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Does Public Procurement Benefit Paddy Farmers?

Vol. 57, Issue No. 21, 21 May, 2022
Anjani Kumar, Vinay K Sonkar, Seema Bathla

This paper investigates the impact of public procurement on paddy farmers in Bihar. Whether farmers’ access to public procurement agencies led to higher price realisation by them is examined here. The paper used a comprehensive telephonic survey of 1,976 farm households in eastern India (Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal) and employed an endogenous switching regression model to estimate the impact of public procurement on farm harvest price of paddy. The findings reveal that farmers gain by selling to public agencies. However, they are unable to receive the minimum support price.

Determinants and Dynamics of Food Insecurity during COVID-19 in Rural Eastern India

Vol. 57, Issue No. 10, 05 Mar, 2022
Anjani Kumar, Vinay K Sonkar, Aditya K S

Using comprehensive telephone survey data from 2,599 households, the paper estimates the status of food insecurity using the food insecurity experience scale in rural households in eastern India. The results indicate that households belonging to lower social strata with less land and fewer years of education are more likely to suffer from food insecurity.

 

Access to Credit in Eastern India

Vol. 55, Issue No. 21, 23 May, 2020
Anjani Kumar, Vinay K Sonkar, Sunil Saroj

The impact of access to credit on the economic well-being of agricultural households in eastern India is empirically evaluated. Using a large, farm-level data set from eastern Indian states and a multinomial endogenous switching regression model, the findings reveal that access to credit increases economic well-being, and farmers availing credit from formal sources are better off than those availing credit from informal sources. Finally, access to credit affects recipients heterogeneously, implying that credit policies should be adaptable to different agricultural household groups.

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