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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Foresight and Policy Modeling

Barun Deb Pal

Research Coordinator

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Barun Pal is a Research Coordinator in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit working on various current research issues relevant to agricultural sector development in South Asia, with special focus on India. He studies the impact of climate-smart agriculture on future GHG emissions from the agriculture sector in India, the impact of an integrated watershed management program in Maharashtra, doubling farmer’s income in Karnataka, and the land use modeling activities of IFPRI. He has more than 10 years of research experience on climate change and economic growth, and climate-smart agriculture prioritization. Through his involvement in academic and policy research, he has gained expertise in computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling, macroeconomic modeling using input-output economics and social accounting methods, and land use planning models in linear and nonlinear frameworks. Prior to joining IFPRI as a Project Manager, he worked in various capacities including assisting IFPRI and CGIAR’s CCAFS research team to implement the ongoing research program on climate-smart agriculture in Indian states, including Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. He started his career with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, India.

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Economy-wide impact of climate smart agriculture in India: A SAM framework

2024Ajatasatru, Ananya; Prabhu, Vishnu; Pal, Barun Deb; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali
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Economy-wide impact of climate smart agriculture in India: A SAM framework

In the context of climate change, the Indian agricultural sector treads in a certain duality between promoting food security in response to the increasing population, but at the same time in ensuring environmental sustainability, and sustained economic growth, especially in developing countries like India. The concept of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) emerged from the recognition of this duality. Using the Indian Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2017–18, the economy-wide effects arising out of agricultural interventions were estimated, keeping accord with the impacts on sectoral outputs and household incomes from the adoption of varying CSA interventions such as Conservation Agriculture, System of Rice and Wheat Intensification (SRI-SWI) and Natural Farming, fitting the three-pillared criterion of CSA—(1) Productivity (2) Adaptation and (3) Mitigation. Additionally, a shift in cropping patterns from Paddy and Wheat to less emission-intensive crops was also studied. Results show that SRI-SWI provides the highest economy-wide impacts while accounting for lower GHG and water footprint. Alternative crops such as Maize, Sorghum, and Millet have minimal increase in income and output effects while having lower water and carbon intensity compared to rice and wheat. The current study would sensitize policymakers to prioritize suitable policy and institutional measures for upscaling climate smart interventions in India.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ajatasatru, Ananya; Prabhu, Vishnu; Pal, Barun Deb; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali

Citation

Ajatasatru, Ananya; Prabhu, Vishnu; Deb Pal, Barun; and Mukhopadhyay, Kakali. 2024. Economy-wide impact of climate smart agriculture in India: A SAM framework. Journal of Economic Structures 13: 4.

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India

Keywords

Asia; Climate Change; Agricultural Sector; Sustainability; Climate-smart Agriculture; Policies

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-023-00320-z Source record

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National Policies and Strategies

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Journal Article

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Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Odisha

2023Pal, Barun Deb; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; Pauw, Karl
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Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Odisha

This factsheet provides a brief description of the economic structure and the size of the agrifood system of Odisha, an Indian state. The agrifood system comprises primary agriculture, food processing, agrifood trade, food services, and input supplies. We have constructed a multistate social accounting matrix (SAM) for the year 2017/18 to understand the size of Odisha’s agrifood system in comparison with the rest of India.

Year published

2023

Authors

Pal, Barun Deb; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; Pauw, Karl

Citation

Deb Pal, Barun; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; and Pauw, Karl. 2023. Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Odisha. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137028

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India

Keywords

Asia; Economic Situation; Agrifood Systems; Trade; Inputs

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English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137028 Source record

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Foresight

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Brief

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Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Bihar

2023Pal, Barun Deb; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; Pauw, Karl
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Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Bihar

This factsheet provides a brief description of the economic structure and the size of the agrifood system of Bihar, an Indian state. The agrifood system comprises primary agriculture, food processing, agrifood trade, food services, and input supplies. We have constructed a multistate social accounting matrix (SAM) for the year 2017/18 to understand the size of Bihar’s agrifood system in comparison with the rest of India.

Year published

2023

Authors

Pal, Barun Deb; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; Pauw, Karl

Citation

Deb Pal, Barun; Ajmani, Manmeet; Thurlow, James; and Pauw, Karl. 2023. Agrifood system in India – state factsheet: Bihar. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137027

Country/Region

India

Keywords

Asia; Economic Situation; Agrifood Systems; Trade; Inputs

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137027 Source record

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Foresight

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Brief

Blogs

What ails India’s free trade agreements?
IFPRI Blog
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March 12, 2020

What ails India’s free trade agreements?

By Sanjib Pohit and Barun Deb Pal

Lack of harmonized standards and certification issues that increase transaction costs plague India’s FTAs.

Confronting the challenges of salinity intrusion on agriculture in South Asia
IFPRI Blog
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February 01, 2019

Confronting the challenges of salinity intrusion on agriculture in South Asia

By Himanshu Pathak, Barun Deb Pal, and P.K. Joshi

Saltwater is increasingly contaminating fresh water sources, posing grave risks for agriculture in Bangladesh and India that will require creative policy solutions – a discussion.

Events

5th Global Food Security Conference
IFPRI at External Event

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April 9 to 12, 2024

5th Global Food Security Conference

Conference: April 9-12, 2024 – 7:30 AM- 6:00 PM CET. Building on the momentum from the UN Food System Summit and recognizing that the 2030 target year of the Sustainable Development Goals is on the horizon, this 5th Global Food Security Conference will bring together science, business, and policy to address this need.

News

March 10, 2020 | In the News

What ails India’s free trade agreements (FTA)? (Financial Express)

The Financial Express (India) published an op-ed by South Asia Office, Project Manager Barun Deb Pal and co-author Sanjib Pohit on the lack of harmonized standards and certification issues that increase transaction costs plague India’s FTAs. All FTAs are bound by the rules, which need to be adhered to if one is to benefit from […]