Publications

Alcohol Ban and Crime: The ABC’s of the Bihar Prohibition
Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2024

Can We Agree on a Food Loss and Waste Definition? An Assessment of Definitional Elements for a Globally Applicable Framework
February 16, 2023
by
Jocelyn Boiteau
,
Prabhu Pingali
Global Food Security, Vol. 37, June 2023

Are the Lessons from the Green Revolution Relevant for Agricultural Growth and Food Security in the Twenty-First Century?
January 3, 2023
by
Prabhu Pingali
In Jonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi Tenobe (Eds.), Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa: Essays in Honor of Keijiro Otsuka, Springer 2023

Aggregation Models and Small Farm Commercialization: An Annotated Bibliography of Relevant Literature
November 11, 2022
Smallholder aggregation models around the globe have the potential to contribute significantly to agricultural growth and productivity by facilitating improved access to credit, inputs, markets, and information. Aggregation models, including farmer producer organizations (FPOs) and cooperatives, are institutional arrangements by which small and marginal farmers,...

Revealing the Hidden Production Costs of India’s Public Distribution System
November 3, 2022
This policy brief presents preliminary estimates of the environmental and health-related costs associated with the production of food grain for India’s Public Distribution System (PDS), a program that provides subsidized food to more than 800 million Indians. This new analysis provides government policymakers, advocates, and...

Improving In-Kind Food-Based Safety Nets: The Case of India’s Public Distribution System
October 28, 2022
by
Raghav Puri
In Gentilini, Ugo (Ed.), Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition: An Update of Concepts, Evidence and Select Practices in South Asia and Beyond, World Bank, 2022

Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems and Biofortified Crops
Agricultural Economics Research Review, Volume 35, Number 1, October 2022

In-Mouth, Self-Disintegrating Milk Protein Puffs-I: Process Development
September 1, 2022
by
Bindvi Arora
,
Syed Rizvi
Journal of Food Process Engineering, August 2022

Technological Interventions in Indian Food Systems and the Future of Food Security
August 24, 2022
by
Mathew Abraham
,
Prabhu Pingali
Technological Interventions in Indian Food Systems and the Future of Food Security is available for download in PDF format. With India on track to become the world’s most populous country by 2030, agricultural technology will play a vital role in ensuring that the country meets...

Food Systems Transformation in Asia – A Brief Economic History
July 13, 2022
by
Mathew Abraham
,
Prabhu Pingali
Agricultural Economics, July 2022