Farmer field days (FFDs) are a tool used to transfer knowledge about new technologies from trained farmers to others in their communities. However, studies show mixed results for the effectiveness of FFDs for information diffusion. We conducted experimental auctions for agricultural inputs with...

This paper examines different types of agricultural insurance to find the best product to increase the yield of farmers in Aruppukottai, a small village in Tamil Nadu, India. The paper explores the best way to maximize the resources of​ my ​NGO, Khasanam, so as to have maximum impact in...

Agricultural technology adoption is an important driver of rural poverty reduction. We study take-up of a specific technology: BARI-Mung 6 (BM6), an improved mung bean seed variety, among smallholder farmers in the southern region of Bangladesh. In contrast to agronomic studies on BM6...

Without reliable seasonal climate forecasts, farmers and managers in other weather-sensitive sectors might adopt practices that are optimal for recent climate conditions. To demonstrate this principle, crop simulation models driven by a dense meteorological network were used to identify...

Studies show that cereal diversity positively affects mean yields, suggesting increased crop diversity as a means of increasing production (Di Falco and Chavas 2009, Baumgärtner and Quaas 2010). In practice though, agricultural development has relied on nondiverse systems. Using the Ethiopian...

The district of Muzaffarnagar is the highest sugarcane producing district in Uttar Pradesh and therefore is an important industrial district as well. The district is part of Western UP and it shares the problems of the sugar industry elsewhere in the state: unpredictable demands and crop...

Dynamics of soil potassium under five important cropping systems of Y.S.R. Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh was studied. From each cropping system five surface and subsurface soil samples were collected from fallow – bengalgram, sunflower – sesame, paddy – paddy, groundnut monocropping...

Abstract: In India agriculture is highly susceptible such risks as drought, floods, erratic rainfall, and other natural calamities etc… Therefore it is necessary to protect the farmers from the above said natural calamities and provide financial help for the next season. Since inception of the...