Published as ZEF Discussion Paper 297.
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India
India is a country in South Asia with a population of 1.3 billion people, 66% of which lives in rural areas. In 2014, the Gross Production Value of all agriculture in the country was equivalent to 315 billion USD. The agricultural sector represents 15% of total GDP. India’s largest agricultural imports are oil crops (paln, sunflower and soybean), followed by rubber, cashew nuts with shells and dry pulses. It’s largest agricultural exports are cotton lint, soybean cake, wheat, maize and shelled cashews. Rice and milk, which are mainly destined for domestic production, represent the agricultural products with the largest production value, followed by wheat, mangoes and fresh vegetables. In 2014, an estimated 15% of the population was undernourished. Nutritional deficiencies are particularly severe in India, as show by high rates of stunting and wasting, affecting 39 and 15 percent of children under five respectively.
Publications
Farm Mechanization in Indian Agriculture with Focus on Tractors
India-Africa Partnership in Trade and Investment: With focus on the Agriculture and Food Sector
Published as ZEF Working Paper 195.
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Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Published as Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in
Agricultural Development, 001-2020.
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Agricultural Credit System in India: Evolution, Effectiveness and Innovations
Published as ZEF Working Paper: 184
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Skill Development in Indian Agriculture and Food Processing Sectors: A Scoping Exercise
Published as ZEF Working Paper: 183
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PARI Policy Brief No. 16: Improving Energy Access in Rural Areas
This PARI Policy Brief is available here.
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Fostering India-Africa Exchange of Agricultural Technologies and Know-How
Insights from a Study-Visit of African Researchers to India, 22-29 October 2017
Available for download here.
PARI Policy Brief No. 9: Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Africa – Insights from Research Dossiers on 12 PARI Partner Countries
Innovations spearheading the next transformations in India’s agriculture
Published as: ZEF Working Paper No. 159.
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PARI Policy Brief No. 4: Agricultural Innovations at the Technological Frontier in India
Harvesting Solar Power in India
Published as: ZEF – Working Paper No. 152, Center for Development Research, Bonn.
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Africa Calling – Indo-African cooperation for grassroots innovations
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