pulses are emerging as ‘future food’ in developed and many African countries. For South Asia region, pulses are traditionally important food commodities and cheap sources of protein. The region is now experiencing shortages of pulses and causing increase in imports. The challenge is to increase pulses production efficiently not only to meet the domestic requirement in the region but also supply for new consumers in developed and African countries. Celebrating the International Year of Pulses 2016, the two day conference is spread across the themes: Theme 1: Pulses production, consumption and environmental services Theme 2: Pulses prices and markets Theme 3: Policies and institutions Theme 4: Pulses for human health

Conference

Innovation in Indian Agriculture: Ways Forward

Dec 4, 2014

This event is by invitation only The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC will convene a two-day international conference in New Delhi on December 4-5, 2014 to…

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Programs & Projects

Project

Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS)

Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS) is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded umbrella project in India to be carried out in 2015-2019. WINGS aims to build the evidence base on the pathways through which Self Help Groups…