MARC details
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03691nab|a22003737a|4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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63045 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20211006082243.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
1932-6203 |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242161 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gupta, S. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10787 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Designing better input support programs : |
| Remainder of title |
lessons from zinc subsidies in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
San Francisco, CA (USA) : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Public Library of Science, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2020. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Open Access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
India has one of the largest agricultural input support programs in the world, delivered in the form of subsidies to farmers, raising concerns about its sustainability. This paper evaluates the performance of one such support, the micronutrient subsidy program in the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and presents a case for providing this support in the form of direct cash transfers. Under the program, key soil micronutrients- zinc, boron, and gypsum were distributed free of cost to farmers living in micronutrient-deficient areas, with identification and targeting managed entirely by the state. We survey 1621 farmers, 61 agriculture extension officers, and 78 agriculture input dealers to assess the efficacy of the program and to identify bottlenecks preventing effective targeting, with a focus on zinc. We find that use of non-subsidized zinc is high in AP, and awareness of benefits of zinc and physical access to input dealer shops are significant predictors of zinc use. We argue that the free provision of micronutrients may have created demand among farmers, but there is little justification to continue subsidizing such a program at such high rates or resorting to public distribution. We find that micronutrient procurement and distribution has become a burden on extension staff and crowds out the private sector. Our analysis shows that the subsidy can benefit more farmers if it is channeled through the network of private fertilizer dealers. We use administrative data on budgetary outlays and digital soil maps to suggest fiscal redistribution in the form of direct cash transfers that may ensure more effective targeting at a lower cost to the state. |
| 536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE |
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| Text of note |
This work was undertaken as part of the Soil Intelligence Systems (SIS) and Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). The authors would like to thank the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Department of Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Adventz Group and Yara International for their support in the implementation of the study. The authors are also grateful to Network for Engineering and Economics Research and Management (NEERMAN) Pvt Ltd and Kabil Professional Services Pvt. Ltd for support in data collection. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Agricultural workers |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
5259 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fertilizers |
| Miscellaneous information |
AGROVOC |
| Source of heading or term |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
1111 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Trace element deficiencies |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8917 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cereal crops |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6794 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Boron |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8928 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3726 |
| Geographic name |
India |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kishore, A. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10920 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alvi, M. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10921 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Singh, V. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10788 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Related parts |
v. 15, no. 12, e0242161 |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
San Francisco, CA (USA) : Public Library of Science, 2020. |
| International Standard Serial Number |
1932-6203 |
| Title |
PLoS One |
| Record control number |
u94957 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242161 |
| Link text |
Click here to access online |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Article |
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No |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |