International Food Policy Research Institute

Does access to Kisan Credit Card improve smallholder farmers' performance? Insights from Eastern India

Purpose Farmers in India continue to be deprived of adequate and timely institutional credit. The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme, introduced in 1998, sought to address this issue by providing credit support under a single window with simplified procedure. The study aims to analyz...

Redistributed, Not Reduced: The Role of International Trade in Global Food Supply Sustainability

Global food systems must balance productivity with environmental sustainability amid climate change, geopolitical shocks, and unevenly distributed natural resources. This study introduces the Food Supply Sustainability Index (FSSI), a transparent, composite measure of the sustain...

Revisiting the Political Economy of Agriculture in 21st Century Food Systems

ABSTRACT In 1932, Joseph Duncan argued in the Journal of Agricultural Economics that agricultural economists should engage more explicitly with politics. Nearly a century later, the political economy of food and agriculture has expanded in both scope and complexity. This paper re...

From farmer-centred design to algorithmic participation: navigating technical demands and normative discourses in digital extension

Abstract Digital extension and farmer-centric design are increasingly presented as complementary strategies for transforming agricultural innovation systems: digital extension promises scale and efficiency, while farmer-centric design is expected to ensure relevance, inclusivity,...