Search Results - "Bihar"

Institutional options available to ensure that index-based flood insurance (IBFI) is socially inclusive in Bihar, India by Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., de Silva, Sanjiv, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…Flood disaster is one of the greatest challenges affecting the livelihoods of the people of Bihar, India, hampering interventions aimed at addressing poverty, nutrition and health issues. …”
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Catalysing competitive irrigation service markets in North Bihar: the case of Chakhaji Solar Irrigation Service Market by Durga, Neha, Rai, Gyan Prakash

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Ex-Post evaluation of the second pilot of the Index-Based Flood Insurance in Bihar, India: Reflections for upscale by Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., de Silva, Sanjiv, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

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Catalysing competitive irrigation service markets in North Bihar: the case of Chakhaji Solar Irrigation Service Market by Durga, Neha, Rai, Gyan Prakash, Verma, Shilp, Saini, S., Kumar, D.

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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucella infection in dairy animals in urban and rural areas of Bihar and Assam, India by Deka, Ram Pratim, Shome, R., Dohoo, I., Magnusson, Ulf, Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Bihar was excluded from the risk factor analysis, as only one Brucella seropositive sample was detected in the state. …”
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Smallholder farmer engagement in citizen science for varietal diversification enhances adaptive capacity and productivity in Bihar, India by Gotor, Elisabetta, Pagnani, Tiziana, Paliwal, Ambica, Scafetti, Flavia, Etten, Jacob van, Caracciolo, Francesco

“…This study analyses varietal diversification in Bihar, India, focusing on the effects of the largest citizen science-based intervention to date, involving 25,000 farmers and 47,000 plots ∗ seasons. …”
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Estimates of the economic cost caused by five major reproductive problems in dairy animals in Assam and Bihar, India by Deka, Ram Pratim, Magnusson, Ulf, Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Shome, R., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…The study covered 954 dairy animals in Bihar and 1348 dairy animals in Assam that were selected using a multi-stage random sampling method. …”
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Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India by Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Saroj, Sunil, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Thapa, Ganesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Using farm‐level data from dairy farmers in India's Bihar state and the two‐stage residual inclusion method, this study investigates the impact of the adoption of food safety measures (FSMs) on milk yield and profitability of smallholder dairy farms. …”
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Replication Data for “Learning Together: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Group-Based Nutrition Interventions in Rural Bihar" by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset contains baseline (2016) and endline (2018) data from a two-round panel dataset that focuses on 2246 rural women from 24 gram panchayats (GPs) in three blocks of the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The sampling of these women was based on two eligibility criteria: (1) they or someone in their household must be a member of a Self-Help Group (SHG), and (2) they must have a child aged 6 months to 2 years at the time of the baseline survey conducted in 2016. …”
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JEEViKA Multisectoral Convergence Initiative in Bihar: Engaging women’s groups to improve nutrition: Summary report by Gupta, Shivani, Kumar, Neha, Menon, Purnima, Pandey, Shinjini, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…JEEViKA is a program by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (part of the Department of Rural Development), with the support of the World Bank. …”
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Improving nutrition in Bihar: Insights from examining trends in outcomes, determinants and interventions between 2006 and 2016 by George, Nitya Rachel, Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Menon, Purnima

“…In doing this analysis, we aim to highlight key areas for actions to improve nutrition in Bihar.…”
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Farmer preferences for abiotic stress tolerance in hybrid versus inbred rice: Evidence from Bihar, India by Ward, Patrick S., Ortega, David L., Spielman, David J., Singh, Vartika, Magnan, Nicholas

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How to overcome the governance challenges of implementing NREGA: Insights from Bihar using process-influence mapping by Raabe, Katharina, Birner, Regina, Sekher, Madhushree, Gayathridevi, K. G., Shilpi, Amrita, Schiffer, Eva

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Solar Pumps as Micro-Enterprises for Women Leveraging Bihar’s Self-Help Groups for Equitable Irrigation Access by Verma, Shilp, Singh, M., Kuriachen, Philip, Uppal, A., Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta, Usadadia, Nikunj, Anand, Abhishek

“…This brief presents an action research pilot in Lohsari village of north Bihar, India, implemented by the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, India (AKRSP-I), with support from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program and the Solar Energy for Rural Livelihoods (SE4RL) project. …”
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Institutional Agro-Advisory Systems and Delivery Modalities: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bihar, India by Patil, Vikram, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Srivastava, Amit, Munshi, Sugandha, Kumar, Virender, Malik, R. K., Alvi, Muzna

“…Using a field experiment conducted with smallholder farmers in Bihar, India, this study evaluates the effectiveness of institutionalized agro-advisory services on technology awareness and adoption. …”
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Smallholder dairy value chain development in India and selected states (Assam and Bihar): Situation analysis and trends by Rao, C.K., Bachhman, F., Sharma,V., Venkataramaiah, P., Panda, J., Rathinam, R.

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An experiment in solar power based community tube-wells for irrigation in Nalanda District, Bihar [India]: an assessment by Tiwary, R.

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Groundwater development and agriculture production: a comparative study of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal by Ballabh, V., Choudhary, K.

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A mode of production flux: the transformation and reproduction of rural class relations in lowland Nepal and North Bihar by Sugden, Fraser

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Clinical and subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle and buffaloes in Bihar, India: Prevalence, major pathogens and risk factors by Hardenberg, F.

“…Bihar, located in north-eastern India, is a state with a growing dairy sector. …”
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