Vksonkar

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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: https://t.co/1TcVgh0jbj

@PIM_CGIAR @IFPRISAO

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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

https://t.co/KWriQlzgiK

[P K Joshi @pkjoshi_Agri]

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.

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

#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! 👇
https://t.co/zRxjvWqpdv

@IFPRISAO @routledgebooks

[IFPRI South Asia @IFPRISAO]

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 👉https://t.co/Z02JyM0g5v @USAIDNepal

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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 👉 https://t.co/XJFj8JtV25

@PIM_CGIAR @icarindia

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

Researchers find that cultivation of high-value crops in Eastern #India plays significant role in enhancing #farm income, consumption expenditure & reducing #poverty. ➡️https://t.co/7mJ309lLOG

@DrAnjaniKumar6 @sunilsaroj @IFPRISAO @icarindia

#openaccess

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

#NowReading: Research from Eastern #India reveals that access to #credit, especially from formal sources, increases #farmers’ economic well-being.
📢🆕@epw_in study👉https://t.co/hto6KrElAV

@DrAnjaniKumar6 @Vksonkar3 @sunilsaroj @IFPRISAO @icarindia

[IFPRI South Asia @IFPRISAO]

#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 ➡️https://t.co/XGc4kF9Vrx via @bsindia @IFPRI

[IFPRI @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! https://t.co/MqQcsqwq3t @IFPRISAO
@WPCareySchool @icarindia

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

Does adopting #foodsafety measures impact #smallholder dairy farmers’ yields & profitability? New study by @DrAnjaniKumar6 @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @pkjoshi_Agri of #Indian dairy farmers says yes! https://t.co/EMpoBA14Ot @IFPRISAO
@WPCareySchool @icarindia

[P K Joshi @pkjoshi_Agri]

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.

[VVS Laxman @VVSLaxman281]

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.

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

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. https://t.co/qPPBD03pM8 @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @icarindia #AccesstoCredit

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

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! ▶️ https://t.co/GnsjhwMB4P @Vksonkar3 @IFPRISAO @icarindia

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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. https://t.co/mJvWjF40IB @IFPRISAO @sunilsaroj @Vksonkar3 @icarindia #AccesstoCredit

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

📢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! https://t.co/qPPBD03pM8 @icarindia #FinancialInclusion

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

📢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! https://t.co/mJvWjFlC7b @icarindia #FinancialInclusion

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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: https://t.co/ggmOuiaQH8 @TCI_TARINA @IFPRISAO @A4NH_CGIAR @icarindia @gatesfoundation

[IFPRI @IFPRI]

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! ▶️ https://t.co/nQp6RJQ8J2 @Vksonkar3 @IFPRISAO @icarindia