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  1. Do precision land management technologies improve farm efficiency? Evidence from laser land levelling in India

    Article • Agricultural Systems, December 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  2. Does access to Kisan Credit Card improve smallholder farmers' performance? Insights from Eastern India

    Article • Agricultural Finance Review, August 2026, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  3. Horticulture Sector in India: Trends, Performance, and Impact

    Article • Economic & Political Weekly, May 2026, Sameeksha Trust

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  4. Trade-offs and synergies in agroecosystem services with organic and integrated nutrient management in South Asian agri-food systems: Evidence from a meta-analysis

    Article • Field Crops Research, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  5. Does Mechanization Improve Net Farm Income? Evidence from Household Survey in Eastern India

    Article • Agricultural Research, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  6. Farmers’ preferences and willingness to accept incentives for adopting sustainable agricultural practices in India

    Article • Discover Sustainability, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  7. Unravelling trade-offs and synergies of direct-seeded rice in Indian agriculture: A meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Agronomy, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  8. Impact of Custom Hiring Services on Paddy Cultivation: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

    Article • Agricultural Research, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  9. Do Precision Land Management Technologies Improve Farm Productivity? Evidence from Laser Land Levelling in India

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  10. Physicochemical transformations of soil under different rice establishment methods and residue management practices in rice-rice system

    Article • Plant Science Today, November 2025, Horizon E-Publishing Group

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  11. Climate-resilient strategies for wheat farming: minimizing climate impact, optimizing productivity, and maximizing profitability in the subtropical agroecological landscape of India

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, July 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  12. Weather shocks and rice (Oryza sativa) yield response to fertilizer: Representative field‐level evidence from Bangladesh

    Article • Agronomy Journal, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  13. Demand-Side and Supply-Side Factors for Accelerating Varietal Turnover in Smallholder Soybean Farms

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  14. Factors Affecting Information Security Awareness Among Generation Z: Evidence From India

    Article • December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  15. Compliance with food safety measures and their economic impact on smallholder dairy farmers: Evidence from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  16. COVID-19 and Dynamics of Food Insecurity in Eastern India: Evidence from Analysis of a Panel Survey

    Article • INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, July 2024, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

    Dr Anjani Kumar

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

    Article • The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, May 2024, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  18. Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  19. Trends and Determinants of Virtual Water Trade in Crops and Crop Products in India

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  20. Trends and Determinants of Virtual Water Trade in Crops and Crop Products in India

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  21. Adoption and impact of hybrid rice in India: evidence from a large-scale field survey

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, November 2023, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  22. Crop establishment and nutrient management for production sustainability in rice (Oryza sativa)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) system in eastern India

    Article • The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, October 2023, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  23. Intensive and extensive margins of India's agricultural trade: implications for export diversification and development

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, September 2023, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  24. Determinants and impacts of contract farming: evidence from cultivation of onion, okra and pomegranate in Maharashtra, India

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, June 2023, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  25. Examining the transfer of knowledge and training to smallholders in India: Direct and spillover effects of agricultural advisory services in an emerging economy

    Article • World Development, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  26. Examining export advantages in Indian horticulture: an approach based on product mapping and seasonality

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, July 2022, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  27. Government transfers, COVID‐19 shock, and food insecurity: Evidence from rural households in India

    Article • Agribusiness, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  28. The Million Farmers School: evaluating its impact on farmers' agricultural knowledge in Uttar Pradesh, India

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, April 2022, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  29. Assessing the Impact of Lending Through Kisan Credit Cards in Rural India: Evidence from Eastern India

    Article • European Journal of Development Research, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  30. Explaining Rice and Wheat Yield Gaps in Eastern Indian States: Insights from Stochastic Frontier Analysis

    Article • Agricultural Research, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  31. Government Transfers, COVID-19 Shock, and Food Insecurity: Evidence from Rural Households in India

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  32. Farmers’ Awareness and Perceptions of the New Farm Laws 2020 in India: Empirical Evidence from a Household Survey

    Article • INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, November 2021, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  33. Impacts of COVID-19-Induced National Lockdown on Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in India: A Macro Perspective

    Article • INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, November 2021, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  34. Introducing Biofortified Rice and Wheat through the Public Distribution System: An Empirical Analysis of Its Implications in Bihar and Odisha

    Article • INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, November 2021, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  35. India's COVID-19 social assistance package and its impact on the agriculture sector

    Article • Agricultural Systems, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  36. COVID ‐19, Government Transfer Payments, and Investment Decisions in Farming Business: Evidence from Northern India

    Article • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, January 2021, Wiley

    Deepak Varshney, Dr Anjani Kumar

  37. Influence of Summer Green Manuring on Soil Nematode Population under Rice-Wheat Cropping System

    Article • Indian Journal Of Nematology, January 2021, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  38. Monopsonists, Disruptive Innovation and Food Security: The Case of High‐Value Commodity

    Article • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  39. Understanding the geographic pattern of diffusion of modern crop varieties in India: a multilevel modeling approach

    Article • Food Security, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  40. Examining institutional credit access among agricultural households in Eastern India: trends, patterns and determinants

    Article • Agricultural Finance Review, October 2020, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  41. Farmers' social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India

    Article • International Journal of Emerging Markets, October 2020, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  42. Rural Non-farm Employment in Eastern India: Implications for Economic Well-being

    Article • Indian Journal of Labour Economics, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  43. Cyanobacterial biofertilizer’s successful journey from rural technology to commercial enterprise: an Indian perspective

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  44. Mitigation strategies to enhance carbon sink potential in climate vulnerable districts of Eastern India

    Article • Climate and Development, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  45. How Indian agriculture should change after COVID-19

    Article • Food Security, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  46. Adoption and impact of modern varieties of paddy in India: evidence from a nationally representative field survey

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, July 2020, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  47. Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal

    Article • Land Use Policy, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  48. The Impact of Crop Diversification Towards High-Value Crops on Economic Welfare of Agricultural Households in Eastern India

    Article • Current Science, May 2020, Current Science Association

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  49. Food Safety Consciousness and Consumers’ Milk Purchasing Behavior: Evidence from a Developing Country

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, May 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  50. Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India

    Article • Agribusiness, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  51. Assessing food and nutrition security in Nepal: evidence from diet diversity and food expenditure patterns

    Article • Food Security, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  52. Dynamics and determinants of farm household income in Bihar: evidence from panel data of selected villages

    Article • The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, November 2019, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  53. Household-Level Food and Nutrition Insecurity and its Determinants in Eastern India

    Article • Current Science, July 2019, Current Science Association

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  54. Targeting Agricultural Investments and Input Subsidies in Low-Income Lagging Regions of India

    Article • European Journal of Development Research, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  55. Impact of traditional versus modern dairy value chains on food security: Evidence from India’s dairy sector

    Article • Food Policy, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  56. Agricultural Transformation in Nepal

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  57. Does contract farming improve profits and food safety? Evidence from tomato cultivation in Nepal

    Article • Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, September 2018, Emerald

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  58. Production Risks, Risk Preference and Contract Farming: Impact on Food Security in India

    Article • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  59. First Report of Soybean yellow mottle mosaic virus on Soybean (Glycine max) in India

    Article • Plant Disease, August 2018, Scientific Societies

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  60. Impact of blue green algae (BGA) technology: an empirical evidence from northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains

    Article • 3 Biotech, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  61. Impact of contract farming on yield, costs and profitability in low-value crop: evidence from a low-income country

    Article • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  62. Cooperatives, contract farming, and farm size: The case of tomato producers in Nepal

    Article • Agribusiness, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  63. Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from a panel data analysis of smallholder dairy farmers in Bihar, India

    Article • Food Policy, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  64. How can organic rice be a boon to smallholders? Evidence from contract farming in India

    Article • Food Policy, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  65. Impact of Crop Diversification on Rural Poverty in Nepal

    Article • Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  66. Can better governance improve food security? An assessment of the public food distribution system in Odisha, India

    Article • Food Security, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  67. Institutional versus non-institutional credit to agricultural households in India: Evidence on impact from a national farmers’ survey

    Article • Economic Systems, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  68. Adoption of food safety measures on milk production in Nepal: Impact on smallholders’ farm-gate prices and profitability

    Article • Food Policy, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  69. Food Consumption Pattern and Dietary Diversity in Nepal: Implications for Nutrition Security

    Article • Indian Journal of Human Development, May 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  70. Heterogeneous returns to chemical fertilizer at the intensive margins: Insights from Nepal

    Article • Food Policy, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  71. Dynamics of access to rural credit

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  72. Adoption of Modern Rice Cultivation Practices in Bihar, India: Micro-level Evidences from Village-Level Studies

    Article • Agricultural Research, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  73. Public Distribution System in Bihar, India: Implications for Food Security

    Article • Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  74. Impact of contracts in high yielding varieties seed production on profits and yield: The case of Nepal

    Article • Food Policy, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  75. Is Access to Tractor Service a Binding Constraint for Nepali Terai Farmers?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  76. Determinants of Chemical Fertilizer Use in Nepal: Insights Based on Price Responsiveness and Income Effects

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  77. Rural labour employment and their livelihoods in Bihar: Micro-level evidences from selected villages

    Article • Indian Journal of Labour Economics, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  78. Food consumption patterns and dietary diversity in eastern India: evidence from village level studies (VLS)

    Article • Food Security, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  79. Explaining the status and scope of ecotourism development for livelihood security: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  80. Trends in the consumption of milk and milk products in India: implications for self-sufficiency in milk production

    Article • Food Security, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  81. PDS and Food Security in India

    Article • Agricultural Research, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  82. A Partial Equilibrium Model for Future Outlooks on Major Cereals in India

    Article • Margin The Journal of Applied Economic Research, April 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  83. Economics of dairy farming and marketing: Micro-level perspectives from three major milk producing states of India

    Article • The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, February 2014, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  84. Export of buffalo meat from India: performance and prospects

    Article • The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, December 2012, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture

    Dr Anjani Kumar

  85. Adoption of Food Safety Practices in Milk Production: Implications for Dairy Farmers in India

    Article • Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Anjani Kumar