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Bridging the Last Mile : Evaluation of Mobile Phone- Based Agricultural Extension

In 2011, we launched a large-scale field experiment to evaluate a service (Avaaj Otalo, or AO) that delivers mobile-phone-based agricultura...

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The Need for Ruralization

"India lives in its villages." Mahatma Gandhi After nearly sixty years, Gandhiji’s statement still holds true.  From the...

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Getting the Problem Right

In terms of the   age-old problem of helping farmers increase their productivity and income, I don’t think agricultural credit and fina...

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A mother's plea to her Government

Dear Government, My eldest 17-year-old son has lately started talking about going to a big city for a "better" livel...

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Why do farmers need more loans?

Agriculture finance is the most crucial aspect for any farmer in a country where 60% of population depends on farming. India is also one o...

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A Short Message from the Avaaj Otalo Project…

“Namashkar… Welcome to the Agriculture Advisory and Agriculture Information service of Awaaj Otalo. Today we will discuss….” ...

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What was the “Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief” Scheme about?

Photo Credit:  http://www.aegindia.org According to Malcolm Harper, “the loan waiver scheme is an expensive, populist device that w...

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Agricultural Financing - Potential for Innovations ?

Quite often, I come across this from some of my city-based friends, "Someday I would like to retire and get settled in a village and ...

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