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Working Papers

2024

1. Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in India
   IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

2022

2. Productivity by Farm Size and Food Security
   2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2018

3. Doubling farmers’ income under climate change
   IWMI Working Papers, International Water Management Institute
   Also in IWMI Reports, International Water Management Institute View citations (1)

1995

4. Revisiting Structural Transformation: Ethics, Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment
   1994 Conference, August 22-29, 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe, International Association of Agricultural Economists

1988

5. Agricultural Growth, its Determinants, and Their Relationship to World Development: an Overview
   1988 Conference, August 24-31, 1988, Buenos Aires, Argentina, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

1976

6. Considerations Related to Optimum Pricing and Marketing Strategies in Rural Development
   1976 Conference, July 26-August 4, 1976, Nairobi, Kenya, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (3)

1972

7. Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies
   Staff Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (1973) View citations (19) (1973)

1971

8. A Labor Supply Theory of Economic Development
   Staff Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (5)
9. A Note on Dualistic Models
   Staff Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management
10. The Political Economy of Employment Oriented Development
    Staff Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Agriculture under the 4th industrial revolution
   Agricultural Economics, 2022, 53, (6), 851-854
2. Growing water scarcities: Responses of India and China
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022, 44, (1), 411-433 View citations (1)
3. Policy Note: Expanding Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Water Economics and Policy (WEP), 2022, 08, (01), 1-14 View citations (1)

2020

4. Structural Transformation: India in a Global Perspective since the 1960s
   Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 75, (01)

2017

5. The fourth industrial revolution, agricultural and rural innovation, and implications for public policy and investments: a case of India
   Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48, (S1), 87-100 View citations (22)

2015

6. Policy Note: "Water and Agriculture: Are We Ready for 2050?"
   Water Economics and Policy (WEP), 2015, 01, (01), 1-9

2010

7. Foreword
   IDS Bulletin, 2010, 41, (6), ix-ix

2003

8. Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (5), 1119-1125 View citations (3)
9. Global Public Goods, Global Programs, and Global Policies: Some Initial Findings from a World Bank Evaluation
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (3), 686-691 View citations (2)

2002

10. Discussion of Action Strategies to End Global Hunger in the 21st Century
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 84, (3), 845-846

1992

11. Approaches to uprooting poverty in Africa
    Food Policy, 1992, 17, (2), 95-108 View citations (1)

1991

12. African marketing boards under structural adjustment: The experience of Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s by H.L. Van der Laan and W.T.M. Van Haasen African Studies Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1990, 52 + xx pp
    Food Policy, 1991, 16, (4), 346-347
13. Integrated Strategy Approach for Poverty Alleviation: A Paramount Priority for Africa
    African Development Review, 1991, 3, (1), 1-29 View citations (6)
14. The Gendered Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 73, (5), 1452-1455
15. The Role of Aid and Capital Flows in Economic Development
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 73, (3), 947-950
16. Tyagi, D. S. Managing India's Food Economy: Problems and Alternatives. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1990, 240 pp., Rs. 165
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 73, (4), 1304-1305

1990

17. Structural adjustment, agricultural development and the poor: Some lessons from the Malawian experience
    World Development, 1990, 18, (9), 1207-1219 View citations (29)

1989

18. Marketing Improvement in the Developing World
    Agricultural Economics, 1989, 3, (2), 164-166
19. Marketing improvement in the developing world: what happens and what we have learned: Agricultural Services Section, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 1984, 1986 (revised edition). 237 pp. ISBN 92-5-101427-2
    Agricultural Economics, 1989, 3, (2), 164-166
20. Sources of Growth in East African Agriculture
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1989, 3, (1), 119-44 View citations (14)
21. The Development of National Agricultural Research Capacity: India's Experience with the Rockefeller Foundation and Its Significance for Africa
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1989, 37, (2), 305-43 View citations (29)

1986

22. Women and Structural Transformation
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1986, 34, (2), 195-221 View citations (21)

1984

23. The Role of Risk in an Agriculturally Led Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984, 66, (5), 677-683

1981

24. Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective
    World Development, 1981, 9, (1), 55-72 View citations (30)
25. Technological Change, Distributive Bias and Labor Transfer in a Two-Sector Economy
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1981, 33, (3), 426-41 View citations (23)

1978

26. Rural marketing in China: A comparative perspective
    World Development, 1978, 6, (5), 663-665

1976

27. Designing Rural Development Programs: Lessons from Past Experience in Africa
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1976, 24, (2), 287-308 View citations (2)

1975

28. Extension in the Andes: E.B. Rice, (M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1974) 552 pp
    Journal of Development Economics, 1975, 2, (2), 191-191

1973

29. Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies
    Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1973, 28, (01), 22 View citations (19)
    Also in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1973, 28, (01) (1973) View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies, Staff Papers (1972) View citations (4) (1972)

1967

30. Market Integration: A Study of Sorghum Prices in Western India
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1967, 49, (1_Part_I), 147-159 View citations (27)

Chapters

2018

1. Devising Effective Strategies and Policies for CSA: Insights from a Panel of Global Policy Experts
   Springer View citations (3)