Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'

During the last decade, Bihar's agricultural sector has been one of the fastest growing in India. This study is organized as follows. Chapter 2 provides a framework for understanding the competitiveness of Bihar's agricultural/ agribusine...

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spelling okr-10986-361772021-08-24T05:10:45Z Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success' World Bank INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM RETURN ON INVESTMENT SUPPLY CHAIN MAIZE DAIRY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY During the last decade, Bihar's agricultural sector has been one of the fastest growing in India. This study is organized as follows. Chapter 2 provides a framework for understanding the competitiveness of Bihar's agricultural/ agribusiness sector by examining the relative position of Bihar on a number of competitiveness parameters. The chapter also provides an overview of the sector and analyzes recent trends in Bihar agriculture. Chapter 3 addresses the institutional innovations in Bihar, namely, the decentralized Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) extension model, and the Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) model. It examines their performance and their impact on, among other criteria, agricultural incomes, productivity, market access, and water availability. Chapter 4 analyzes specific agricultural commodities, namely, maize, dairy, and selected fruits and vegetables that are of particular importance to Bihar. Chapter 5 concludes with lessons learned and recommendations. 2021-08-23T14:00:24Z 2021-08-23T14:00:24Z 2007-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/948031468258574468/India-Bihar-Agriculture-Building-on-emerging-models-of-success http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36177 English en Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper;No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia South Asia India
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topic INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN
MAIZE
DAIRY
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
spellingShingle INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN
MAIZE
DAIRY
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
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Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
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relation Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper;No. 4
description During the last decade, Bihar's agricultural sector has been one of the fastest growing in India. This study is organized as follows. Chapter 2 provides a framework for understanding the competitiveness of Bihar's agricultural/ agribusiness sector by examining the relative position of Bihar on a number of competitiveness parameters. The chapter also provides an overview of the sector and analyzes recent trends in Bihar agriculture. Chapter 3 addresses the institutional innovations in Bihar, namely, the decentralized Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) extension model, and the Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) model. It examines their performance and their impact on, among other criteria, agricultural incomes, productivity, market access, and water availability. Chapter 4 analyzes specific agricultural commodities, namely, maize, dairy, and selected fruits and vegetables that are of particular importance to Bihar. Chapter 5 concludes with lessons learned and recommendations.
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title Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
title_short Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
title_full Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
title_fullStr Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
title_full_unstemmed Bihar Agriculture : Building on Emerging Models of 'Success'
title_sort bihar agriculture : building on emerging models of 'success'
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/948031468258574468/India-Bihar-Agriculture-Building-on-emerging-models-of-success
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