Impact of India’s Farm Science Centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on farm households’ economic welfare: An evidence from a national farmer survey

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dc.creatorKumar, Anjani
dc.creatorMishra, Ashok K.
dc.creatorSingh, A. K.
dc.creatorSaroj, Sunil
dc.creatorMadhaven, Misha
dc.creatorJoshi, Pramod Kumar
dc.date2024-05-08
dc.date2024-05-15T17:15:26Z
dc.date2024-05-15T17:15:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:45Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141850
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114376
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIndian Council of Agricultural Research
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133226
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKumar, Anjani; Mishra, Ashok K.; Signh, A. K.; Saroj, Sunil; Madhaven, Misha; Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2024. Impact of India’s farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on farm households’ economic welfare: An evidence from a national farmers’ survey. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 94(3-1): 63–71. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v94i3.148771
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectcost benefit analysis
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectcredit
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.titleImpact of India’s Farm Science Centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) on farm households’ economic welfare: An evidence from a national farmer survey
dc.typeJournal Article

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