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Agricultural reforms: Why eastern India needs a Green Revolution por Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Khan, Md. Tajuddin

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Household-level food and nutrition insecurity and its determinants in eastern India por Parappurathu, Shinoj, Kumar, Anjani, Bantilan, Cynthia, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Past studies have reported serious levels of food insecurity and under-nutrition existing in the eastern belt of India. This study specifically examined the food consumption pattern, levels of nutrition intake and nutrient intake gap of sample households in 12 villages of Eastern India based on data collected during the agricultural year 2011–12. …”
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India’s pearl millet seed industry: Prospects for high-iron hybrids por Karandikar, Bhushana, Smale, Melinda, Birol, Ekin, Tadla-Diressie, Michael

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Insights on the rapid adoption of Pusa 1121 basmati variety in North India por Joshi, Kuhu, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Khan, Md. Tajuddin, Kishore, Avinash

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Demand for a simple weather insurance product in India: Theory and evidence por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Robles, Miguel, Ceballos, Francisco

“…This article analyzes the demand for a simple rainfall‐based weather insurance product among farmers in rural India. We explore the predictions of a standard expected utility theory framework on the nature of demand in terms of price, the basis of the hedge, and risk aversion using data from a randomized control trial. …”
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Distortions to agricultural incentives in India: Evidence from agricultural value chains por Tokgoz, Simla, Majeed, Fahd

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Entitlement fetching or snatching? Effects of arbitrage on India’s public distribution system por Chakrabarti, Suman, Kishore, Avinash, Roy, Devesh

“…This is an important question for safety-net programs anywhere in the world, but particularly so for the public distribution system (PDS) of grains in India—the largest food-based safety-net program in the world. …”
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Introduction [In Pulses for nutrition in India: Changing patterns from farm to fork] por Roy, Devesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Chandra, Raj

“…The remainder of this chapter presents some facts that form the background motivation for this book: the production and consumption patterns of India’s pulse sector, the global context of trade in pulses and the position of India therein, the nutritional and environmental characteristics that make pulses a salient crop in meeting human needs, and the different initiatives for the pulses sector taken up by the government of India.…”
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Pathways from agriculture to nutrition in India: Implications for sustainable development goals por Das, Mousumi, Sharma, Ajay, Babu, Suresh Chandra

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Public incentives, private investment, and outlooks for hybrid rice in Bangladesh and India por Spielman, David J., Ward, Patrick S., Kolady, Deepthi Elizabeth, Ar-Rashid, Harun

“…The governments of Bangladesh and India have set impressive targets to expand hybrid rice cultivation as part of their national food security strategies for the next decade. …”
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Sustainable Development Goals: Strengthening rural-urban linkages is the key for India por Fan, Shenggen, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Currently, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050, as much as 66% is projected to be urban, with much of this rise taking place in developing countries. India is no exception: 33% of the population is urban and will rise to 50% by 2050.…”
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The evolution of tractorization in India’s low-wage economy: Key patterns and implications por Bhattarai, Madhusudan, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Shekhawa, R. S., Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…This study reviews the evolution of tractor use in India in the past few decades, and supplements this with a panel model analysis using factors associated with state-level tractor density growth. …”
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Future of agricultural extension reforms in developing countries: Lessons from India por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

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Heterogeneous demand for drought-tolerant rice: Evidence from Bihar, India por Ward, Patrick S., Ortega, David L., Spielman, David J., Singh, Vartika

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India’s right to food act: A novel approach to food security por Kishore, Avinash, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Hoddinott, John F.

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Information networks among women and men and the demand for an agricultural technology in India por Magnan, Nicholas, Spielman, David J., Gulati, Kajal, Lybbert, Travis J.

“…Using gender-disaggregated social network data from Uttar Pradesh, India, we analyze agricultural information networks among men and women. …”
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National policies and strategic plans to tackle undernutrition in India: A review por Vir, Sheila, Sreenath, K. C., Bose, Vijayluxmi, Chauhan, Kavita, Mathur, Shivani, Menon, Subhadra

“…This report summarizes all the findings of the review that was conducted over a 6-month period in 2012, placing it in the context of the macro-policy environment in India in which decisions have been, and are being, made to tackle undernutrition. …”
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Putting agriculture on the takeoff trajectory: Nurturing the seeds of growth in Bihar, India por Kishore, Avinash, Sharma, Bharat, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

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The cooling effect of pulse imports on price: The case of the pigeon pea in India por Negi, Akanksha, Roy, Devesh

“…The persistent shortfall in India’s production of pulses in the wake of rising demand has led to an increasing volume of imports in the last decade. …”
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Working multisectorally to improve nutrition: Global lessons and current status in India por Garrett, James L., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Kohli, Neha

“…The remainder of this note presents lessons learned from the global experiences, describes current multisectoral initiatives in India in nutrition, and makes recom-mendations that can ensure better implementation and sustainability of multisectoral approaches for nutrition in India.…”
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