Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Food System: An Introduction -- Cropland Expansion -- Crop Productivity and Potential -- Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields -- Evolving Livestock Sector -- Farm Size, Food Security, and Welfare -- Evolving Food Value Chains -- Evolving Animal...

In disadvantaged districts of Bihar, one of the poorest states in India and an area where smallholders dominate, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of modern cold storages, triggered by market reform, investment subsidies, and better overall public service...

The adoption of modern technologies in agriculture is crucial for improving productivity of poor farmers and poverty reduction. However, the adoption of modern technology has been disappointing. The role of value chains in technology adoption has been largely ignored so far, despite the dramatic...