Search Results - "Bihar"

Compliance with food safety measures and their economic impact on smallholder dairy farmers: Evidence from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India by Katoch, Sonali, Kumar, Anjani, Kolady, Deepthi E., Sharma, Kriti

“…This study examines the adoption and economic impact of compliance with food safety measures (FSM) using cross-sectional farm-level data from three key states in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, Bihar, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, in 2023. The majority of the farmers were operating on marginal and small plots. …”
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Gender, social, household, and ecological factors influencing wheat trait preferences among the women and men farmers in India by Gartaula, Hom N., Atreya, Kishor, Konath, Noufa C., Mondal, Suchismita, Singh, Ravi P.

“…Our research examines how personal, household, agronomic and ecological characteristics of wheat growers in Bihar, India’s eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains, affect women and men’s wheat trait choices. …”
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TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Local Market and Retail Census by International Rice Research Institute, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In December 2022–January 2023, data collection was conducted in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. A census was carried out in 50 villages selected using probability proportional to the number of households in each village. …”
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TAFSSA District Agrifood Systems Assessment in India 2023: Market Survey by International Rice Research Institute, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Data collection took place between February and June 2023 in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. The survey covered 50 villages in the district, focusing on formal and informal multi-vendor markets offering various food products within a 10-kilometer radius of the village centroid. …”
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Leveraging public works for sustainable and resilient livelihoods: Four case studies from India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Gautam, Aditi

“…ERADA was implemented in 8 blocks of 4 large Indian states, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. The ERADA project had three broad objectives - of enhancing natural capital, green recovery through green enterprises, and convergence of resources and networks - and identified the MGNREGA as a critical social safety net on which to base its activities. …”
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Confidence and information usage: Evidence from soil testing in India by Gars, Jared, Fishman, Ram, Kishore, Avinash, Rothler, Yoav, Ward, Patrick S.

“…We implemented a field experiment in Bihar, India to test whether plot-specific fertilizer recommendations affect farmers' fertilizer use. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 2A: Data systems at scale: Strengthening infrastructure, quality, & use by Purushotham, Anjali, Sivaramakrishnan, Divya, Hossain, Rakib, Manohar, Swetha, Azimi, Said M Yaqoob, Phanwar, La-in Shap

“…Presentation 1: Potential of a High-Frequency Price Monitoring Tool to Track the Cost of Healthy Diets Over Time: A Case Study from Rural Bihar, India by Anjali Purushotham. Presentation 2: Revolutionizing Child Nutrition: A Predictive ML Model for Last-Mile Public Health Delivery by Dhivya Sivaramakrishnan. …”
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Increased arid and semi-arid areas in India with associated shifts during 1971-2004 by Kesava Rao AVR, Wani, S.P., Singh, K.K., Ahmed, M.I., Srinivas K, Bairagi SD, Amadevi O

“…Increased semi-arid area by 8.45 M ha in five states viz., Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab, and decreased semi-arid area by 5 M ha in eleven states, contributed to overall increase in SAT area of 3.45 M ha in the country.Overall, there has been a net reduction of 10.71 M ha in the dry sub-humid area in the country. …”
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Sensory evaluation of upland rice varieties with farmers: A case study by Singh, R.K., Prasad, Kameshwari, Mandal, Nimai Prasas, Singh, Rama Kant, Courtois, Brigitte, Singh, Virendra Pal, Paris, T.R.

“…As part of a participatory plant-breeding project with methodological objectives lo improve rainfed rice in eastern India, an evaluation of sensory characteristics was conducted with farmers in a village of Bihar. Twenty-four farmers (12 women and 12 men) evaluated 15 upland rice varieties as raw rice and parboiled rice for milled and cooked rice appearance, color, odor, texture, stickiness, taste, and overall acceptability. …”
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Vertical drains to minimize duration of seasonal waterlogging in Eastern Ganges Basin flood plains: a field experiment by Prathapar, Sanmugam A., Rajmohan, N., Sharma, Bharat R., Aggarwal, Pramod K.

“…In this study, vertical drain (VD) (L × D, 7 × 1 m) filled with drainage gravel (6.5 m) and coarse sand (0.5 m) is installed in farmer’s agricultural field to minimize the duration of seasonal waterlogging and tested in Mukundpur village, Vaishalli District, Bihar, India. At the experimental site, inundation of rainfall and runoff from surrounding areas along with the seepage from an earthen canal start in September and remain till February, every year which prevents timely planting of wheat in November-end/December. …”
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National fruit catalogue of tropical fruit tree diversity (Mangifera, Citrus and Garcinia) by Dinesh, M.R., Rajan, S., Singh, I.P., Singh, A., Singh, S.K., Vasudeva, R., Vinoth, S., Global Environment Facility, United Nations Environment Programme, Bioversity International, Indian Council of Agricultural Research

“…This project is being operated in five sites, namely, Amravati (Maharashtra), Chittoor (Seemandhra/Andhra), Malihabad (U.P.), Pusa (Bihar) and Sirsi (Karnataka) on three fruit crops viz., Mango, Citrus and Garcinia. …”
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Transformative engagements with gender relations in agriculture and water governance by Leder, S., Shrestha, Gitta, Das, D.

“…The approach was implemented in twelve villages across four districts in Nepal and India (Bihar, West Bengal). Our results show how the training methods can provide an open space to discuss local gender roles within households, agriculture and natural resource management. …”
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Can fruit and vegetable aggregation systems better balance improved producer livelihoods with more equitable distribution? by Cooper, G.S., Shankara, B., Rich, Karl M., Ratna, N.N., Alam, M.J., Singh, N., Kadiyala, S.

“…Using an innovative system dynamics modelling approach based on an aggregation scheme in Bihar, India, we identify potential trade-offs between outcomes relating to farmers and consumers in smaller local markets. …”
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Effects of an mHealth intervention for community health workers on maternal and child nutrition and health service delivery in India: Protocol for a quasi-experimental mixed-method... by Nimmagadda, Sneha, Gopalakrishnan, Lakshmi, Avula, Rasmi, Dhar, Diva, Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Mani, Sneha, Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…The study will recruit approximately 1500 Anganwadi workers and 6000+ mother-child dyads from 400+ matched-pair villages in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The primary outcomes are the proportion of beneficiaries receiving (a) adequate number of home visits and (b) appropriate level of counselling by the Anganwadi workers. …”
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Large survey dataset of rice production practices applied by farmers on their largest farm plot during 2018 in India by Ajay, Anurag, Craufurd, Peter, Kumar, Virender, Samaddar, Arindam, Malik, R.K., Sharma, Sachin, Ranjan, Harshit, Singh, A.K., Paudel, Gokul, Pundir, Ajay Kumar, Poonia, Shishpal, Kumar, Anurag, Kumar, Pankaj, Singh, Deepak Kumar, Singh, Madhulika, Iftikar, Wasim, Ignatius, Moben, Banik, Narayan, Mohapatra, Bidhan, Sagwal, Pardeep, Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Munshi, Sugandha, Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan, McDonald, Andrew

“…The dataset, n = 8355, covers eight Indian states, viz., Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. …”
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Sustainable intensification of potato zero-tillage using rice straw mulch Optimizing agronomic practices in eastern India by Kakraliya, S., Ramírez, D., Ninanya, J., Silva Díaz, C., Kumar, B., Singh, S., Choudhary, A., Gatto, M., Kreuze, Jan F.

“…This study aimed to optimize mulching thickness, plant spacing, fertilization strategies, and potato varieties under PZTM conditions during the Rabi seasons of 2021–22 and 2022–23 in Patna, Bihar, India. A randomized complete block design was implemented, consisting of four trials and 12 treatments, replicated three times, to assess the effects of varying fertilizer sources, mulch thickness, plant spacing, and potato varieties. …”
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A data-driven approach for devising and assessing precision nitrogen management strategies applied to wheat systems in India by Sherpa, Sonam, Nayak, Hari Sankar, Rossiter, David G., Craufurd, Peter, Kritee, Kritee, Kumar, Virender, Paudel, Gokul, Panneerselvam, Periyasamy , Pathak, Himanshu, Poonia, Shishpal P., Singh, Balwinder, Urfels, Anton, Van Es, Harold Mathijs, Gautam, Udham Singh, Malik, Ram Kanwar, Mcdonald, Andrew

“…With this approach, ex-ante simulations indicate that reductions of 9% in nitrogen use and 16% in N2O emissions can be achieved without compromising yields, saving US$ 28 million per year in subsidies for the Indian state of Bihar alone. In contrast, conventional soil test-based recommendations may increase nitrogen use by 5% without corresponding yield gains. …”
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Selection of elite seedling clones of mango (Mangifera indica L.) exposed by phylogenetic relationship and morpho-taxonomic traits by Singh, A., Sharma, N., Nath, V., Pandey, S.D., Kumar, K.K., Reddy, B.M.C., Sthapit, B.R.

“…In Pusa site of the UNEP/GEF sponsored project in the Bihar state of India, many mango seedlings are found growing in the orchards as well as in the backyards. …”
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Participatory plant breeding in rice in Eastern India by Kumar, Ravi, Singh, D.N., Prasad, S.C., Gangwar, J.S., Virk, Daljit S., Witcombe, John R.

“…Farmers (both male and female) from villages served by the KRIBHCO Indo-British Rain fed Farming Project made selections among bulk progenies derived from a cross between Kalinga III and IR64 that were grown at Ranchi, Bihar, in the main (rainy) season of 1998. The three most selected progeny bulks were promoted to an AH India Co-ordinated Rice Improvement Project varietal trial in the main season of 1999. …”
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Reviving the “Ganges Water Machine”: where and how much? by Muthuwatta, Lal P., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Sood, Aditya, Lagudu, S.

“…However, this may not be sufficient to effectively control the flood in the downstream areas of the GRB, such as in the state of Bihar (prone to floods), which receives a total flow of 277 billion m3 from upstream sub-basins.…”
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