Tag Search: “agriculture”
What explains the steep poverty decline in India from 2004 to 2011?
Ashok Kotwal, Editor-in-Chief, Ideas for India, interviews Pronab Sen on the recent poverty figures that show a steep decline in poverty in India between 2004 and 2011. According to him, the shift in...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 July, 2013
- Perspectives
Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on Intra-Household Allocation of Labour
This project focusses on the impact of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) on the labour market through studying its impact on intra-household allocation of labour, particularly betwee...
- Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
- 15 December, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Understanding Mandis: Market Towns and the Dynamics of India's Rural and Urban Transformations
The idea behind this project is to undertake process-oriented investigations that will involve the study of interactions, especially between agricultural markets, settlements, technology, infrastructu...
- Devesh Kapur Mekhala Krishnamurthy
- 01 April, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
This project investigates how potato farmers in West Bengal sell their crop to local traders, the determinants of farm-gate prices and margins earned by traders. Specifically, it examines the role of ...
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Sujata Visaria
- 31 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Agricultural activity is inherently risky, and smoothing consumption across years or seasons is a significant challenge for agrarian households in developing countries.
- Mushfiq Mobarak Mark Rosenzweig
- 01 November, 2011
- IGC Research on India