Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme

India's Soil Health Card Scheme aims to provide every farmer with a card containing recommendations to improve management practices based on local soil measures. PIM found that farmers were not able to understand these cards, and designed a clearer and more user-friendly version. After testing and d...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121591
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description India's Soil Health Card Scheme aims to provide every farmer with a card containing recommendations to improve management practices based on local soil measures. PIM found that farmers were not able to understand these cards, and designed a clearer and more user-friendly version. After testing and distribution of the redesigned cards in the state of Bihar, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to expand their use to the national level.
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spelling CGSpace1215912023-03-14T13:44:58Z Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets agriculture farmers health soil management distribution government testing soil health bihar case studies agrifood systems rural development India's Soil Health Card Scheme aims to provide every farmer with a card containing recommendations to improve management practices based on local soil measures. PIM found that farmers were not able to understand these cards, and designed a clearer and more user-friendly version. After testing and distribution of the redesigned cards in the state of Bihar, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to expand their use to the national level. 2018-12-31 2022-09-12T12:00:21Z 2022-09-12T12:00:21Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121591 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. 2018. Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme. Reported in Policies, Institutions, and Markets Annual Report 2018. Outcome Impact Case Report.
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title_full Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title_fullStr Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title_full_unstemmed Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title_short Cards that farmers CAN read: on the way to improving the effectiveness of the Government of India’s Soil Health Card Scheme
title_sort cards that farmers can read on the way to improving the effectiveness of the government of india s soil health card scheme
topic agriculture
farmers
health
soil
management
distribution
government
testing
soil health
bihar
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
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