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Avinash Kishore

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • International Food Policy Research Institute

Roles

Researchers

Avinash Kishore joined IFPRI in September 2012 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow after completing his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University. He obtained Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University before joining the PhD program. Avinash studied at IRMA and worked for four years with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) before going to the US for higher studies. Avinash is interested in agriculture, environment, and development economics. At IFPRI, he will work on projects that seek to bridge the gap between laboratories and farms in Indian agriculture using action research in collaboration with agricultural universities, agribusiness firms and farmers.

Projects

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Adoption of balanced use of chemical fertilisers: Farmers' response to scientific evidence and social learning

Avinash Kishore, Patrick Ward, David Spielman, Ram Fishman 31 Mar 2015
Project

A Novel, Market Based Mechanism to Incentivize Efficient Groundwater/Energy use in Indian Agriculture – Setting Up a Field Experiment in Gujarat

Ram Fishman, Meha Jain, Avinash Kishore, Anjal Prakash 1 Dec 2012
Project

All contributions

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Can information help reduce imbalanced application of fertilisers in India: Experimental evidence from Bihar

Ram Fishman, Avinash Kishore, Yoav Rothler, Patrick Ward, RKP Singh, Shankar Jha
Policy brief
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Groundwater depletion, adaptation and migration: Evidence from Gujarat, India (Working Paper)

Ram Fishman, Meha Jain, Avinash Kishore
Working paper