Resultados de búsqueda - "Bihar"

The adoption and impact of food safety measures on smallholder dairy farmers’ economic welfare: Evidence from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India. por Katoch, Sonali, Kumar, Anjani, Kolady, Deepthi E., Sharma, Kriti

“…This study examines the adoption of compliance with food safety measures (FSM) using cross-sectional data collected at the farm level in three key states of the Indo-Gangetic Plains, Bihar, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh in 2023. A Food Safety Index (FSI) was developed to assess the intensity of adoption of food safety practices. …”
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Do gender dynamics in intra-household decision making shift with male migration? Evidence from rice-farming households in Eastern India por Ram Mohan, Rohini, Puskur, Ranjitha, Chandrasekar, D., Valera, Harold Glenn A.

“…This paper unpacks the complex relationship between migration of men and the decision making power of the women who “stay behind” in Bihar, Eastern India. We use mixed methods research design to assess whether women perceive a shift in decision making “authority” between different members in households where men migrate and examine the subjective meanings of these shifts. …”
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Kisan credit card and smallholder farmers’ economic performance in eastern India: A panel data analysis por Sharma, Kriti, Kumar, Anjani, Agrawal, R.C.

“…Using a panel data of 2,586 farming households from five states in Eastern India, namely, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal in 2018 and 2023, we examine the determinants of access to KCC and its credit limit. …”
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From pledges to action: NDC 3.0 for poverty reduction and climate justice in Nepal por Chaudhary, Arbind, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Chaudhary, Bibek

“…Within this complex hydrological system, Nepal's rivers—including the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali—not only sustain local livelihoods but also feed millions in India’s Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and even parts of China. …”
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Productivity and welfare impacts of sustainable intensification in rice-wheat crop rotations: Evidence from the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains por Paudel, Gokul, Chamberlin, Jordan, Nguyen, Trung Thanh

“…We investigate the combined impacts of direct seeded rice (mDSR) and zero-tillage (ZT) wheat on system productivity, profitability and household welfare in the rice-wheat system of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Using a multinomial endogenous switching regression model to address selection bias, we find that the joint adoption of mDSR and ZT wheat significantly improves cropping system productivity by 19% (1148 kg per hectare), reduces production costs by 18% (US$ 159 per hectare), increases farm profits by 84% (US$ 502 per hectare) and raises household per capita income by 56%. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3A: Bridging knowledge & action: Nutrition education for all stakeholders por Farooqui, Arsala Jameel, Rathnayake, MPS, Malik, Mohammad Azeem, Wanasinghe, Thilak, Saroj, Rahman, Atiya

“…Presentation 5: Scaling without Systems Change is Tokenism: Lessons from an Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Programme in Bihar by Saroj. Presentation 6: Promoting Supplement Adherence through Community Health Research Workers Communication: A Qualitative Investigation from JiViTa Bangladesh by Atiya Rahman.…”
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Ambivalences of collective farming: Feminist political ecologies from the Eastern Gangetic Plains por Leder, Stephanie, Sugden, F., Raut, Manita, Ray, D., Saikia, P.

“…Our results in Saptari/ Eastern Terai in Nepal, Madhubani/Bihar, and Cooch Behar/West Bengal in India demonstrate how intra-household, group and community relations and emotional attachments to the family and neighbors mediate the redistribution of labor, land, produce and capital. …”
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Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains por Adelhart Toorop, Roos, López Ridaura, Santiago, Bijarniya, Deepak, Kalawantawanit, Eakapat, Jat, Raj K., Prusty, Ashish K, Jat, Mangi Lal, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Agriculture in rural Bihar needs to maintain its productivity while enhancing its biophysical sustainability. …”
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Geospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in India por Koppa, Nisha, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Results indicate that districts of Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh will require the highest amount of SS1 seeds for flood adaptation strategies. …”
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Seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) based risk management strategies: A case study of rainfed rice cultivation in India por Kushwaha, N. L., Rajput, Jitendra, Shirsath, Paresh B., Sena, Dipaka Ranjan, Mani, Indra

“…In this study, available SCFs were disaggregated using the FResampler1 technique to simulate rice yield (cultivar PR 114) under different nitrogen levels and planting dates using DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer) for Sitamarhi district, Bihar, India. Results showed that the late planting of rice predicted the highest yield (3800 kg ha-1) with high variability under SCF (wet) and 200 kg ha-1 application of nitrogen fertilizer. …”
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Digital ethnography? Our experiences in the use of SenseMaker for understanding gendered climate vulnerabilities amongst marginalized agrarian communities por Joshi, Deepa, Panagiotou, A., Bisht, Meera, Udalagama, Upandha, Schindler, Alexandra

“…To assess these contradictions, we piloted SenseMaker, a digital ethnography tool designed to capture individual, embodied experiences, biases, and perceptions to map vulnerabilities and resilience to climate impacts in the Gaya District in Bihar. Our research shows that this digital tool allows for a systematic co-design of the research framework, allows for the collection of large volumes of data in a relatively short time, and a co-analysis of the research data by the researchers and the researched. …”
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Are weeds really an issue in Zero Tillage systems? Farmer insights from the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia por Chaudhary, Anjana, Suri, Bhavya, Timsina, Pragya, Karki, Emma, Sharma, Akriti, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Brown, Brendan

“…This study identifies a divergence in experiences with herbicides, both geographically (with more negative reports from Sunsari and Bihar than other locations) and in terms of user typologies (where users are overwhelmingly positive, and nonusers are overwhelmingly negative). …”
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Unpacking the Gender-smartness of Climate-smart Agriculture in India por Tyagi, Niharika, Neog, Kangkanika, Khandelwal, Apoorve

“…The gender analytical framework for CSA assesses the gender-responsiveness of policies and institutions, while also reviewing evidence from interventions on climate-adaptive water management practices in Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Only 45% of the analyzed policies incorporate provisions for women farmers, primarily focusing on participation in capacity-building programs, while neglecting holistic gender-responsive investment, planning and implementation. …”
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Excluding the marginalized? Exploring the livelihood and inequality implications of herbicide diffusion in eastern India por Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Krishna, Vijesh V., Khed, Vijayalaxmi D.

“…Analyzing two datasets (2,725 households) collected from the Bihar state of India in 2021– 22, we document empirical, stylized facts on the intersectionality of gender and caste on effects of a laborsaving technology—chemical weeding. …”
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Exploring the Food Environment and household Gastronomy of low-income households - A Photovoice study por Samaddar, Arindam, Banerjee, Deep, Ynion, Jhoanne, Custodio, Marie Claire, Veetil, Prakashan Chellattan

“…This study explored the factors that may influence food purchases by lowincome households in Nalanda, Bihar. Households were selected based on the multidimensional poverty index and geospatial habitat clustering. …”
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Farmers’ awareness and perceptions of the new farm laws 2020 in India: Empirical evidence from a household survey por Kumar, Anjani, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Bathla, Seema

“…This paper assesses the farmers’ awareness and perceptions about these laws based on a large survey of households carried out during 2020 across five eastern states – Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal. …”
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Irrigation governance, private investment, and agricultural productivity in India por Kumar, Anjani, Bathla, Seema, Elumalai, K., Saroj, Sunil

“…This suggests that states where both governance and private investment in irrigation are at very low levels should receive higher priority; these include Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar and Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. …”
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Entitlement fetching or snatching? Effects of arbitrage on India’s public distribution system por Chakrabarti, Suman, Kishore, Avinash, Roy, Devesh

“…Conversely, in states like Bihar and Jharkhand—where welfare programs are poorly run—the opposite pattern holds; that is, households’ purchase of subsidized grains recedes with greater arbitrage.…”
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Improved Nutrition through Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services: Case studies of Curriculum Review and Operational Lessons from India por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Singh, Meera, Hymavathi, T. V., Rani, Uma, Kavitha, G.G., Karthik, Shree

“…Three state agricultural universities in Tamil Nadu, united Andhra Pradesh, and Bihar were used as case studies for the curriculum review. …”
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Wheat seed delivery pathways and varietal turnover in eastern India por Khed, Vijayalaxmi D., Debello, Moti Jaleta, Krishna, Vijesh V.

“…An extensive survey encompassing 7648 wheat farmers was conducted to capture wheat production practices across 31 districts of Bihar and 9 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Additional qualitative interviews led to the initial impression that farmers' selection of varieties often precedes their choice of seed source, challenging the prevailing assumptions about the causal direction of this relationship. …”
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