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100			_aKumar, A., Sonkar, V.K. and Bathla, S. _935627
245			_aDoes public procurement benefit paddy farmers: Evidence from eastern India
260			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
300			_a57(21), May, 21, 2022: p.42-48
520			_aThis paper investigates the impact of public procurement on paddy farmers in Bihar. Whether farmers’ access to public procurement agencies led to higher price realisation by them is examined here. The paper used a comprehensive telephonic survey of 1,976 farm households in eastern India (Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal) and employed an endogenous switching regression model to estimate the impact of public procurement on farm harvest price of paddy. The findings reveal that farmers gain by selling to public agencies. However, they are unable to receive the minimum support price. – Reproduced
650			_aPublic procurement, Paddy farmers, Eastern India _935628
773			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
906			_aAGRICULTURE
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