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Commercialization and Mission Drift in Microfinance: Implications for Rural India
The emergence of microfinance has been justified as a measure to occupy the empty space that was created with the retreat of formal banking as part of structural and neoliberal reforms for rural India in post-1990s. Worldwide, although the microfinance institution (MFI) has been flouted to provide...Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020) -
Competitiveness and Trade Performance of India's Dairy Industry
The study investigates the pattern, trends, competitiveness, and determinants of the export of dairy products from India—the world’s largest milk producer. Data show that exports of dairy products from India have witnessed a remarkable growth in recent years. Our estimates also establish...Volume 11 Issue No. 2 (December 2014) -
Economic and Profitability Analysis of Walnut Production in Kashmir Valley, India
The Jammu and Kashmir union territory is the largest producer of walnuts in India, and this crop provides an important source of livelihood for many farmers. This study aims to measure the economic efficiency and profitability of walnut orchards and explore constraints in cultivation in the Kashmir...Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023) -
Transition from Agriculture to Non-Agriculture Occupations in West Bengal, India: Causes and Way Forward
This empirical study reveals that agriculture in West Bengal, a major state in India, is nonviable as a primary source of occupation for most agricultural households who have been distressed to diversify to the nonfarm sector. However, the underdeveloped rural nonfarm sector does not leave enough...Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023) -
Evaluation Criteria for the Suitability of Apple Cultivation in Kashmir Valley, India
The study aims to provide viable criteria to assess land suitability for apple growing in Kashmir Valley, India. It used a Delphi survey and the analytical hierarchical process (AHP) approach to determine factors influencing apple production. The evaluation criteria were obtained through multiple...Volume 20 Issue No. 1 (June 2023) -
Fish and Fishery Products Trade by India: Trends, Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage
This study analyzes the trends and determines the comparative advantage and competitiveness of India’s fish and fishery products trade in the world market and of India’s exports to 10 major destinations over the period of 2000–2021. We use the revealed symmetric comparative...Volume 19 Issue No. 2 (December 2022) -
Coping with Climatic Stress in Eastern India: Farmer Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties
Cultivating stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) is widely cited as a strategy of rice farmers to cope with climate-induced stresses. In India, dissemination of STRVs started in 2008 through international development initiatives, but only 5 percent of farmers have adopted it after seven years...Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022) -
Exploring the ICT Preferences of Personnel from Agricultural Extension Organizations in the Northeastern Region of India
Although the public extension system in India is known to be one of the largest in the world, it still lacks coordinated effort in managing the links between research, extension, and farmers, resulting in non-uniform distribution of agricultural knowledge and technology. A vast majority of the...Volume 18 Issue No. 1 (June 2021) -
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Emergence of Producer Companies as Innovative Institutions for Agriculture Development in India: Issues and Challenges
Small and marginal farmers encounter several challenges in managing their farms, the major being limited investment capacity, access to inputs, water, power, and credit. In India, the Ministry of Agriculture recognized the collectivization of these farmers into producer organizations (POs) as the...Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020) -
Heterogeneous Climatic Impacts on Agricultural Production: Evidence from Rice Yield in Assam, India
Understanding the nature and extent of climatic impacts on agricultural productivity under a variety of scenarios is extremely important for developing countries, where a sizable portion of the population relies on agriculture for life and livelihood. Thus, this paper presents evidence of...Volume 15 Issue No. 1 (June 2018)
