The impacts of information on returns from farming: Evidence from a nationally representative farm survey in India

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 549-561

  Birthal, Pratap S ^a   Kumar, Shiv ^a   Negi, Digvijay S ^b   Roy, Devesh ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm income; India; Information; Social bias

Indexed keywords

FARM; FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

INDIA;

EID: 84936985666     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12181     Document Type: Article

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