in Bihar, in collaboration between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Patna, the International Fund … the core crops that the NAIP project in Bihar are focusing on. Primary surveys were fielded with producers, traders, cold … storages, and retailers at the end of 2009 on the rural-urban potato value chain in Bihar, more in particular from the …

in India, both for household nutrition and income. Most of the livestock are kept in mixed farming systems, where crop … residues, mainly cereal straws have been an important feed resource. India is deficient in the supply of fodder, resulting in … very low levels of productivity that limit marketable surplus of milk. In Bihar State, over 50% of the land area is planted …

domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …

Dairy farmers in Bihar are mostly smallholders having one or two local-bred milch animals, which are raised on crop …. Livestock being an important source of livelihood in Bihar, the study has a direct poverty relevance for state. The findings … indicate a huge gap between demand and supply of both dry and green fodder. South Bihar is fodder surplus area because of …

impact of this policy is not well understood. In a case study of the potato sector in Bihar, we find that there have been … through the cheaper storage of seed potatoes. However, more competition in the cold storage sector in Bihar is desirable as to …

In disadvantaged districts of Bihar, one of the poorest states in India and an area where smallholders dominate, we …

fodder production and marketing in one of the poorest sates in India, Bihar. … resource poor areas of India is inadequate supply of fodder. Insufficiency of fodder inflicts very low level of animal … the main source of fodder in much of India. Mitigating scarcity of dry fodder and managing availability of green fodder …

domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …

There have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of modern cold storages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in … India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies …