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Digital Extension Services and Agricultural Productivity: Three Essays

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Pramanik_cornellgrad_0058F_14438.pdf (12.12 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/nbye-wg37
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/116548
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Author
Pramanik, Chanchal
Abstract

The thesis is structured into three interconnected chapters that jointly explore the effects of the digital extension service for agriculture on crop yields with a focus on India under the umbrella of Regional Science and Agricultural Economics. In the initial chapter, we identify clusters of districts with high and low seasonal yield performances for the major food grains in India: paddy, wheat, and millets. In the following chapter, we examine the impact of access to agricultural information from India's farmers (\textit{Kisan}) call center (KCC) on seasonal paddy and wheat yields at the district level, focusing on selected ten States representing India. Finally, in the third chapter, we evaluate the influence of mobile-based agricultural information services (KCC) on the state of regional convergences of seasonal paddy yields, taking into account the district-level technical efficiency of seasonal paddy cultivation (β-convergence) and the trend of seasonal paddy yield outcomes (σ-convergence).

Description
166 pages
Date Issued
2024-08
Keywords
Agricultural Productivity
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Digital Agriculture
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Digital Extension Services
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Farmers Call Center
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Mobile Phones in Agriculture
Committee Chair
Carruthers, John
Committee Member
Basu, Arnab
Pingali, Prabhu
Degree Discipline
Regional Science
Degree Name
Ph. D., Regional Science
Degree Level
Doctor of Philosophy
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16611897

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