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UN International Year of the Woman Farmer Some Perspectives from Village Studies in India: A Report
March 30, 2026
Research
Examining the Ground for Adoption of Digital Technologies in Agricultural Production in India
Sai Chandan Kotu, Sandipan Baksi, Tapas S. Modak, and Nagesh Maurya
March 6, 2026
Event
One-Day Consultation on The Dynamics of Agricultural Innovation in North India: A Report
February 3, 2026
Research
A Note on Studying Non-Agricultural Activity in Rural India
V. K. Ramachandran
December 3, 2025
Event
Voices From the Lab and the Field: Oral Histories of Agrarian Change : A Report
FAS Team
September 27, 2025
Research
Realities of Inequality in Rural India: A Few Clarifications
Soham Bhattacharya
August 29, 2025
Event
Measuring Poverty in India : A Report
FAS Team
December 19, 2024
Tributes
Tribute to Professor Amiya Kumar Bagchi
FAS Team
November 29, 2024
Event
Webinar on Costs and Incomes from Crop Production in India : A Report
FAS Team
November 16, 2024
Research
Unequal Work: Explaining the Recent Increase in Female Workers in Rural India
Nency Agrawal
March 25, 2024
Event
FAS Webinar | Agriculture and Budgets in India
FAS Team
February 21, 2024
Research
Limited Options, Low Wages: The Working Lives of Dalit Women Workers in Rural Uttar Pradesh
Madhura Swaminathan
February 6, 2024
Tributes
Deepest Condolences: M.S. Swaminathan (1925-2023)
September 29, 2023
Research
Land Reforms and Change: Illustrations from Villages in Central Kerala
Deepak Johnson
July 26, 2023
Event Report
#FASLecture | Climate Change and Agriculture in India
May 19, 2023
Research
Handling Unit-level Data of NSSO’s SAS 2019 Using R: A Guide for Beginners
C. A. Sethu
April 25, 2023
Tributes
Remembering Madan Gopal Ghosh
FAS Team
April 21, 2023
Event
FAS Congratulates AIAWU
FAS Team
February 20, 2023
Event
FAS Congratulates Vijoo Krishnan
FAS Team
December 16, 2022
Research
Environmental Release of GM-Mustard in India: Cause for Hope
Sandipan Baksi
November 3, 2022
Research
Deregulation of Agricultural Marketing: How has it Affected the APMC System in Karnataka?
Ayush Kumar
September 7, 2022
Tributes
Remembering Professor Abhijit Sen
FAS Team
September 3, 2022
Tributes
Remembering Professor S Parasuraman
FAS Team
September 3, 2022
Research
Kharif MSP Announcement has to be Reconciled with Rising Costs across India
N. Sujan, Deepak Johnson
June 27, 2022
Research
Wheat Export and Food Security: Where Does India Stand?
Madhura Swaminathan, Deepak Johnson
May 19, 2022
Research
Women and the Household Food Economy
Madhura Swaminathan, Sanjukta Chakraborty
April 1, 2022
Research
How Did the MGNREGS Perform During the Pandemic?
Subhajit Patra
March 3, 2022
Research
Reflections on the Method of Focus Groups Discussions in Rural India: Experiences from a Tamil Nadu Village
C. A. Sethu
February 25, 2022
Research
Crop Insurance: An Overview from Situation Assessment Surveys
Rakesh Kumar Mahato, Sanjukta Chakraborty
January 7, 2022
Research
Changes in Income Structure of Agricultural Households: Insights from the Situation Assessment Surveys
Kunal Munjal
October 29, 2021
Research
The Paltry Increase in MSP for Rabi 2022-23 Crops Will Not Address the Growing Farming Crisis
Soham Bhattacharya, Tapas Modak
September 22, 2021
Research
What does the Situation Assessment Survey Say about MSP and Procurement Operations?
Deepak Johnson
September 18, 2021
Tributes
Tribute to Gautam Das
FAS Team
September 17, 2021
Research
Changing Contours of Rural Tenancy in India
Soham Bhattacharya
September 8, 2021
Research
Access to Information and Agriculture Extension Services for Farmer Households: Evidence from the Situation Assessment Surveys
Subhajit Patra
August 10, 2021
Research
Using the India TUS Unit Level Data: Some Notes on Method (and Some STATA Code!)
Smriti Rao, R. Vijayamba
July 20, 2021
Research
At 90, C.T. Kurien – Scholar of Social Conscience – Is More Relevant Than Ever
Parvathi Menon
July 16, 2021
Research
The eradication of extreme poverty in China, 1981 to 2019
R. Ramakumar
July 10, 2021
Research
A New Understanding of Women’s Work in Rural India
May 10, 2021
Event
Studying Women’s Work: Women Farmers in India
Madhura Swaminathan, Jagmati Sangwan
April 13, 2021
Research
Bihar versus Punjab: Selective Use of Data Misinforms Policy
R. Ramakumar
December 17, 2020
Research
Farmers’ Protest Against Farm Laws: Impressions from the Tikri Border
Shamsher Singh
December 17, 2020
Event
Report on Book Launch of Women and Work in Rural India
FAS Team
September 5, 2020
Research
Returns from Group Farming: A Case Study of Kudumbashree Women’s Farming Groups
Deepak Johnson
August 17, 2020
Research
Implications of the Collapse of Income from Migration: Reflections from Two Villages in Bihar
Sandipan Baksi, Rakesh Mahato
July 11, 2020
Research
Missing the Elephant in the Room: The Need to Address Human-Animal Conflict
R. Ramakumar
June 6, 2020
Research
Harvesting Misery
Gaurav Bansal and Soham Bhattacharya
June 4, 2020
Commentary Research
Locust Invasion Warrants Urgent National Response
K. D. Prathapan
June 1, 2020
Research
MGNREGS and the Pandemic Crisis: Reflections from Tripura
Ranjini Basu and Tapas Singh Modak
May 26, 2020
Research
Impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Countryside: Some Findings
FAS Team
April 25, 2020
Research
Building Inclusive Food Systems
Madhura Swaminathan
April 15, 2020
Research
When the Invisible Disappeared: Migrant Labour in Agriculture in the Pandemic
R. Ramakumar
April 14, 2020
Research
The Covid­-19 Pandemic and Indian Agriculture: A Note
R. Ramakumar
March 31, 2020
Research
Women’s Access to Banking in India: Policy Context, Trends, and Predictors
Pallavi Chavan
February 17, 2020
Commentary Research
Randomised Controlled Trials and Non-Randomised Politics: What Makes for Good Policy?
Aparajita Bakshi
December 19, 2019
Research
Studying the Rural and Liberal Education
Shamsher Singh
December 15, 2019
Research
Comparative Study of Rice Cultivation in Thrissur District and the Mekong River Delta
FAS Team
October 10, 2019
Research
Agricultural Policy Impasse and the Way Forward: A Conversation with Vijoo Krishnan
Deepak Johnson
September 13, 2019
Research
Good Diets in the Asia-Pacific Region: Three Countries Score Top Marks
Madhura Swaminathan
August 24, 2019
Research
Congratulations to R. Ramakumar
September 21, 2018
Research
"How do Small Farmers Fare?" in Journal of Economic Literature
February 20, 2018
Research
How Do Small Farmers Fare? Evidence from Village Studies in India
October 7, 2017
Research
A Prestigious Award for Jun-ichi Okabe
August 10, 2017

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