This study measures the willingness of male and female farmers to pay for climate-smart technology in rice. Rice is the most important crop in India in terms of area, production, and consumption. It is also the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions among all crops. Direct-seeded rice (DSR)...

The paper examines the impact of access to India's farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras, or KVKs) on agricultural households' welfare using household-level data from the nationally representative Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households conducted by India's National Sample...

Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited. This paper studies the impact of food safety...

A goal of agricultural policy in India has been to reduce farmers' dependence on informal credit. To that end, recent initiatives have been focused explicitly on rural areas and have had a positive impact on the flow of agricultural credit. But despite the significance of these initiatives in...