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Impact of India’s farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on farm households’ economic welfare: An evidence from a national farmers’ survey

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Title Impact of India’s farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on farm households’ economic welfare: An evidence from a national farmers’ survey
 
Creator KUMAR, ANJANI
MISHRA, A K
SINGH, A K
SAROJ, SUNIL
M, MISHA MADHAVAN
JOSHI, P K
 
Subject Agricultural households, Benefit-cost ratio, Economic welfare, Farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras), Farmers
 
Description This study examines the impact of access to India’s farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras, or KVKs) on agricultural households’ welfare using household data from the nationally representative Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households conducted by India’s National Sample Survey Office in 2013. Employing different matching techniques and endogenous switching regression models, it was observed that the KVKs have a positive and statistically significant impact on agricultural households’ economic welfare, although, that impact is heterogeneous. Further, the investments made in expansion of India’s network of KVKs have been quite remunerative, as the benefit- to-cost ratio of expenditure on KVKs ranges from 8–12. Moreover, present findings suggest that expanding rural formal credit markets and promoting literacy can maximize the potential impact of KVKs on agricultural households’ economic welfare.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2024-05-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/148771
10.56093/ijas.v94i3.148771
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol. 94 No. 3-1 (2024): Supplementary Issue; 63–71
2394-3319
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/148771/54495
https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/148771/54496
 
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