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Anjani Kumar

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Washington, DC 20005

United States

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Scholarly Papers (29)

1.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) and the Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies in Uttar Pradesh, India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1907
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Mar 2020
affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, adoption, cash transfer, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Triple Difference, Propensity Score Matching

2.

Determinants of Chemical Fertilizer Use in Nepal: Insights Based on Price Responsiveness and Income Effects

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1507
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Mar 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Tasmania, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Downloads 239 (319,183)
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Nepal; South Asia; Asia; fertilizers; farm inputs; surveys; households; medium size farms; large scale farming; tobit model; Nepal living standards survey; generalized propensity score

3.

Institutional versus Noninstitutional Credit to Agricultural Households in India: Evidence on Impact from a National Farmers’ Survey

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1614
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Mar 2017
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, credit, agricultural policies, rural areas, households, income, families, family farms, institutional credit, instrumental variable, 2SLS, net farm income, consumption expenditures, social safety net

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An Empirical Investigation of Assembly Line Balancing Techniques and Optimized Implementation Approach for Efficiency Improvements

Global Journal of Researches in Engineering Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering, Volume 12, Issue,3, Version 1.0, June 2012
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
D. G. Mahto and Anjani Kumar
Green Hills Engineering College and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Line Balancing, Kilbridge-Wester Heuristic Approach, Helgeson-Birnie Approach, Optimization

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Agricultural Diversification in Nepal: Status, Determinants, and Its Impact on Rural Poverty

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1634
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 May 2017
Ganesh Thapa, Anjani Kumar and P. K. Joshi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Downloads 178 (424,491)
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Poverty, Rural Areas, Horticulture, Diversification, Agricultural Development, Welfare, Households, High Value Agriculture, Consumption Expenditures

6.

Can Contract Farming Increase Farmers’ Income and Enhance Adoption of Food Safety Practices? Evidence from Remote Areas of Nepal

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1524
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jun 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development
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Nepal; South Asia; Asia; income; smallholders; small farmers; contract farming; income; food safety; ginger; market access; agricultural policies

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Crop insurance and crop productivity: Evidence from rice farmers in Eastern India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1996
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Anjani Kumar, Sunil Saroj and Ashok K. Mishra
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business
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INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, farmers, crops, crop insurance, insurance, farm size, rice, food security, treatment effects, rice yield

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Effects of Agricultural Mechanization on Smallholders and Their Self-Selection into Farming: An Insight from the Nepal Terai

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1583
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Dec 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Downloads 131 (554,631)
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NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA; mechanization; smallholders; large farms; surveys; transitional farming; farming systems; multinomial-logit; inverse probability weighting; tractor hire services; exit from farming

Trends and Determinants of Virtual Water Trade in Crops and Crop Products in India

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Mar 2024
Kannan Elumalai, Anjani Kumar and Ashok K. Mishra
Jawaharlal Nehru University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business
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Virtual water, exports, imports, crops, India

Trends and Determinants of Virtual Water Trade in Crops and Crop Products in India

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Aug 2024
Kannan Elumalai, Anjani Kumar and Ashok K. Mishra
Jawaharlal Nehru University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business
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Virtual water, exports, imports, crops, India

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Is Access to Tractor Service a Binding Constraint for Nepali Terai Farmers?

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1508
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Mar 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Tasmania and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Nepal; South Asia; Asia; mechanization; surveys; households; tractor service market; tractor rental; access constraint; heterogenous treatment effect; Nepal living standards survey; generalized propensity score

11.

Dairy Contract Farming in Bangladesh: Implications for Welfare and Food Safety

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1833
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 May 2019
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Contract farming, dairy, welfare, treatment regression model, food safety, Bangladesh

12.

Adoption of Food Safety Measures among Nepalese Milk Producers: Do Smallholders Benefit?

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1556
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Sep 2016
Anjani Kumar, Ganesh Thapa, P. K. Joshi and Devesh Roy
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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NEPAL, soUTH ASIA, ASIA, Food Safety, Dairy, Livestock, Milk Production, Smallholders, Agricultural Policies, Dairy Profitability, Dose-Response Ratio

13.

Demand and Supply Side Factors for Accelerating Varietal Turnover: An Evidence from Soybean in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1915
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Apr 2020
affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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soybeans; supply balance; varities; technology; models; agricultural extension

14.

Contract Farming, Productivity and Fertilizer Usage: Empirical Evidence From Specialty Crop Production

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1768
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Arizona State University (ASU) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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India, South Asia, Asia, Contract Farming, Fertilizer Application, Water Use, Maize, Farm Inputs, Smallholders, Crop Yield, Agricultural Productivity, Marginal Mean Weighting Through Stratification (MMWS)

15.

Contracting by Small Farmers in Commodities with Export Potential: Assessing Farm Profits of Lentil Growers in Nepal

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1533
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Jun 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development
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NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA; contract farming; smallholders; small farmers; income; lentils; households; markets; pulses; monoposonistic

16.

Changing Composition of Private Investment in Indian Agriculture and Its Relationship With Public Investment and Input Subsidies

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1905
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Feb 2020
Anjani Kumar, Seema Bathla and Smriti Verma
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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public finance, private farms, capital, agriculture, households, agrifood sector, public expenditure

17.

Farm Size and Effects of Chemical Fertilizer Price on Farm Households: Insights from Nepal Terai

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1578
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Dec 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Nepal, South Asia, Asia, Fertilizers, Inorganic Fertilizers, Farm Inputs, Farm Size, Farm Structure, Smallholders, Households, Panel Data, Chemical Fertilizer, Fertilizer Price

18.

Government Transfers, COVID-19 Shock, and Food Insecurity: Evidence from Rural Households in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2110 (2022)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Mar 2022
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Downloads 70 (875,328)
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India, South Asia, Asia, food insecurity, Coronavirus, coronavirus disease, Coronavirinae, COVID-19, rural areas, cash transfers, households, shock, income, models, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, food insecurity experience scale (FIES), Rasch model, Lewbel IV model

19.

The Million Farmers School: An Evaluation of Its Impact on Farmers’ Agricultural Knowledge in Uttar Pradesh, India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1888
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Government of Uttar Pradesh, International Food Policy Research Institute, and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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agricultural extension, knowledge, training programmes, farmers

20.

The Impact of India’s Farm Science Centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on Farm Households’ Economic Welfare: Evidence From a National Farmers Survey

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1832, 2019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 May 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), ICAR-National Research Centre and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Farm Science Centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras), agricultural households, economic welfare, Benefit cost ratio, ESR Model, PSM Model, India

21.

Farm Household Typologies and Mechanization Patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive Analysis of the Nepal Living Standards Survey

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1488
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Mar 2016
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Nepal; South Asia; Asia; mechanization; households; farm household typology; modified cluster analysis

22.

Intensive and Extensive Margins of India’s Agricultural Trade: Implications for Export Diversification and Development

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2119. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 May 2022
Elumalai Kannan and Anjani Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for the Study of Regional Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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agricultural trade, trade, agriculture, exports, models, diversification

23.

Dynamics of Comparative Advantage in Export of India’s Agriculture

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussion Papers Series 2116 (2022)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 May 2022
Elumalai Kannan and Anjani Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for the Study of Regional Development and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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agriculture, exports, dynamics, agricultural trade, trade

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Does Greater Food Safety Consciousness Benefit Smallholder Dairy Farmers? Evidence from Nepal

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1824 (2019)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 May 2019
Ganesh Thapa, Anjani Kumar, Devesh Roy and P. K. Joshi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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food safety, consumer attitudes, milk, milk prices, dairy farming, smallholders

25.

Demand-Side and Supply-Side Factors for Accelerating Varietal Turnover in Smallholder Soybean Farms

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Dec 2025
Independent researcher, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Varietal Breeding, Long Juvenility, Drought Tolerance, Fodder Palatability, Information Flow, Modern Genetics

26.

Changing Returns-to-Scale and Deepening of Factor-Endowments-Induced Specialization: Exploring Broader Linkage Between Agricultural Mechanization and Agricultural Transformation in Nepal

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1934
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Jul 2020
Hiroyuki Takeshima and Anjani Kumar
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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NEPAL, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, returns, factors, agricultural mechanization, productivity, households, returns to scale, agricultural transformation, comparative advantages, factor endowments heterogeneity, random-effects Tobit

27.

Do Precision Land Management Technologies Improve Farm Productivity? Evidence from Laser Land Levelling in India

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Apr 2026
Shreya Kapoor and Anjani Kumar
International Food Policy Research Institute and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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precision agriculture, LLL, paddy, stochastic production frontier, technical efficiency, India

28.

Application of Root Cause Analysis in Improvement of Product Quality and Productivity

Journal of Engineering and Management, 2008, 01(02):16-53 - ISSN: 2013-0953
Posted: 29 Apr 2016
D. G. Mahto and Anjani Kumar
Green Hills Engineering College and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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root cause analysis, cause and effect diagram, interrelationship diagram and current reality tree

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Improvements in Product Quality and Productivity Through Pragmatic Analysis of Working Environment in Engineering Industries

ARISER Vol. 4, No. 2 (2008) 77-97
Posted: 28 Apr 2016
D. G. Mahto and Anjani Kumar
Green Hills Engineering College and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Working Environment, Productivity, Safety, Accidents, Safe Practices