Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India

Kumar, Anjani; Mishra, Ashok K.; Saroj, Sunil; Sonkar, Vinay Kumar; Thapa, Ganesh; Joshi, Pramod Kumar

doi:10.1002/agr.21643

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“…We employed a two-stage residual inclusion (2SRI) approach to address the financial literacy variable's endogeneity issue. The 2SRI approach has been applied in recent studies (KUMAR et al, 2020;MA & ZHU, 2020;NIE;et al, 2020;TERZA, 2018). Here, we assumed that the i th household head would improve his/her financial education behavior after analyzing the expected utility gain derived from financial literacy.…”

Section: Econometrics Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does financial literacy inevitably lead to access to finance services? Evidence from rural Ghana

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This study examined the determinants of financial literacy (FL) and its impact on access to financial services (AFS), using data collected from rural Ghana. A two-stage residual inclusion model is utilized to address the selection bias issue. The results showed that FL is affected by household heads’ age, gender, education, asset ownership, homeownership, and economics education. The results revealed that FL is significant and positively related to AFS, but its square shows an inverse relation with saving mobilization. This indicated a non-linear relationship between FL and AFS. Moreover, we find that FL has a larger AFS impact for households with high-income and male household heads relative to their counterparts. The study recommended that the government can initiate the creation of a rural committee to educate rural residents on financial issues through radio broadcasting and meetings. Our findings highlighted the importance of FL on AFS in enhancing the welfare of rural households.

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Section: Econometrics Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does financial literacy inevitably lead to access to finance services? Evidence from rural Ghana

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“…Kumar et al (2013) suggest that the membership of milk cooperatives provides a distinct advantage in milk yield, productivity and quality. Conversely, achieving better food safety measures is correlated with an increased milk yield (Kumar et al, 2020). Specifically, improvement in yield through productivity gains, improving feed efficiency and maintaining a high health status which is a prerequisite for better milk quality and food safety measures also have the potential to reduce inefficiency-driven environmental pollution.…”

Section: Social Factorsmentioning

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Nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India: a review of the social, cultural and economic influences

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Livestock plays a crucial role in food and nutrition security. However, livestock production accounts for 0.18 of global greenhouse gas emissions. India has one of the highest livestock densities globally, mainly produced under traditional systems. Specifically, the emission and particularly nitrogen losses from cattle in traditional systems cannot be ignored. Nitrogen emission is substantial when cattle roam free and waste is not collected or managed efficiently. This paper reviews the literature to piece together the available information on nitrogen emissions from cattle in India to synthesize the evidence, identify gaps and contribute to further understanding of the problem. At the same time, the paper highlights the solutions to reduce nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India. The main findings are that most cattle in India are not reared to provide meat protein. The implication is that reactive nitrogen per capita consumption is lower than most developed countries. However, there are substantial inefficiencies in feed conversion, feed nitrogen use and manure management in India. As a result, nitrogen losses and wastage are considerable in the different production systems. Furthermore, the review suggests that social, cultural and economic factors such as convergent social behaviour, urbanization, regulations, changing consumption patterns, the demand for cheap fuel sources, culture and religion influence the production systems and, consequently, the emissions from livestock. Suggested solutions to reduce nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India are improving livestock productivity, adopting better feeding, manure and pasture management practices and using behavioural nudges.

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“…So, scientists study various aspects of digitalisation issues: investment-related [21], manufacturing [22], and financial [23]. Digitalisation of corporations is considered as an essential prerequisite for government regulation of the dairy industry [24].…”

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Impact of Digitalisation on Corporate Finance in the Agricultural Sector

Chernyakov¹,

Usacheva²,

Chernyakova³

2021

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The purpose of our paper is to examine the interrelation between digitalisation indicators of dairy industry government regulation and economic efficiency, using large corporations of Novosibirsk Region as an example. We propose to identify an integrated system approach to evaluating the influence of state programs related to digitalisation of the dairy industry on industry performance. A system-wide transition to digital technology in the infrastructure of dairy industry regulation is nearly totally absent from academic research. The existing literature considers the influence of state programs and policies on the industry and proposes various performance indicators. However, it is uncertain how industry digitalisation may affect these performance indicators. To address this gap in the literature, we propose a hypothesis of dependency between digitalisation indicators and performance indicators of dairy corporations. The basis of the methodology is the calculation of a digitalisation index used to assess the efficiency of government support of the industry corporations. In order to substantiate the hypothesis, we apply a correlation and regression analysis and established interrelations between the offered criteria (digitalisation index and share) and operating performance of dairy industry economic entities. Our results indicate general consistent patterns and interrelations between digitalisation of state regulatory programs and the performance of dairy industry corporations. Our statistical analysis reveals digital technology as a tool of government has a significant impact on business performance. The offered digitalisation criteria and patterns of performance efficiency are indicative of the possibility to manage the digitalisation process based upon preset parameters of business performance. Our research will be of interest to specialists developing state programs and policies applying digital technology, directors of dairy companies, and scientists who conduct research in related fields, who may use our approach for evaluating and forecasting performance in the dairy industry, accounting for the impact of government regulation.

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Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India

Cited by 27 publications

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Does financial literacy inevitably lead to access to finance services? Evidence from rural Ghana

Does financial literacy inevitably lead to access to finance services? Evidence from rural Ghana

Nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India: a review of the social, cultural and economic influences

Impact of Digitalisation on Corporate Finance in the Agricultural Sector

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