Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India

While Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) has numerous potential benefits to smallholder farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia, it's out-scaling has been limited by both a lack of demand by farmers and limited supply of DSR services by machinery owners. This contrasts with the comparatively more...

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Autores principales: Brown, Brendan, Samaddar, Arindam, Singh, Kamaljeet, Leipzig, Ava, Kumar, Anurag, Kumar, Pankaj, Singh, Deepak Kumar, Malik, Ram, Craufurd, Peter, Kumar, Virender, McDonald, Andrew
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164187
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author Brown, Brendan
Samaddar, Arindam
Singh, Kamaljeet
Leipzig, Ava
Kumar, Anurag
Kumar, Pankaj
Singh, Deepak Kumar
Malik, Ram
Craufurd, Peter
Kumar, Virender
McDonald, Andrew
author_browse Brown, Brendan
Craufurd, Peter
Kumar, Anurag
Kumar, Pankaj
Kumar, Virender
Leipzig, Ava
Malik, Ram
McDonald, Andrew
Samaddar, Arindam
Singh, Deepak Kumar
Singh, Kamaljeet
author_facet Brown, Brendan
Samaddar, Arindam
Singh, Kamaljeet
Leipzig, Ava
Kumar, Anurag
Kumar, Pankaj
Singh, Deepak Kumar
Malik, Ram
Craufurd, Peter
Kumar, Virender
McDonald, Andrew
author_sort Brown, Brendan
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description While Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) has numerous potential benefits to smallholder farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia, it's out-scaling has been limited by both a lack of demand by farmers and limited supply of DSR services by machinery owners. This contrasts with the comparatively more rapid scaling of zero tillage wheat in the region. This trend is yet to be fully explored, particularly when focus has been placed almost exclusively on understanding DSR adoption though the lens of farm-level agronomic, economic and environmental performance. Given that limited DSR service provision is likely to be governed outside of these considerations, this study explores with zero tillage drill owners the decision processes they apply in deciding how to use their zero tillage drills. Respondents highlight a complex web of interrelated considerations that highlight the additional complexities of DSR as compared to existing practices. Using a novel ‘Decision-making Dartboard’ qualitative framework, these complexities are unpacked and a set of potential changes to the assumed theory of change for DSR scaling are identified, including considerations for selection of potential DSR service providers and responsibilities for promotion and extension of DSR to overcome the prevalent negative perceptions of DSR held broadly across the communities explored. The proposed framework and analysis process are also potentially useful for exploration of other farmer decision making processes more broadly.
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spelling CGSpace1641872025-02-19T14:27:06Z Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India Brown, Brendan Samaddar, Arindam Singh, Kamaljeet Leipzig, Ava Kumar, Anurag Kumar, Pankaj Singh, Deepak Kumar Malik, Ram Craufurd, Peter Kumar, Virender McDonald, Andrew sociology and political science development geography planning and development While Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) has numerous potential benefits to smallholder farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia, it's out-scaling has been limited by both a lack of demand by farmers and limited supply of DSR services by machinery owners. This contrasts with the comparatively more rapid scaling of zero tillage wheat in the region. This trend is yet to be fully explored, particularly when focus has been placed almost exclusively on understanding DSR adoption though the lens of farm-level agronomic, economic and environmental performance. Given that limited DSR service provision is likely to be governed outside of these considerations, this study explores with zero tillage drill owners the decision processes they apply in deciding how to use their zero tillage drills. Respondents highlight a complex web of interrelated considerations that highlight the additional complexities of DSR as compared to existing practices. Using a novel ‘Decision-making Dartboard’ qualitative framework, these complexities are unpacked and a set of potential changes to the assumed theory of change for DSR scaling are identified, including considerations for selection of potential DSR service providers and responsibilities for promotion and extension of DSR to overcome the prevalent negative perceptions of DSR held broadly across the communities explored. The proposed framework and analysis process are also potentially useful for exploration of other farmer decision making processes more broadly. 2021-10 2024-12-19T12:53:35Z 2024-12-19T12:53:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164187 en Open Access Elsevier Brown, Brendan; Samaddar, Arindam; Singh, Kamaljeet; Leipzig, Ava; Kumar, Anurag; Kumar, Pankaj; Singh, Deepak Kumar; Malik, Ram; Craufurd, Peter; Kumar, Virender and McDonald, Andrew. 2021. Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India. Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 87 p. 254-266
spellingShingle sociology and political science
development
geography
planning and development
Brown, Brendan
Samaddar, Arindam
Singh, Kamaljeet
Leipzig, Ava
Kumar, Anurag
Kumar, Pankaj
Singh, Deepak Kumar
Malik, Ram
Craufurd, Peter
Kumar, Virender
McDonald, Andrew
Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title_full Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title_fullStr Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title_full_unstemmed Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title_short Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India
title_sort understanding decision processes in becoming a fee for hire service provider a case study on direct seeded rice in bihar india
topic sociology and political science
development
geography
planning and development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164187
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