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Postal address:	National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, India
Workplace:	National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Can Finance Mitigate Climate Risks in Agriculture? Farm-level Evidence from India
   Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)
2. Economic valuation of ecosystem services of selected interventions in agriculture in India
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. From Research to Impact: Payoffs to Investment in Agricultural Research and Extension in India
   Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)
4. Regulation and Policy Response to Groundwater Preservation in India
   Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

2023

5. Livestock Farmers' Information Needs, Search Behaviours, and their Impact
   Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

2020

6. Market access, price policy and diversification in Indian agriculture
   Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
7. Uncertain Monsoon, Irrigation and Crop Yields: Implications for Pricing of Insurance Products
   EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg
   Also in Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India (2020) View citations (2)

2019

8. Transformation and sources of growth in Southeast Asian agriculture
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)

2017

9. Enhancing Farmers’ Income: Who to Target and How?
   Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) View citations (2)

2016

10. Formal versus informal: Efficiency, inclusiveness, and financing of dairy value chains in India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (9)
11. Sources of Growth in Indian Agriculture: Implications for Food Security and Poverty
    Conference Papers, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

2015

12. Agricultural Diversification and Poverty in India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (4)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (4)
13. The Impact of Information on Returns from Farming
    Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

2014

14. Changing sources of growth in Indian agriculture: Implications for regional priorities for accelerating agricultural growth
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (15)

2011

15. Supply Response and Investments in Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
    2011 ASAE 7th International Conference, October 13-15, Hanoi, Vietnam, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE)
    See also Journal Article Supply Response and Investment in Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) (2012) (2012)

2008

16. Improving farm-to-market linkages through contract farming: A case study of smallholder dairying in India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (25)

2007

17. Diversification in Indian agriculture towards high-value crops: The role of smallholders
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (13)

2006

18. Efficiency and distribution in contract farming: the case of Indian poultry growers
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (20)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (2005) View citations (6)
19. Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (15)

2005

20. Vertical coordination in high-value commodities: implications for smallholders
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (46)

2004

21. Agricultural diversification in India and role of urbanization
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)

2003

22. Agriculture diversification in South Asia: patterns, determinants, and policy implications
    MSSD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (85)
23. Economic Potential of Biological Substitutes for Agrochemicals
    Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) View citations (1)

2002

24. Assessment of Research Priorities for Livestock Sector in India
    Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) View citations (2)

1999

25. Sources of Growth in the Livestock Sector
    Policy Papers, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The impact of direct benefit transfers for micro-irrigation on farm performance: Evidence from India
   Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, 26, (7), 17995-18015

2023

2. Delayed monsoon, irrigation and crop yields
   Agricultural Economics, 2023, 54, (1), 77-94 View citations (2)

2022

3. Assessing benefits of crop insurance vis-a-vis irrigation in Indian agriculture
   Food Policy, 2022, 112, (C) View citations (3)
4. Investigating the impact of information on the efficiency of smallholder dairy production systems in India and the lessons for livestock extension policy
   Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2022, 35, (2) View citations (1)

2021

5. Benefits of irrigation against heat stress in agriculture: Evidence from wheat crop in India
   Agricultural Water Management, 2021, 255, (C) View citations (10)
6. Climate change and land-use in Indian agriculture
   Land Use Policy, 2021, 109, (C) View citations (9)
7. Crop choices in Indian agriculture: Role of market access and price policy
   Economics Bulletin, 2021, 41, (4), 2249-2256
8. Effectiveness of Farmers’ Risk Management Strategies in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from India
   Climatic Change, 2021, 169, (3), 1-35 View citations (2)
9. The prices of perishable food commodities in India: the impact of the lockdown
   Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2021, 34, (2)
10. Understanding the geographic pattern of diffusion of modern crop varieties in India: a multilevel modeling approach
    Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2021, 13, (3), 637-651 View citations (3)

2020

11. Diversification in Indian agriculture towards high value crops: Multilevel determinants and policy implications
    Land Use Policy, 2020, 91, (C) View citations (7)
12. Farmers' social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India
    International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2020, 17, (2), 368-385 View citations (2)
13. Spatial spill-overs, structural transformation and economic growth in India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2020, 32, (2) View citations (1)

2019

14. A multilevel analysis of drought risk in Indian agriculture: implications for managing risk at different geographical levels
    Climatic Change, 2019, 157, (3), 499-513 View citations (4)
15. Crop diversification and resilience of agriculture to climatic shocks: Evidence from India
    Agricultural Systems, 2019, 173, (C), 345-354 View citations (54)
16. Fuelled by technological change and backed by investment in irrigation, infrastructure (e.g., roads and electricity) markets and institutions (e.g., credit and extension) and enabling policies India experienced tremendous increase in agricultural productivity and food supplies that propelled the country into food selfsufficiency from a situation of acute food shortages in the 1960s and 1970s. Between 1966-67 and 2016-17 production of foodgrains increased by three-fold (from 95 to 275 million tonnes), of fruits and vegetables by seven-fold (from 40 to 268 million tonnes) and of milk by eight-fold (from 20 to 163 million tonnes). On the whole, agricultural sector during this period grew at an annual rate of around 3 per cent that helped millions of rural people escape poverty (Datt and Ravallion, 1998; Datt et al., 2016)
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 74, (01)
17. Understanding causes of volatility in onion prices in India
    Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2019, 9, (3), 255-275 View citations (4)

2018

18. Assessing the economic impact of a low-cost water-saving irrigation technology in Indian Punjab: the tensiometer
    Water International, 2018, 43, (2), 305-321 View citations (9)
19. Farmers’ choice of market channels and producer prices in India: Role of transportation and communication networks
    Food Policy, 2018, 81, (C), 106-121 View citations (40)

2017

20. Does consumption of tobacco and alcohol affect household food security? Evidence from rural India
    Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2017, 9, (2), 255-279 View citations (9)
21. Spatial and Temporal Diversity in Adoption of Modern Wheat Varieties in India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2017, 30, (01) View citations (2)

2016

22. Patterns and Drivers of Dairy Development in India: Insights from Analysis of Household and District-level Data
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2016, 29, (01) View citations (9)

2015

23. Assessing the Impact of Crop Diversification on Farm Poverty in India
    World Development, 2015, 72, (C), 70-92 View citations (54)
24. Farmers' Preference for Farming: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Farm Survey in India
    The Developing Economies, 2015, 53, (2), 122-134 View citations (10)
25. Innovations in financing of agri-food value chains in China and India
    China Agricultural Economic Review, 2015, 7, (4), 616-640 View citations (7)
26. Is Indian agriculture becoming resilient to droughts? Evidence from rice production systems
    Food Policy, 2015, 56, (C), 1-12 View citations (32)
27. Livestock Marketing and Supply Chain Management of Livestock Products
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 70, (01), 3
    Also in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 69, (3), 6 (2014)
28. Livestock, Women, and Child Nutrition in Rural India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2015, 28, (2) View citations (2)
29. The impacts of information on returns from farming: evidence from a nationally representative farm survey in India
    Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (4), 549-561 View citations (31)

2014

30. How Sensitive is Indian Agriculture to Climate Change?
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 69, (4), 14 View citations (18)
31. Impact of Climate Change on Yields of Major Food Crops in India: Implications for Food Security
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2014, 27, (2) View citations (35)
32. Income Sources of Farm Households in India: Determinants, Distributional Consequences and Policy Implications
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2014, 27, (01) View citations (16)

2013

33. Application of Frontier Technologies for Agricultural Development
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 68, (01), 19 View citations (3)
34. Diversification in Indian Agriculture toward High-Value Crops: The Role of Small Farmers
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2013, 61, (1), 61-91 View citations (30)
35. Positive Environmental Externalities of Livestock in Mixed Farming Systems of India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2013, 26, (01) View citations (1)

2012

36. Potential Economic Benefits from Adoption of Improved Drought-tolerant Groundnut in India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2012, 25, (01) View citations (7)
37. Supply Response and Investment in Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2012, 09, (2), 16
    Also in Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2012, 9, (2), 31-46 (2012)
    See also Working Paper Supply Response and Investments in Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh, 2011 ASAE 7th International Conference, October 13-15, Hanoi, Vietnam (2011) (2011)

2011

38. Agriculture, economic growth and regional disparities in India
    Journal of International Development, 2011, 23, (1), 119-131 View citations (18)

2010

39. Environmental Value of Draught Animals: Saving of Fossil-fuel and Prevention of Greenhouse Gas Emission
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2010, 23, (2) View citations (2)
40. India’s Livestock Feed Demand: Estimates and Projections
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2010, 23, (01) View citations (5)
41. Unlocking the Potential of Agriculture in North-eastern Hill Region of India
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 65, (3), 15 View citations (2)

2009

42. Demand Projections for Foodgrains in India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2009, 22, (2) View citations (14)
43. Farm-Level Impacts of Vertical Coordination of the Food Supply Chain: Evidence from Contract Farming of Milk in India
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 64, (3), 16 View citations (8)
44. Grower heterogeneity and the gains from contract farming
    Indian Growth and Development Review, 2009, 2, (1), 56-74 View citations (20)
45. Strengthening Pluralistic Agricultural Information Delivery Systems in India
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2009, 22, (01) View citations (16)

2008

46. Can Horticulture Revitalise Agricultural Growth?
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 63, (3), 12 View citations (9)
47. Linking Smallholder Livestock Producers to Markets: Issues and Approaches
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 63, (01), 19 View citations (10)
48. Trading in Livestock and Livestock Products
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 63, (01), 6

2007

49. Linking Farmers to Markets for High-Value Agricultural Commodities
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2007, 20, (Conference) View citations (10)

2006

50. Agricultural Diversification in North Eastern Region of India: Implications for Growth and Equity
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 61, (3), 13 View citations (13)
51. Diversification and Its Impact on Smallholders: Evidence from a Study on Vegetable Production
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2006, 19, (2) View citations (40)

2004

52. Impact of Agricultural Technology on Growth, Equity and Sustainability of Natural Resources: A Synthesis
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2004, 17, (Conference)

2000

53. Economics of Integrated Pest Management: Evidences and Issues
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 55, (4) View citations (7)

1999

54. Consumer Willingness to Pay for Seafood and Domestic Market Development - The Contingent Valuation Approach
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 54, (4) View citations (2)

1998

55. Energy Demand for Crop Production in Rainfed Areas
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 53, (3) View citations (1)

1997

56. Pesticide Use in Indian Agriculture in Relation to Growth in Area and Produciton and Technological Change
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 52, (3) View citations (2)

1995

57. Structure of Rural Income Inequality: A Study in Western Uttar Pradesh
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 50, (2) View citations (8)

1993

58. SEGMENTATION AND INTEREST RATE IN RURAL CREDIT MARKETS: SOME EVIDENCE FROM EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
    Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993, 16, (2), 11

1992

59. CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION STATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
    Agricultural Economics Research Review, 1992, 05, (01) View citations (2)

1991

60. Land-Lease Market, Resource Adjustment and Agricultural Development
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 46, (3) View citations (2)

Chapters

2017

1. Formal Versus Informal: Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Financing of Dairy Value Chains in Indian Punjab
   Springer View citations (21)