are presented below. Upstream. First, potato production in Bihar is largely in the hands of smallholders: farmers from the … smallest half of potato producers cultivate 0.5 acres of potato. This compares to 1.8 acres for farmers from the largest group …. Second, farmers suffer from an important late blight disease problem. Actual potato yields in 2009 were two-thirds lower than …

Livestock production, especially dairy, has long been an important activity for smallholder and resource-poor farmers … water–become scarcer. Fodder scarcity affects most farmers but is particularly acute for landless and those with access to … farmers are smallholders having one or two local-breed milch animals, which are raised on crop residues and natural pastures …

maintains the hydraulic infrastructure, but farmers have to contribute to funding and managing the irrigation systems. In this … between farmers and the state. As a result, water user groups have become an integral part of local water management and …

welfare of farmers and rural poor. This study tends to emphasize the importance of creating special microfinance institutions …