Abhay Kumar

Jamia Millia Islamia

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Krishna M. Singh

UC Davis Health System

R.K.P. Singh

Fiji National University

Ujjwal Kumar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur

Raghavendra Singh

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Meena Meena

Panjab University

Anil Kumar Jha

Saint Vincent Hospital

Anjani Kumar

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Pankaj Kumar

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry

R. K. Singh

Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering

M. S. Meena

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (India)

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ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University

Banaras Hindu University

National Research Centre on Litchi

Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology

Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology

Bihar Agricultural University

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

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Cost efficiency of principal crops in Bihar (India) – A stochastic frontier approach

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2020)

Krishna M. Singh Nasim Ahmad D.K. Sinha Abhay Kumar Rakesh Kumar Singh

In the present study, an attempt has been made to test the cost efficiency of cereal crops like paddy, wheat and maize separately in the state of Bihar using Stochastic Cost Frontier model. It has been tried to determine the determinants of cost inefficiencies. The study is also aimed to know the factors affecting the cost inefficiencies in production of major cereals of the state so as to ascertain proper steps to increase cost efficiency in production. Most important observation emerged that there existed non-linear relationship between cost inefficiency and farm category. Cost inefficiency first increased with the increase of farm size then it decreased. In case of paddy mechanization could negatively affect the cost inefficiency and proportion to family labour in total labour was found positive implying increase in cost inefficiency. But in wheat, family labour showed positive value, indicating thereby increase in cost inefficiency. In case of maize, coefficient of fertilizer use was observed positive indicating increase in cost inefficiency. Coefficients of land holding size were positive in all the crops for all categories of farms. This advocated non-linear relation between farm category and cost inefficiency which showed larger farms were less cost efficient. The cost inefficiency depends on proportion of family labour, mechanization, type of seed used. The result enables to identify the determinants of cost inefficiency, which will certainly guide the state to adopt suitable policies. Farmers may be made aware about rational allocation of resources to reduce cost and make farming cost efficient.

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10.56093/ijas.v90i8.105940

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Agricultural Extension System in Bihar, India: An Overview

Journal of AgriSearch (2020)

Ujjwal Kumar R.K.P. Singh Dhiraj K. Singh Abhay Kumar Sanjeev Kumar

Agricultural extension system plays a crucial role in increasing agricultural productivity and farm income, strengthening food security, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting agriculture as an engine of rural economic growth. In India, a Central Department of Agriculture was established after the Orissa famine during 1866. Department of Agriculture in Bihar was established in 1912 after separation of Bihar from Bengal. After independence, several programmes like IADP, IAAP, HYVP etc were implemented in Bihar, which fetched good results. Later on, Training and Visit approach of extension was also implemented which was subsequently replaced by NATP. Currently, pluralistic extension services in Bihar is prevailing which includes central and state Government agencies, ICAR, KVKs, SAUs, NGOs and private sector organizations. Despite all the efforts, transfer of technology programmes are yet to achieve desired success. Duplication of extension services is being observed as many agencies work in same set of selected villages. Recently, using Agriculture Road Map of Bihar, Government has launched several agricultural development programmes for transfer of modern agricultural technology, which may likely to improve access of farmers to modern agricultural technology. To make extension more pragmatic, some of the activities including supply of quality inputs and market linkage of the produce should be the part of core extension programme.

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10.21921/jas.v7i04.19388

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Dimensions of Poverty in Bihar

Kehar Singh R. K. Singh M. S. Meena Abhay Kumar

Jharkhand state is carved out from Bihar state in 2000. The state is rich in mineral resources and poor in agricultural production. More than 75% of work force is engaged in agriculture, but generates only 20% of state’s GDP. About 45% area is under nonagricultural use and 32% is culturable wastes which are unsuitable for agricultural production and only 23% area is under cultivation. Despite the abundance of industrial production, rural population has not benefited and majority are earning their livelihoods through agriculture. During last ten years agriculture could not grow in the state as per expectations, resulting higher rural poverty. The incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%; however 60% of schedule caste and schedule tribes are still below poverty line. Hence, it may be said that agro-ecological and social factors are main causes for poverty in Jharkhand state. The present study has been envisaged to analyze the agroecological and social factors causing poverty in the state. This study is based on data obtained from160 rural households through panel interview under the project entitled ―Tracking change in rural poverty in villages and household economies of South Asia. Analysis of data reveals that size of land holding is comparatively higher (0.56 ha) than neighboring states, but only 66% of land area owned by farmers is under cultivation in sample villages, indicating abundance of culturable waste land. Livestock is the second important economic activity on sample households, but the productivity is much low due to domestication of local breeds of animals. The distribution of land and livestock ownership is more equitable in Ranchi than Dumka district. It was observed that lack of employment opportunity might have caused the poverty in the state because only onethird population is engaged in economic activity.

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Development of Potato in Bihar:Issues and Strategies

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2013)

Krishna M. Singh Abhay Kumar

Potato is the fourth major food crop after rice, wheat and maize in Bihar. It occupies less than 5% of net sown area with production only 4th after rice, wheat and maize. Potato a short duration crop has special significance since it gives exceptionally high yields/unit area/unit time and has high nutritional value to sustain burgeoning population and ward off hunger and malnutrition. Potato produces more food, edible energy and edible protein per unit area and time as compared to any other food crop. Potato provides excellent opportunities in rasing the income of the farmers as it has capacity to yield 5-10 times more than cereals, pulses or oilseeds. Efficient marketing is crucial for a successful diversification and commercialization of potato and accelerated farmer income growth. At present, marketing of potato in the state is highly unorganized. Bihar’s density of the market (per m ha of sown area) is relatively low. Potato from Bihar is transported to other market in the country for which cheap road transport and better marketing facilities are essential. Emphasis should be put on the establishment of new cold stores, processing industries in the production catchments to minimize transport cost, create employment opportunities in the rural sector. There is challenge to enhance productivity and quality under conditions of shrinking arable land, reduced water availability, changing climatic conditions and expanding biotic and abiotic stresses. However, with increase in production, recurring gluts are common in the country. The price crashes drastically during months of plenty, leading to distress sell by farmers and incurring substantial monetary loss. To absorb excess potato production and sustain the growth, there is need for diversified and increased utilization and export of potatoes. The article tries to explore the current scenario, the constraints and possible solutions for enhancing potato cultivation in India in general and Bihar in particular.

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Changing pattern of rice production in eastern India: An economic analysis

Indian Journal of Extension Education (2022)

Abhay Kumar RKP Singh J. S. Mishra Dhiraj Kumar Singh Rohan Kumar Raman

Economic Analysis

10.5958/2454-552x.2022.00058.5

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Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies in Bihar: A Farm Level Study

SSRN Electronic Journal (2014)

Krishna M. Singh R.K.P. Singh Abhay Kumar

Transfer of technology is main obstacle in realizing agricultural potential in India. Present study focuses on level of adoption, access and quality of modern technology, access to extension institutions and problems faced by extension officials in transfer of technology. Study is based on primary data collected during 2013 from farm households, agricultural scientists and extension officers and covers all the four agro-climatic zones of Bihar. Focused group Discussion and Survey method was used. Analysis revealed that KVKs covered less than one per cent of villages under their jurisdiction, therefore govt departments were mainly responsible for implementation of agricultural development. Overall, only 22.8 percent farmers used modern seeds however, it was high at 46.67% for medium farmers. About 50 percent large farmers adopted scientific method of production of horticultural crops. About 6.25 percent farmers used pesticide in crop production compared to 12.50 and 8.0 percent in case of large farmers and marginal farmers, respectively. Only 12.50 percent farmers used paddy varieties released within five years but majority (76.25%) used varieties which were 10-20 years old, namely, Sita, Pankaj, Rajshree, Mahsuri. Dep of Agriculture, ATMA and KVK were main sources of information. High proportion of large farmer had access to these sources than other categories. Public system of seed production and distribution found weak which along with dissemination of information about modern agricultural development projects/schemes is a necessary factor for adoption of modern technology.

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Innovations in Public Diplomacy | Inovações em Diplomacia Pública

Mural Internacional (2017)

Abhay Kumar

From the author´s professional experience, the article discusses alternative ways to think about cultural diplomacy, with a focus not only in the spread of the culture of the native country of the diplomat, but also of the nation where he is serving.RESUMOA partir da experiência profissional do autor, o artigo discute maneiras alternativas de pensar a diplomacia cultural, tendo como concentração não apenas a divulgação da cultura do país de origem do diplomata, mas também a do país onde está servindo.Keywords: diplomacy, culture and artPalavras-chave: diplomacia, cultura, arteRecebido em 13 de Agosto de 2018 | Received on August 13, 2018DOI

10.12957/rmi.2017.37217

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A micro analysis of fodder production and marketing in Bihar

The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences (2015)

Raghavendra Singh Krishna M. Singh Anil Kumar Jha Abhay Kumar

Production of rice-wheat crop residues, the main dry fodders, is inadequate in north Bihar. In an unorganized fodder market, middlemen dictate the term of fodder trade. The fodder purchased in villages is mostly sold in urban and peri-urban areas. Fodder is processing at every level in marketing channel, particularly in fodder surplus region as paddy straw is purchased from farmers and sold after processing (chaff cutting). The wholesalers are generally engaged in storage of fodder. Farmers are getting only 35 % of consumers’ price and 46 % of consumers’ price is taken by middlemen as profit margin, which is much higher as compared to food grain marketing. Inadequate storage facilities and space sometimes force producers to untimely dispose of fodder produce. To promote fodder production and trade, it is necessary to improve storage systems - on-farm as well as en route to distant markets. Fodder markets are unorganized and informal and role of public sector/government is negligible. Fodder markets are mostly without any dedicated market place, and are often stationed along roadsides and without legal credentials. Having specific market places may facilitate flow of market information, increase interaction among buyers and sellers and facilitate transparency and competition leading to fairer prices mode.

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A Socio-Economic Study on Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies in Bihar, India

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2013)

Krishna M. Singh R.K.P. Singh Abhay Kumar

Technology adoption has been the main obstacle in realizing agricultural potential in the country in general and Bihar in particular. The present study focuses on level of adoption, access of farmers to farm technology, quality of modern technology, access to agricultural extension institutions and problems faced by extension officials in transfer of farm technology. It has been observed that the coverage of agricultural development programmes is limited to few villages, however, line department still dominates in spreading of modern agricultural technology. Small size of land holding and fragmented land emerged as main constraint to adoption of modern horticultural technology in Bihar. While analyzing use of modern varieties of principal crops, a comparatively high level of adoption on small and medium farms was observed. Hence, there is no relationship between size of farm and adoption of modern varieties of seeds in Bihar. Inadequate staff, infrequent supervision and lack of conveyance facility are some other factors responsible for poor transfer of technologies in Bihar.

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Trends and Patterns of Out-migration from Bihar

International journal of research in social sciences (2018)

Abhay Kumar Haseena Hashia

Migration is well dominated phenomeneon throughout the length and breadth of India depending on various socio-economic factors. The State of Bihar with poor socio-economic scenario is the worst sufferer at the hands of migration and presently, provides workforce to every nook and corner of country. During the period 2001–2011, the socio-economic conditions of people have improved due to remittances earned by the migrants. Further, migration is becoming more and more crucial towards improving socio-economic development of poor areas of Bihar. Bihar has a high rate of out-migration particularly the male out migration rate has increased over the decade and it can be observed in both rural areas and urban areas. The present research paper identifies the trends and patterns of migration over the period 2001–2011. The study is based on secondary data sources of Migration Table (D Series), Census of India, Government of India.

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