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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Resilience in technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

2024Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Akramov, Kamiljon T.
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Resilience in technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Year published

2024

Authors

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Akramov, Kamiljon T.

Citation

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; and Akramov, Kamiljon T. 2024. Resilience in technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Applied Economics. Article in press. First published online September 26, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2405203

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Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan

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Asia; Central Asia; Economic Shock; Probability Analysis; Resilience; Surveys; Farms

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2405203 Source record

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Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa

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Resilience in farm technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

2023Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Akramov, Kamiljon
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Resilience in farm technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Economic resilience within the agrifood system is becoming increasingly crucial for assuring sustainable development. This is particularly so in regions with volatile and fragile environments, including Central Asia. Evidence remains scarce regarding what factors can enhance the economic resilience of agents within the agrifood system, including the resilience of productivity and technical efficiency. We partly fill this knowledge gap using the unique panel datasets of farm enterprises in Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, collected in 2019 and 2022, during which these enterprises experienced significant economic shocks in input prices. Using novel methods that combine Inverse Probability Weighting and panel stochastic frontier analyses models, we show that farmers who received more agricultural training and who had been granted greater autonomy in their production decisions in 2018 experienced greater resilience in technical efficiency despite the need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizer and oil/diesel in response to their price surges. Our findings suggest that providing critical public goods like information (related to training) and enabling environment (related to decision-making autonomy) can potentially enhance the resilience in the technical efficiency of farm enterprises. Furthermore, with chemical fertilizer and oil/diesel being potentially environmentally harmful inputs, these farmers also indirectly demonstrated resilience toward environmental sustainability.

Year published

2023

Authors

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Akramov, Kamiljon

Citation

Takeshima, H., Djanibekov, N., Abduvalieva, N., Mirkasimov, B. and Akramov, K. 2023. Resilience in farm technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakh-stan and Uzbekistann. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2205. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.

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Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan

Keywords

Asia; Central Asia; Resilience; Agrifood Systems; Sustainable Development; Agricultural Training; Inputs; Prices

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English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136985 Source record

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Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa

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Working Paper

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Can community service grants foster social and economic integration for youth? A randomized trial in Kazakhstan

2021Bhanot, Syon P.; Crost, Benjamin; Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric; Yedgenov, Bauyrzhan
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Can community service grants foster social and economic integration for youth? A randomized trial in Kazakhstan

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2021

Authors

Bhanot, Syon P.; Crost, Benjamin; Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric; Yedgenov, Bauyrzhan

Citation

Bhanot, Syon P.; Crost, Benjamin; Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric; and Yedgenov, Bauyrzhan. 2021. Can community service grants foster social and economic integration for youth? A randomized trial in Kazakhstan. Journal of Development Economics 153(November 2021): 102718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102718

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Kazakhstan

Keywords

Central Asia; Asia; Grants; Labour Markets; Social Behaviour; Field Experimentation; Training; Youth; Public Services; Training Strategies

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102718 Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Journal Article

Events

Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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November 13, 2018, 1:20 – 2:20 pm

Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.   This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food […]

International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership
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February 29 to March 3, 2016

International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership

The International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership will be held on February 29 – March 2, 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and is jointly organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), FAO, the World Bank, IFPRI, and GFAR. The conference presents the opportunity to discuss and […]

Agriculture & Food Systems, Climate Change and Nutrition in CIS Countries featuring the Global Nutrition Report 2015
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February 11 to 12, 2016

Agriculture & Food Systems, Climate Change and Nutrition in CIS Countries featuring the Global Nutrition Report 2015

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), the World Bank, and the CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) are organizing a conference on the linkages between climate change, agriculture, food systems, social safety net and nutrition outcomes […]

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November 21, 2024 | Press Release

Act now, or future generations will pay: Central Asia risks economic losses from malnutrition

Many countries off track for key indicators of nutritional well-being, report finds February 10, 2016, Moscow—Children whose growth is stunted, people who don’t get enough vitamins, micronutrients or minerals for a healthy life, adults who are overweight and obese—malnutrition takes many forms and affects every country on earth. The 2015 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) makes […]

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COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal

COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal

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