Striving to revive pulses in India with extension, input subsidies, and output price supports

Travis J. Lybbert, Ashish Shenoy, Tomoé Bourdier () and Caitlin Kieran
Additional contact information
Travis J. Lybbert: UC - University of California
Ashish Shenoy: UC - University of California
Tomoé Bourdier: UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Caitlin Kieran: Landesa

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: Pulse production in India has stagnated relative to staple grains and cash crops, raising concerns about rural protein consumption. We experimentally evaluate an effort to increase local pulse production in Bihar. This intervention consisted of 2 years of input subsidies and extension to facilitate learning, followed by the creation of marketing organizations and a year of output price support to raise profitability. Farmers respond to price signals by expanding inputs when subsidized and increasing pulse sales under price supports. However, we see no evidence that the program shifted equilibrium production portfolios as pulses return to pre-intervention levels after the support ends. Results indicate that short-term learning by doing cannot overcome long-run barriers to local pulse production, even when farmers have a viable outlet to sell their surplus output.

Keywords: Inde; Bihar; petite exploitation agricole; légume sec; subvention; prix agricole; variété indigène; enquête; rendement des cultures; Fagopyrum tataricum; Agricultural extension; India; Pulses; Technology adoption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-05182066v1
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 106 (3), pp.1167-1192. ⟨10.1111/ajae.12435⟩

Downloads: (external link)
https://hal.science/hal-05182066v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05182066

DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12435

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().