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Policy Briefs

S.No. Title Author Year Download
64 Economic Impact of Improved Mustard Varieties: A Case of Giriraj Sant Kumar1, Ashok Kumar Sharma2, Rajni Jain1, Raj Kumar Yogi2, Ankita Kandpal1, Pramod Kumar Rai 2025 (3.12 MB, PDF, English) download
63 Tiered Electricity Pricing for Sustainable Groundwater Use for Irrigation S.K. Srivastava, P. Kishore, P. S. Birthal, J. Singh and R. R. Sethi 2025 (3.59 MB, PDF, English) download
62 Leveraging Potential of Dung for Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture Anil Kumar and Pratap Singh Birthal 2025 (2.95 MB, PDF, English) download
61 From Cereals to High-Value Foods Pratap S. Birthal, S.K. Srivastava, and Jaspal Singh 2025 (3.53 MB, PDF, English) download
60 Farm Mechanization in India Nalini Ranjan Kumar and Prakash G Athare 2025 (495 KB, PDF, English) download
59 Re-purposing Agricultural Subsidies to Ecosystem Services Kiran Kumara T M and Pratap Singh Birthal 2024 (3.2 MB, PDF, English) download
58 Is DSR Economically Viable? Kamal Vatta, Baljinder Kaur Sidana, Rajni Jain, Laishram Priscilla, Ankita Kandpal and Gurleen Kaur 2024 (495 KB, PDF, English) download
57 Impact of Prophylactic Vaccination in Cattle against Lumpy Skin Disease Khem Chand, P. S. Birthal, and Subhash Kachhawaha 2024 (3.85 MB, PDF, English) download
56 Economic Impact of Salt-Tolerant Mustard Varieties Subhasis Mandal*, Suresh Kumar*, Jogendra Singh*, Rajni Jain**, Ankita Kandpal** 2024 (3.81 MB, PDF, English) download
55 Enabling Policies for Solar-powered Micro-irrigation S K Srivastava, Prabhat Kishore, P S Birthal and P B Shirsath 2024 (641 KB, PDF, English) download
54 Technology and Policy Options for Efficient Use of Fertilizers in Indian Agriculture Sant Kumar, Pratap S. Birthal, Prem Chand and Kingsly I. T. 2024 (1.01 MB, PDF, English) download
53 Technology and Policy Option for Sustaining Pulses Revolution Purushottam Sharma,Barun Deb Pal and Pratap S. Birthal 2023 (749 MB, PDF, English) download
52 Outlook for Rice and Wheat to 2030-31 Kingsly I.T., Shiv Kumar, Shinoj Parappurathu, and Suresh Pal 2023 (0.99 MB, PDF, English) download
51 Potential of Micro-Irrigation for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Sant Kumar, Prabhat Kishore, S K Srivastava and Subhash Chand 2023 (3.56 MB, PDF, English) download
50 India’s Agricultural Exports during the Covid-19 Pandemic Raka Saxena, Ranjit K. Paul, Balaji S. J., and Rohit Kumar 2022 (4.04 MB, PDF, English) download
49 Technology and Policy Options for Reducing India’s Import Dependence on Edible Oils Balaji S. J., Purushottam Sharma, Venkatesh P., and Shreya K. 2022 (4.16 MB, PDF, English) download
48 Managing Climate Risks in Indian Agriculture: What do We Need to Know? Pratap S. Birthal 2022 (3.67 MB, PDF, English) download
47 To Insure or Not to Insure: What Explains Low Uptake of Crop Insurance? Pratap S. Birthal, Jaweriah Hazrana, Digvijay S. Negi, and Ashok Mishra 2022 (3.89 MB, PDF, English) download
46 Developing Agricultural Sustainability Index for the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India Roul C, P Chand, S Pal 2020 (1.01 MB, PDF, English) download
45 Market and Innovation-led Agricultural Transformation Pal S, R Saxena, Balaji S J 2020 (590 KB, PDF, English) download
44 Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: An Agro-Climatic Zone Level Estimation Singh N P, S Singh, B Anand 2019 (1.07 MB, PDF, English) download
43 Pesticide Use in Indian Agriculture: Trends, Market Structure and Policy Issues Subash SP, P Chand, Pavithra S, Balaji S J, S Pal 2017 (364 KB, PDF, English) download
42 Goods and Services Tax: What it holds for Agricultural Sector? Singh N P, J P Bisen 2017 (319 KB, PDF, English) download
41 Is Indian Agriculture Becoming Resilient to Droughts? Evidence from Rice Production Birthal P S, D S Negi, M T Khan, S Agarwal 2015 (3.58 MB, PDF, English) download
40 Changing Structure of Rural Labour Market: Trends, Drivers and Implications for Agriculture Chand R, S K Srivastava 2014 (817 KB, PDF, English) download
39 Buffer Stock Norms for Foodgrains during Twelfth Five Year Plan Chand R, P S Birthal 2014 (7.45 MB, PDF, English) download
38 Food Security and Undernourishment in India:Assessment of Alternative Norms and the Income Effect Chand R, J Jumrani 2013 (2.43 MB, PDF, English) download
37 Maneuvering Technology for Surplus Extraction: The Case of Bt Cotton in India Ramasundaram P, S A Kurup, R Chand 2011 (293 KB, PDF, English) download
36 Biofuels in India: Future Challenges Shinoj P, S S Raju, R Chand, P Kumar, S Msangi 2011 (273 KB, PDF, English) download
35 Managing Food Inflation in India: Reforms and Policy Options Chand R, P Shinoj, A Gulati, K Ganguly 2011 (1.26 MB, PDF, English) download
34 Economics Benefits of Bt Brinjal - An Ex- Ante Assessment Kumar S, P A L Prasanna, S Wankhade (in Hindi) 2010 (3.51 MB, PDF, English) download
34 Economics Benefits of Bt Brinjal - An Ex- Ante Assessment Kumar S, P A L Prasanna, S Wankhade 2010 (384 KB, PDF, English) download
33 The Seeds Bill, 2010- A Critical Appraisal Singh H, R Chand 2010 (324 KB, PDF, English) download
32 Agriculture and Regional Disparities in India Birthal P S, P K Joshi 2009 (3.28 MB, PDF, English) download
31 Problems and Progress in Agricultural Insurance in India Raju S S, R Chand 2009 (168 KB, PDF, English) download
30 Conditions for the Success of Contract Farming in Smallholder Agriculture? Birthal P S, S Kumar 2009 (319 KB, PDF, English) download
29 India-ASEAN Trade in Agriculture: Retrospect and Prospect Shinoj P 2009 (690 KB, PDF, English) download
28 Demand for Foodgrains During 11th Plan and Towards 2020 Chand R 2009 (400 KB, PDF, English) download
27 Public Agricultural Research Investments: India in a Global Context Beintema N, P Adhiguru, P S Birthal, A K Bawa 2008 (564 KB, PDF, English) download
26 Tackling Avian Influenza, an Emerging Transboundary Disease Kumar B G, K K Datta 2008 (567 KB, PDF, English) download
25 Agricultural Development in North-East India Challenges and Opportunities Barah B C 2006 (99.7 KB, PDF, English) download
24 High-value Agriculture for Accelerated and Equitable Growth Birthal P S, P K Joshi 2006 (210 KB, PDF, English) download
23 Post WTO Agriculture Trade and Agenda for Negotiations on Agriculture Chand R 2005 (95 KB, PDF, English) download
22 Impact of Agricultural Research in India: Is it Decelerating? Pal S, P Mathur, A K Jha 2005 (96.3 KB, PDF, English) download
21 Institutional Learning and Change: A Review of Concepts and Principles Hall A, R Raina, R Sulaiman V, N Clark, S Prasad, G Naik 2005 (62.9 KB, PDF, English) download
20 Agricultural Growth During the Reforms and Liberalization: Issues and Concerns Chand R 2004 (357 KB, PDF, English) download
19 Irrigation Equity: Impacts, Sources and Strategies Selvarajan S, B C Roy 2004 (44.4 KB, PDF, English) download
18 Institutional Innovation for Using Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture Adhiguru P, Mruthyunjaya 2004 (44.4 KB, PDF, English) download
17 Towards Extension-plus: Opportunities and Challenges Sulaiman V R, A Hall 2004 (67.8 KB, PDF, English) download
16 Beyond Technology Dissemination-Can Indian Agricultural Extension Re-invent itself? Maji C C, T Haque, Sulaiman V R, A Hall 2002 (62.9 KB, PDF, English) download
15 Sustaining India's Irrigation Infrastructure Selvarajan S 2001 (187 KB, PDF, English) download
14 Subsidies and Support in World Agriculture: Is WTO Providing Level Playing Field? Chand R, L M Phillip 2001 (144 KB, PDF, English) download
13 Coping with New Policy Agenda for Agricultural Research: The Role of Institutional Innovation Hall A, N Clark, Sulaiman V R 2000 (54.3 KB, PDF, English) download
12 Improving Competitive Agricultural Research Funding in India Gill G J, D Carney, S Pal 2000 (49.4 KB, PDF, English) download
11 Plant Variety Protection Technology: Lessons from a Cross Country Perspective Ravishankar A, S Archak,S Kochhar, P L Gautam 2000 (133 KB, PDF, English) download
10 IPRs and Agricultural Technology: Interpaly and Implications for India Ravishankar A, S Archak 2000 (140 KB, PDF, English) download
9 Agricultural Extensions in India-The Next Step Sulaiman V R, A W van den Ban 2000 (77 KB, PDF, English) download
8 Are Disparities in Indian Agriculture Growing? Chand R, S Chauhan 1999 (69.7 KB, PDF, English) download
7 Livestock Sector in India: Agenda for the Future Ravishankar A, P S Birthal 1999 (51.6 KB, PDF, English) download
6 On the New Agricultural Policy Jha D 1999 (326 KB, PDF, English) download
5 Strengthening Research and Extension for Rainfed Farming: Role of Social Science and Institutional Factors Farrington J, R V Sulaiman, S Pal 1997 (125 KB, PDF, English) download
4 Intellectual Property Rights and Indian Agriculture: Some Issues Ravishankar A 1996 (136 KB, PDF, English) download
3 Funding Agricultural Research Pal S, D Jha 1996 (143 KB, PDF, English) download
2 Privatising Farm Extension - Need for a Cautious Approach Sulaiman V R 1995 (3.33 MB, PDF, English) download
1 Privatising Agricultural Research Jha D 1995 (4.22 MB, PDF, English) download