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Business
Yuanyuan Peng, Rashid Latief, Yueshu Zhou
Summary: The study shows that agricultural loans have a significant positive effect on both regional agricultural and economic growth, especially loans to farmers and rural enterprises. Microcredit loans to farmers and students, rural individual industrial and commercial household loans, and other types of loans to farmers also have a significant positive relationship to regional agricultural growth.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Rashid Latief, Lei Zhang
Summary: This study analyzes the effects of government fiscal expenditures on agricultural credit, considering the mediating role of sustainable agricultural growth and income. The results show a significantly positive connection between government agricultural expenditures and agricultural credit, with sustainable agricultural income playing a significant mediating role in this association.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Ghanshyam Pandey, Jagrili Jaiswal, Seema Kumari
Summary: This paper examined the major contribution of institutional credit for agriculture development after the green-revolution period in India. The study found that credit from rural credit cooperatives grew at the highest rate and accounted for the largest share of total credit. The results also showed that institutional credit had a significant impact on overall agricultural output growth in India.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Area Studies
Alok Ranjan Behera, Minaketan Behera
Summary: This study examines the challenges faced by tribal farmers in accessing agricultural credit in the backward region of Odisha, India. It finds that indirect finance and short-term loans are more common and identifies issues such as lack of collateral, low education levels, and limited financial institutions in rural areas as major constraints for farmers.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei Huang, Qian Liu, Assem Abu Hatab
Summary: This study uses the directional distance function to measure environmentally-adjusted technical efficiency in agricultural production in six countries in the MENA region. The results show that all six countries have room to improve their environmental efficiency. It also finds a trade-off between agricultural emissions and production, which should be considered for enhancing sustainability in the region.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mario Augusto Caetano Joao, Abreu Monteiro de Castro
Summary: The paper examines the elasticity between agricultural credit and agricultural growth in Angola from 2003 to 2022. It utilizes various econometric techniques to analyze the causal relationship and estimates the impact on agricultural GDP. The results confirm that credit-oriented monetary policies can boost economic growth and development in Angola.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Deng Jie Long, Li Tang
Summary: Economic growth is the main driving factor of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions, while technological progress plays an important role in carbon emission reduction. However, the impact of energy consumption structure and population size on carbon emissions is not significant.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhuang Zhang, Yun Tian, You-Hua Chen
Summary: Relieving credit restrictions can change the high-pollution producing style for agriculture, which is critical for low-carbon development. The agricultural credit subsidies (ACS) policy significantly reduces carbon intensity in the treated counties through agricultural scale expansion and technology adoption. This effect is more pronounced in areas with higher primary industry outputs and carbon emissions, and other approaches confirm our conclusions.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Xiaoxiao He, Cai Liu
Summary: This paper examines the effect of institutional investors' monitoring attention on firms' trade credit financing. The study finds that the monitoring attention of a firm's institutional owners positively affects trade credit financing. Importantly, only institutional investors with the highest monitoring attention positively impact the firm's account payables, consistent with the intervention channel. Conversely, institutional investors with low monitoring attention have a negative effect on trade credit financing, consistent with the exit channel of institutional investors. Our findings support the notion that the effectiveness of institutional monitoring depends on ownership held by motivated monitoring institutions.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Nan Zhao, Dehong Lv
Summary: This paper empirically examines the effect of joining agricultural industry chains on supply-based and demand-based credit rationing for farmers using probit and tobit models. The study finds that agricultural industry chains can increase farmers' credit by reducing information asymmetry, business risks, and forming effective collateral and guarantee mechanisms. Credit enhancement mechanisms such as information systems, commercial credit, orders, guarantees, production services, and government support have significant effects on alleviating farmers' credit rationing, while insurance has limited effects. The effects of joining agricultural industry chains on alleviating credit rationing are more obvious for large-scale farmers than for small farmers.
Article
Development Studies
Pratap S. Birthal, Jaweriah Hazrana, Digvijay S. Negi
Summary: Climatic hazards have negative impacts on agricultural growth in India, with droughts and heat-waves causing larger negative effects, especially in poor and agrarian states. However, adaptation measures such as irrigation and crop diversification can partially offset these negative effects, particularly against droughts and heat-waves, although their benefits may decrease with more frequent hazards.Inputs use and diversification into animal husbandry also provide small but sustainable adaptation benefits in the event of frequent climatic hazards.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Kshitij Awasthi, K. Gopakumar, Abhoy K. Ojha
Summary: The institutional change literature has mainly focused on successful changes and paid little attention to the phenomenon of institutional fields reverting to their pre-change or near pre-change state after change attempts. This study uses the case of reforms in the petroleum exploration and production field in India to examine an institutional change where the institution gradually reverts to its pre-change state. The concept of institutional elasticity is introduced to explain this reversion, and three boundary conditions - scope of change, pace of change, and field-level actor constellations - are discussed in relation to the relationship between institutional elasticity and reversion of institutions.
BUSINESS & SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Yacouba Kassouri, Kacou Yves Thierry Kacou
Summary: This study explores the contribution of credits to agricultural development, highlighting the importance of targeted policy reforms that increase agricultural credits and credit to firms engaged in agricultural activities. The findings support the supply leading and demand following hypotheses.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephen Foster, John Chilton
Summary: The paper provides an overview of policy development and implementation for controlling agricultural land use to conserve groundwater. Limited progress has been made internationally on this environmental challenge, and the lessons learned from assessing progress in this area are summarized for global application.
Article
Economics
Sarbajit Chaudhuri, Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar, Sushobhan Mahata
Summary: This paper analyzes some aspects of cronyism and corruption in India, developing a game-theoretic model to study the interactions between a ruling political party and a capitalist. The results show that only the political party benefits from increased cronyism and corruption, while the society as a whole suffers and even the capitalist experiences a decline in profit. The study concludes that a strong corrupt political party is detrimental to all sections of the population.
MANAGERIAL AND DECISION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Sudha Narayanan, Nicolas Gerber
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2017)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erin C. Lentz, Sudha Narayanan, Anuradha De
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2019)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Sudha Narayanan, Erin Lentz, Marzia Fontana, Anuradha De, Bharati Kulkarni
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Sudha Narayanan
Summary: Free collection of foods plays an important role in improving dietary adequacy and quality, with households in India relying on it for a significant portion of their food consumption. Access to free foods is associated with increased likelihood of having more than two meals and higher dietary diversity, driven by specific food groups such as vegetables, meats, fish, and green leafy vegetables. Recognition of the role of free collection is crucial in discussions on sources of food beyond farms, markets, and the state.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Erin Lentz, Elizabeth Bageant, Sudha Narayanan
Summary: Niger, one of the most impoverished countries in the world, faces challenges in women's nutritional status. Research shows that access to health resources and fertility resources play a substantial role in women's nutritional outcomes in Niger. By analyzing the relative contribution of different domains and dimensions, policymakers can identify interventions that empower women and improve their nutritional wellbeing.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sudha Narayanan, Shree Saha
Summary: During the lockdown in India, food prices increased significantly for commodities such as pulses, edible oils, potato, and tomato. Smaller cities experienced a higher increase in prices, with some retail food prices rising by as much as 20%. Food retailers faced operational challenges but also displayed resilience through innovative adaptations.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Sudha Narayanan, Erin Lentz, Marzia Fontana, Bharati Kulkarni
Summary: Undernutrition is a widespread issue, especially for women and their children. Research has shown that women's empowerment can have an impact on nutritional outcomes, but measuring empowerment, especially in relation to nutrition, remains challenging. Interviews with rural South Asian women highlighted factors not typically included in empowerment measures. A new concept of women's nutritional empowerment and a framework for measurement and operationalization have been proposed to address the lack of a systematic approach in nutrition literature.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Sudha Narayanan, Christian Oldiges, Shree Saha
Summary: India has utilized an existing workfare programme in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with insights on the recent expansion including increased households in poorer districts, no increase in high migrant return districts, higher unmet demand for work, and only 13.5 days of work provided per rural household despite the expansion. Attention is needed for the programme to fulfill its promise as a credible safety net.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Mark Vicol, Niels Fold, Caroline Hambloch, Sudha Narayanan, Helena Perez Nino
Summary: The expansion of contract farming schemes in developing regions during the era of agriculture globalization raises critical questions, reflecting on the development of contract farming practices and research, emphasizing the uneven power relations in agriculture and calling for studies grounded in specific political, historical, and social contexts.
JOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Nidhi Aggarwal, Sudha Narayanan
Summary: This study examines the impact of India's 2016 demonetization on domestic agricultural trade. The findings show that trade value decreased by 16.3-16.8% in the short term, settling at 11.8-12.1% after eight months.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sudha Narayanan, Karthikeya Naraparaju, Nicolas Gerber
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of combined participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs on the nutritional and health status of women and children in India. The study finds that simultaneous participation in these programs reduces women's morbidity by at least 25%, but only increases women's BMI in states with effective program implementation. There is no robust evidence of impacts on children. The study suggests that these social protection programs can have positive effects on nutrition and health, but the effects vary and are mediated by intra-household dynamics.
Article
Economics
Elumalai Kannan, Guru Balamurugan, Sudha Narayanan
Summary: This study analyzed the drivers of agricultural land use in the peri-urban areas of Bangalore, India. Results showed a decrease in agricultural land and an increase in fallow land; expansion of built-up area and shrinkage of water bodies; significant impacts of population growth and industrialization on agricultural land.
JOURNAL OF THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMY
(2021)
Article
Economics
Sudha Narayanan, Shree Saha
INDIAN JOURNAL OF LABOUR ECONOMICS
(2020)
Article
Development Studies
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett
