2025
When Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture (with Ram Fishman and Meha Jain). Forthcoming @ World Bank Economic Review.
Confidence and information usage: Evidence from soil testing in India (with Jared Gars, Ram Fishman, and Patrick Ward). American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Weather Shocks and Rice (Oryza Sativa) Yield-response to Fertilizer: Representative Field-Level Evidence from Bangladesh (with Hiroyuki Takeshima and Anjani Kumar). Agronomy Journal.
Social Identity and Crisis Resilience in Agriculture: Caste, Gender, and Migration in Nepal (with Muzna Alvi, Prapti Barooah, and Smriti Saini). Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies.
Patterns of livelihood diversification in farming systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains (with Tamara Jackson, Ravi Nandi, et al.) Agricultural Systems.
Dataset on the patterns of livelihood diversification in farming systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia (with Tamara Jackson, Ravi Nandi et al.). Data in Brief
2024
The impact of COVID-19 on livelihood assets: A case study of high-value crop farmers in North-West Bangladesh (with Umme Salma et al.). Scientific Reports
Economics of sustainable irrigation in smallholder agriculture: implications for food security and climate action (with Anton Urfels, et al.). Environmental Research Letters.
Effects of a large-scale alcohol ban on population-level alcohol intake, weight, blood pressure, blood glucose, and domestic violence in India: a quasi-experimental population-based study (with Suman Chakrabarti et al.). The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia.
Deworming and micronutrient status by community open defecation prevalence: An observational study using nationally representative data from India, 2016–2018 (with Suman Chakrabarti et al.). PLOS Medicine.
Risks from solar-powered groundwater irrigation (with Soumya Balasubramanya et al.). Science
Remoteness, farm production, and dietary diversity in Nepal (with Tushar Singh and Muzna Alvi). IFPRI Discussion Paper 02229.
An assessment of community-led lift irrigation systems in Jharkhand, India (with Manavi Gupta, et al.). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10439
Policy preferences of experts seeking to raise and stabilise farm incomes in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (with Bethany Cooper et al.). Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Post farmgate food businesses of India: The enterprises, the entrepreneurs, and the employees (with Manavi Gupta, Devesh Roy, and Sunil Saroj). Global Food Security.
The Million Farmers School: evaluating its impact on farmers' agricultural knowledge in Uttar Pradesh, India (with Anjani Kumar, Smriti Verma, Sunil Saroj, and Amit Mohan Prasad). Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies.
Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification (with Anton Urfels, et al.). Agricultural Systems.
Time management governs climate resilience and productivity in the coupled rice-wheat cropping systems of Eastern India (with Andrew J. McDonald, et al.). Nature Food.
Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations (with Beatrice Corona, et al.). Nature.
Agricultural diversification and intra-household dietary diversity: Panel data analysis of farm households in Bangladesh (with Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Tamanna Mastura, Jim Woodhill, Kuhu Chatterjee, and Tamara Jackson). PLOS ONE
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vegetable farmers in Bangladesh (with MJ Alam, et al.). Cogent Food & Agriculture
Diversified agriculture leads to diversified diets: Panel data evidence from Bangladesh (with Mastura T Begum et al.). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vegetable farmers in Bangladesh (with Mohammad Jahangir Alam, et al.). Cogent Food & Agriculture
Assessing direct benefit transfer of agricultural subsidies in Bihar and Odisha (with Smriti Saini and Muzna Alvi). Economic and Political Weekly.
The vital roles of blue foods in the global food systems (with Michelle Tigchelaar et al.). Global Food Security.
Impact evaluation of seed replacement on pulse productivity in India (with Shivaswamy GP, Kuhu Joshi, Anuja AR, and KN Singh). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences.
Economic access to groundwater irrigation under alternate energy regimes in Bihar (with SK Srivastava and Jaspal Singh). Agricultural Economics Research Review.
Food systems and rural wellbeing: challenges and opportunities (with Jim Woodhill, Jemimah Njuki, Crystal Jones, and Saher Hasnain). Food Security.
Unemployment and household spending in rural and urban India: evidence from a panel data (with Manavi Gupta). Journal of Development Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00220388.2021.1983171
Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales (with Roz Naylor, Sumaila Rashid, et al.). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25516-4
The future of farming: Who will produce our food? (With Ken Giller, et al.) Food Security (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01184-6
Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka (with Muzna Alvi, Timothy J Krupnik). Global Food Security Vol 28, March 2021.
Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID (with AJ Mc Donald et al.). World Development. 2020 Nov 1;135:105064.
Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID. World Development, 135, p.105064.
Designing better input support programs: Lessons from zinc subsidies in Andhra Pradesh, India (with Shweta Gupta, Muzna Alvi, and Vartika Singh). PLOS ONE December 3, 2020.
A comparison of Indian Diet with the EAT-Lancet Reference Diet (with Manika Sharma, Devesh Roy, and Kuhu Joshi). BMC Public Health 20 (2020): 1-13.
India's Food System in the Time of COVID-19 (with Abhishek, Vaibhav Bhamoriya, Puneet Gupta, Manu Kaushik, Ritesh Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Shilp Verma). Economic & Political Weekly, 55(15): 12-14.
Exploring farmers' willingness to pay for crop insurance products: A case of weather-based crop insurance in Punjab, India (with KS Aditya and Md Tajuddin Khan). Agricultural Economics Research Review Volume 33 (2), July-December 2020.
Risk of Acute Respiratory Infection from Crop Burning in India: Estimating Disease Burden and Economic Welfare from Satellite and National Health Survey Data for 250,000 Persons (with Suman Chakrabarti, Mohammad Tajuddin Khan, Devesh Roy, and Samuel P Scott). International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 48, Issue 4, August 2019, Pages 1113–1124
Impact of Fortified Wheat Distributed through Food Safety Net Programs on Anaemia in Pregnant Indian Women (with Suman Chakrabarti, Kalyani Raghunathan, and Samuel P Scott). Maternal & Child Nutrition 15(1): e12669.
Heterogeneity in Male and Female Farmers’ Preference for a Profit‐enhancing and Labor‐saving Technology: The Case of Direct‐Seeded Rice (DSR) in India (with MT Khan and PK Joshi). Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 67(3), 303-320.
Effectiveness of Food Subsidies in Raising Healthy Food Consumption: Public Distribution of Pulses in India (with Suman Chakrabarti and Devesh Roy). American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(5), pp.1427-1449.
Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper #01523.
Making pulses affordable again: policy options from the farm to retail in India (with PK Joshi and Devesh Roy). Economic and Political Weekly.
Harnessing the Sun for an Evergreen Revolution: A Study of Solar Powered Irrigation in Bihar, India (with PK Joshi and Divya Pandey). Water International, 42(3), 291-307.
Is more Inclusive more Effective? The New-style Public Distribution System in India (with Suman Chakrabarti). Food Policy, 55, 117-130
Droughts, Distress, and Policies for Drought Proofing Agriculture in Bihar, India (with PK Joshi and Divya Pandey). Water International, 40(3), 417-431
Having a Son Promotes Clean Cooking Fuel Use in India: Women's Status and Son Preference (with Dean Spears). Economic Development and Cultural Change 62(4), 673-699
Solar Irrigation Pumps: Farmers’ Experience and the State Policy in Rajasthan, India (with Tushaar Shah and Nidhi Prabha Tiwari). Economic & Political Weekly vol 49, page 55-62.
Direct Cash Transfer System for Fertilisers: Why it might be Hard to Implement? (with K. V. Praveen, and Devesh Roy). Economic & Political Weekly 48(52), page 55
Supply- and Demand-side Management of Water in Gujarat, India: What can we Learn? Water Policy, 15(3), 496-514.
Will the Impact of the 2009 Drought be Different from 2002? (with Tushaar Shah and Hemant P). Economic and Political Weekly, 11-14.
Understanding Agrarian Impasse in Bihar. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(31), 3484–3491