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, yet the policy discourse around food and nutrition security in India has largely been gender-blind. This paper, based on a …-transformative approaches in policies and programs for achieving food and nutrition security in India, in this paper we set out an alternate … possible implications for research and policy in gender-just food and nutrition interventions in India …
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We show analytically and empirically that non-classical measurement errors in the two key variables in a hypothesized relationship can bias the estimated relationship between them in any direction. Furthermore, if these measurement errors are correlated, correcting for either one alone can...
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Malnutrition is endemic in India. In 2015-16 some 38% of preschool children were stunted and 21% were wasted, while … malnutrition in India, but surprisingly few discuss the role of Indian diets, particularly the affordability of nutritious diets … given low wages and the significant structural problems facing India's agricultural sector. This study was undertaken to …
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The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme aims to provide income support to farmers to facilitate timely access to inputs by easing their liquidity needs. This study, based on 1,406 farmers of Uttar Pradesh and using a binary choice model, examines the scheme's targeting accuracy...
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Using the decennial All-India Debt and Investment Survey from 1981-82 to 2012-13, this paper delves into the spatial … and temporal trends in private fixed capital expenditure and its composition, among rural households in India. We also …
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-help groups (SHGs) using two datasets from India. Older women and those in villages without banks are more likely to join SHGs …
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The study analyzes food inflation trends in India over the last decade. Annual trends show that different commodities …
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Policy making in food security is at a crossroads in India, particularly for the rice crop. Whereas India has emerged … the marginalized rural and urban populations of the country. In this study, we analyze the long-term impact of India … demand-and-supply model to India's rice market and link it with the world rice market, as part of a broad partial equilibrium …
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Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in India. Using nationally representative data, we test empirically …
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A goal of agricultural policy in India has been to reduce farmers' dependence on informal credit. To that end, recent … institutional credit and net farm income and consumption expenditures in India are not very well documented. Using a large national … India, formal credit is indeed playing a critical role in increasing both the net farm income and per capita monthly …
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