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Gender, agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in India by Barooah, Prapti, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Pathak, Vishal

“…India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of India has put together an impressive set of programs to address climate change impacts on agriculture, substantial shortcomings of these programs have been identified, especially in reaching women farmers. …”
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What ails India’s free trade agreements? by Pohit, Sanjib, Pal, Barun Deb

“…Since that did not materialise, the government of India does not foresee any gain from joining RCEP. …”
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Compilation of an input-output table and social accounting matrix for India: 2012-13 by Venkatesh, Anuradha, Pal, Barun Deb

“…The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of the Government of India has been regularly publishing IOTs since the 1960s. …”
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Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies by Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Tyagi, N.K., Pandey, Divya

“…The Government of India has pursued policies supporting intensive use of irrigation and fertilizer for the development of agrarian economy. …”
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Adoption of agronomic practices and their impact on crop yield and income: an analysis for black gram and green gram in India by Varma, P., Manda, J.

“…Black gram and green gram are important pulse crops in India, but their production has faced fluctuations and stagnancy in yields over the last few decades. The Government of India has implemented several measures to enhance crop yield, including recommending and promoting the adoption of crop-specific agronomic practices. …”
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The Vision of a Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture by Dhulipala, Ram, Mehrotra, Nipun, Kanitkar, Ajit

“…The authors published a policy brief in 2023 titled “The Vision of a Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture” for the T20/G20, which was subsequently selected out of 300+ briefs by the Government of India to be published as a detailed book chapter in 2024 in the G20 Compendium. …”
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Transforming fallow lands: An impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Rice Fallow Management (CRFM) Program in Odisha by Roy, Devesh, Padhee, Arabinda Kumar, Pradhan, Mamata, Saroj, Sunil, Vidhani, Vandana, Kumar, Devendra, Kumar Burman, Amit

“…The CRFM program was implemented in 20 districts of Odisha, in collaboration with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India empaneled agencies that have a presence in the state and prior experience in similar programs. …”
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Modeling water supply and demand scenarios: the Godavari-Krishna inter-basin transfer, India by Bharati, Luna, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Anand, B.K.

“…The Government of India's National River-Linking Plan (NRLP) aims to alleviate emerging water scarcity problems by transferring water from well endowed to more deficient areas. …”
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Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India by Barooah, Prapti, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Pathak, Vishal

“…CONTEXT India's agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change's adverse effects. The Government of India has an impressive set of programs to address this issue, but they have substantial shortcomings, especially in reaching women farmers. …”
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Can information help reduce imbalanced application of fertilizers in India? Experimental evidence from Bihar by Fishman, Ram, Kishore, Avinash, Rothler, Yoav, Ward, Patrick S., Jha, Shankar, Singh, R.K. P.

“…To address the issue, the government of India is investing in a large-scale, expensive program of individualizedsoil testing and customized fertilizer recommendations, with the hope that scientific information will lead farmers to optimize the fertilizer mix. …”
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Soft skill development for community leadership in participatory groundwater management by International Water Management Institute, Centre for microFinance (CmF), People's Education and Development Organization (PEDO), Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)

“…The Soft Skill Training Module for Community Leadership in Participatory Groundwater Management (PGWM) was developed to complement the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL), a key policy of the Government of India that designates communities as resource managers for the common-pool resource of groundwater. …”
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Examining the transfer of knowledge and training to smallholders in India: direct and spillover effects of agricultural advisory services in an emerging economy by Varshney, Deepak, Joshi, Pramod K., Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Dubey, S. K.

“…We evaluate a large-scale model of agricultural advisory services, known as Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) or Farm Science Centers, introduced by the Government of India to facilitate smallholder adoption of new agricultural technologies. …”
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Proceedings of the Workshop of the Stakeholder Consultation on Policy Coherence among Food, Land, and Water Systems in India, New Delhi, India, 16 June 2023 by Taneja, Garima, Katyaini, S., Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta, Chaturvedi, K., Mitra, Archisman, Verma, Shilp, Bassi, N.

“…Guided by NITI Aayog, an apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, IWMI and CEEW researched the policy landscape at the national level in the food, land, and water (FLW) sectors, shortlisting seven central government schemes to understand ways to strengthen policy coherence and impact. …”
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Take-home rations in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): Study of coverage and uptake in Tamil Nadu by Nair, Sapna, Ashok, Sattvika, Menon, Purnima, Avula, Rasmi

“…Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development. …”
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Unwatering the fields: analyzing incentives for crop diversification amid groundwater crisis in India by Gupta, D., Mitra, Archisman

“…Using the plot-level cost of cultivation data for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20, obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, we show that the current proposed incentives are inadequate for shifting from water-intensive paddy to less water-intensive crops, mainly due to the higher profitability of paddy cultivation in terms of high yields and lower production costs as compared to other crops. …”
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Fertiliser policies in ensuring food security and emerging issues in India by Singh, Bijay, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur

“…To ensure the sufficiency of food grains in the country, the Government of India has implemented several fertiliser policies since the 1950s to provide enough quality fertilisers to farmers at affordable prices. …”
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India's fertilizer policies: implications for food security, environmental sustainability, and climate change by Sapkota, Tek, Bijay, Singh

“…To ensure food security, the Government of India has implemented various policies since the 1950s to provide enough and affordable fertilizer for farmers. …”
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Understanding groundwater storage changes and recharge in Rajasthan, India through remote sensing by Chinnasamy, Pennan, Maheshwari, B., Prathapar, Sanmugam A.

“…Since agroclimatic zones have already been demarcated by the Government of India, it would aid policy makers to understand the status of groundwater recharge and discharge in each agroclimatic zone. …”
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Technology and policy options for reducing India's import dependence on edible oils by S. J., Balaji, Sharma, Purushottam, P., Venkatesh, Kapoor, Shreya

“…Enhancing domestic production capacity should help bring down import bills. The Government of India has taken several policy measures to promote oilseeds and edible oil production. …”
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Picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Mishra, Azad, Robles, Miguel, Toor, Mann S.

“…Farmers in these states also have higher agricultural incomes and larger landholding sizes compared to the rest of India (Government of India 2016). However, in the last decade, yield-growth has stagnated and farmers have struggled with depleted water tables and poor soil fertility (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare 2015–2016).…”
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