Striving to revive pulses in India with extension, input subsidies, and output price supports

Lybbert Travis J., Shenoy Ashish, Bourdier Tomoé, Kieran Caitlin. 2024. Striving to revive pulses in India with extension, input subsidies, and output price supports. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 106 (3) : 1167-1192.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12435

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Résumé : Pulse production in India has stagnated relative to staple grains and cash crops, raising concerns about rural protein consumption. We experimentally evaluate an effort to increase local pulse production in Bihar. This intervention consisted of 2 years of input subsidies and extension to facilitate learning, followed by the creation of marketing organizations and a year of output price support to raise profitability. Farmers respond to price signals by expanding inputs when subsidized and increasing pulse sales under price supports. However, we see no evidence that the program shifted equilibrium production portfolios as pulses return to pre-intervention levels after the support ends. Results indicate that short-term learning by doing cannot overcome long-run barriers to local pulse production, even when farmers have a viable outlet to sell their surplus output.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : petite exploitation agricole, légume sec, subvention, prix, variété indigène, enquête, rendement des cultures, Fagopyrum tataricum

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Inde, Bihar

Mots-clés libres : Agricultural extension, India, Pulses, Technology adoption

Agences de financement hors UE : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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