Vksonkar

In recent years, as the custom-hiring market has spurred agricultural mechanization 🚜, Nepal's ag sector has seen a significant increase in returns-to-scale in production. 📈 Paper by @IFPRI's Hiroyuki Takeshima & @DrAnjaniKumar6: doi.org/10.1353/jda.20… @PIM_CGIAR @IFPRISAO

#NowReading the new @businessline op-ed about policies needed to improve #SouthAsia’s trade in #livestock 🐐 🐄, by @DrAnjaniKumar6 (@IFPRISAO) & Abhishek Jha (@DnBTechnologies) 👇 thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/boosti…

Attended NITI consultation on Agriculture. I propsed: 1) pilot PPP to develop agri infrastructure; 2) federate FPOs; 3) make SFAC independent; 4) promote frontier technologies; 5) M&E of govt. programs by independent group, which report to PMO or NITI.

#NowReading 📖 @DrAnjaniKumar6 (@IFPRI), Ashok K. Mishra, and Pramod K. Joshi's book 📚 all about the role of value chains and contract #farming in #SouthAsia's agricultural transformation. 🌾 🚜 Check it out! 👇 routledge.com/Transforming-A… @IFPRISAO @routledgebooks

Agriculture is vital for #Nepal’s economy. #Newbook @IFPRI📚 “Agricultural Transformation in Nepal” by @DrAnjaniKumar6, @pkjoshi_Agri & Ganesh Thapa, provides analytical research on challenges & opportunities in 🇳🇵Nepal’s agriculture More 👉bit.ly/2Gw3BoK @USAIDNepal

Half of #farmers 🌾 in eastern #India don't have adequate access 🚫 to institutional #credit despite govt attempts to include them in #financial services 🏦, shows new study by @IFPRI's @DrAnjaniKumar6 & colleagues. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1108/AFR-04… @PIM_CGIAR @icarindia

Researchers find that cultivation of high-value crops in Eastern #India plays significant role in enhancing #farm income, consumption expenditure & reducing #poverty. ➡️ow.ly/TNEM50AdcGa @DrAnjaniKumar6 @sunilsaroj @IFPRISAO @icarindia #openaccess

#NowReading: Research from Eastern #India reveals that access to #credit, especially from formal sources, increases #farmers’ economic well-being. 📢🆕@epw_in study👉bit.ly/2ZZrZ9S @DrAnjaniKumar6 @Vksonkar3 @sunilsaroj @IFPRISAO @icarindia

#NowReading 🗞️op-ed 'Reviving the farm economy'. Return of migrant workers to villages offers an opportunity to give agribusiness a leg-up by @IFPRISAO's @DrAnjaniKumar6 and @ICRISAT's @arvindpadhee @kumar_shalande More ➡️bit.ly/3dhJzti via @bsindia @IFPRI

Does adopting #foodsafety measures impact #smallholder dairy farmers’ yields & profitability? New study by @DrAnjaniKumar6 @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @pkjoshi_Agri of #Indian dairy farmers says yes! doi.org/10.1002/agr.21… @IFPRISAO @WPCareySchool @icarindia

Does adopting #foodsafety measures impact #smallholder dairy farmers’ yields & profitability? New study by @DrAnjaniKumar6 @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @pkjoshi_Agri of #Indian dairy farmers says yes! doi.org/10.1002/agr.21… @IFPRISAO @WPCareySchool @icarindia

Welcome move. Farmer Producer Organization will help farmers in taking advantage of economies-of-scale, reducing the transactions cost of farmers, and accessing technology, and markets. There is a need to educate farmers on their functioning.

Babulal Dahiya from Satna in MP, in pursuit of protecting the environment has achieved something extraordinary. He harvests 110 varieties of traditional rice crop in 2 acres of land without using any chemical fertilizers. Each variety has a unique taste, unlike the hybrid ones.

Access to credit increases #rural households’ income💰, #openaccess study finds. Authors call for nonfinancial institutions (e.g. #selfhelpgroups) to enter #India’s rural credit market. dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.ec… @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @icarindia #AccesstoCredit

New study finds that 52% of households in eastern #India don’t have access to any type of loan. Bank branches in villages make a huge difference in access to #credit! ▶️ doi.org/10.5958/0974-0… @Vksonkar3 @IFPRISAO @icarindia

Access to credit increases #rural households’ income💰, #openaccess study finds. Authors call for nonfinancial institutions (e.g. #selfhelpgroups) to enter #India’s rural credit market. dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.ec… @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @icarindia #AccesstoCredit

📢New #openaccess study by @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 in #India finds that access to #credit is strongly associated with households’ socioeconomic wellbeing. Credit schemes for the poor are critical! dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.ec… @icarindia #FinancialInclusion

📢New #openaccess study by @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 in #India finds that access to #credit is strongly associated with households’ socioeconomic wellbeing. Credit schemes for the poor are critical! dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.ec… @icarindia #FinancialInclusion

Farmer producer organizations in #Bihar are successful on many fronts as an institution for collective action. But challenges of negative selection, inadequate M&E mechanisms remain. New paper: doi.org/10.5958/0974-0… @TCI_TARINA @IFPRISAO @A4NH_CGIAR @icarindia @gatesfoundation

New study finds that 52% of households in eastern #India don’t have access to any type of loan. Bank branches in villages make a huge difference in access to #credit! ▶️ doi.org/10.5958/0974-0… @Vksonkar3 @IFPRISAO @icarindia