Rural economies in South Asia has been transforming rapidly with the availability and adoption of new agricultural technologies, better access to markets for agricultural products and labor, implementation of development programs such as construction of new roads and infrastructure, employment generation schemes, social safety net programs, sanitation programs, etc. Spread of education and ease in information flow through the advent of mobile phones, radio and television channels; availability and ability of rural population to read daily newspapers have also created closer links between villages and outside areas. Sources of livelihood and dependence on traditional occupations have also been changing with new opportunities. In addition to crop agriculture, rural economies in South Asia especially in Bangladesh and India have been experiencing diverse opportunities in non-crop agriculture, animal farming, fish farming along with the development of non-farm employment opportunities in production and service oriented activities. Dynamics of rural livelihood systems as well as poverty, inequality and food security situation are also changing very rapidly.
The VDSA project is conceptualized and led by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and is implemented jointly with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi, in partnership with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes (Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar; ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna), Socioconsult Ltd, Dhaka and other national institutes in these countries. The project is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The conference was held in Savar, Bangladesh, on 15-17 October, 2014.
| Rural Non-Farm Economy in Bangladesh: Nature, Extent, Trends And Determinants |
Rural Non-farm Economy: Multi-Occupation Strategy for Sustaining Livelihoods |
Soumitra Pramanik, Uttam Deb and Cynthia Bantilan |
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| Rural Non-Farm Economy in SAT India: Nature, Extent and Determinants |
Rural Non-farm Economy: Multi-Occupation Strategy for Sustaining Livelihoods |
Patan Elias Khan, Uttam Deb and Cynthia Bantilan |
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| Income Dynamics, Inequality, Determinants and Policy Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods of Tribal Community in Jharkhand State, India |
Rural non-farm Economy: Multi-occupation strategy for sustaining livelihoods |
M.S. Meena, K.M. Singh , R.K.P. Singh, Anjani Kumar, MCS Bantilan and Abhay Kumar |
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| Role of Seasonal Migration on Asset Accumulation and Moving Out of Poverty: The Case of Dokur Village in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Migration, gender and farming systems |
Anupama GV, Uttam Deb and Cynthia Bantilan |
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| Labour out migration from rice based cropping system: A case of Bihar, India |
Migration, Gender and Farming Systems |
Abhay Kumar , R K P Singh , K M Singh, and Anjani Kumar |
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| Male Worker Migration and Women Empowerment: The Case of Bihar, India |
Migration, Gender and Farming Systems |
K M Singh, R K P Singh Anjani Kumar and Abhay Kumar |
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| Agricultural Production performance on Small farm holdings: Some Empirical Evidences from Bihar, India |
Farm Size and Productivity Revisited |
R. K. P. Singh, Abhay Kumar , K. M. Singh and Anjani Kumar |
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| Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies: A Micro Analysis at Farm Level in Bihar |
Farm Size and Productivity Revisited |
K M Singh , R K P Singh Abhay Kumar and Anjani Kumar |
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| Adaption pattern of improved Rice variety and their farm level impacts in rainfed areas: A micro level evidence from Odisha |
Farm Size and Productivity Revisited |
Mukesh K. Sinha, P. Nanda and A. Kumar |
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| Village Income Dynamics in Odisha- An Insight from VDSA Villages |
Transformation of Agrarian Structure |
Prabhakar Nanda, Mukesh Sinha and Ashwani Kumar |
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| Comparative Advantage in Production of Selected Agricultural Commodities in Bangladesh |
Public Policy for supporting Small Farms |
M. A. Rashid and Uttam Deb |
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| Rainfall Insurance in India: Does it Deal with Risks in Dryland Farming? |
Public Policy for Supporting Small Farms |
K Byjesh, Uttam Deb and Cynthia Bantilan |
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| Farm size and productivity in rice farming: recent empirical evidence from Bangladesh |
Rural Non-farm Economy: Multi-Occupation Strategy for Sustaining Livelihoods |
Rahman, M. Saidur, Mandal, M. A. Sattar, Kajisa, Kei and Bhandari, Humnath |
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