The content of the book comprises of country chapters on mobile phone applications for agricultural extension from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe along with chapters on global review on m-agriculture initiatives, content generation process and socio-economic impact of mobile phone based a...
Mittal, Surabhi
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Mehar, Mamta
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[Socio-Economic Impact of the Mobile Phone based Agricultural Extension]
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Socio-Economic Impact of the Mobile Phone based Agricultural Extension
Several studies have recognized that the agriculture sector is one of the major contributor to climate change, as well as largely affected adversely by climate change. Agricultural productivity is known to be sensitive to climate change induced effects and it has impact on livelihood of families ...
Mehar, Mamta
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Mittal, Surabhi
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Prasad, Narayan
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[Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?]
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Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?
The mobile phone-enabled information delivery mechanism has the potential to reduce the knowledge gap between large and small farmers, and also across gender by creating awareness about new technologies and best practices. This article focuses on how access to information through the mobile phone...
Mittal, Surabhi
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[Role of mobile phone-enabled climate information services in gender-inclusive agriculture]
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Role of mobile phone-enabled climate information services in gender-inclusive agriculture
Purpose: The paper analyzes factors that affect the likelihood of adoption of different agriculture-related information sources by farmers. Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper links the theoretical understanding of the existing multiple sources of information that farmer use, with the empirica...
Mittal, Surabhi
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Mehar, Mamta
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[Socio-economic Factors Affecting Adoption of Modern Information and Communication Technology by Farmers in India: Analysis Using Multivariate Probit Model]
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Socio-economic Factors Affecting Adoption of Modern Information and Communication Technology by Farmers in India: Analysis Using Multivariate Probit Model
Government of India has recently announced for special funds like National adaptation fund to handle market
risks arising due to climatic variability. The operational protocol of this fund and other forthcoming initiatives
have yet to be expanded, but through this paper we like to draw attention ...
Mittal, Surabhi
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Ray S
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[What’s the Missing Link? - Reviewing Climate Change Polices in Context of Indian Agricultural Sector]
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What’s the Missing Link? - Reviewing Climate Change Polices in Context of Indian Agricultural Sector
The main objective of the study was to identify the information needs of farmers that would enable them manage risk in the wheat, maize and rice cropping systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). And also analyze the factors that impact the selection of information sources by farming households.
Mittal, Surabhi
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Mehar, Mamta
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[Agricultural information networks, information needs and risk management strategies: a survey of farmers in Indo-Gangetic plains of India]
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Agricultural information networks, information needs and risk management strategies: a survey of farmers in Indo-Gangetic plains of India
Evidence from climate-smart village (CSV) approach to mainstream climate-smart agriculture (CSA) demonstrates improved productivity, income, and reduced climatic risks. However, its contribution to gender empowerment in diverse farming households is not documented. This study creates a Gender Emp...
Hariharan, Vinod
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Mittal, Surabhi
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Rai, Munmun
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Agarwal, Tripti
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Kalvaniya, Kailash C.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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[Does climate-smart village approach influence gender equality in farming households? A case of two contrasting ecologies in India]
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Does climate-smart village approach influence gender equality in farming households? A case of two contrasting ecologies in India
The climate service advisory was piloted in two states of India – Haryana and Bihar – covering 46 villages. Households were randomly selected in these villages to receive voice-based messages on individual farmers’ mobile phones during the project period 2013–2015. The messages had content relate...
Mittal, Surabhi
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Hariharan, Vinod K.
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[Mobile-based climate services impact on farmers risk management ability in India]
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Mobile-based climate services impact on farmers risk management ability in India
Usually the agricultural sector, and in particular farmers, are highly vulnerable to risks due to high variability in climatic conditions and to market uncertainties. The farmer s exposure to risk and uncertainty is often aggravated by lack of information about weather, inputs, farm management pr...
Mittal, Surabhi
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[Modern ICT for Agricultural Development and Risk Management in Smallholder Agriculture in India.]
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Modern ICT for Agricultural Development and Risk Management in Smallholder Agriculture in India.
This study explores whether conservation agriculture-based wheat production system (CAW) can better cope with climatic extremes than the conventional tillage-based wheat production system (CTW). To assess this, we used data collected from 208 wheat farmers in Haryana, India in 2013–14 (a period w...
Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
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Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Jat, Hanuman S.
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Rai, Munmun
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Mittal, Surabhi
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Sutaliya, Jhabar Mal
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[Conservation agriculture-based wheat production better copes with extreme climate events than conventional tillage-based systems: A case of untimely excess rainfall in Haryana, India]
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Conservation agriculture-based wheat production better copes with extreme climate events than conventional tillage-based systems: A case of untimely excess rainfall in Haryana, India