1) 2025 -2026, “Intrahousehold decision making and women labor market choice”. Carried out HH survey (2000 interviews from 1000 households) in Lucknow (semi-urban area) Uttar Pradesh. The project was undertaken by University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2) 2025-2026, “Incentivizing Sustainable Agriculture: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Rice Farmers in India”. The activities include baseline and endline surveys, intervention, program orientation, contract management, remote sensing data/map support and communication setup in 16 villages (240 HHs) from two districts of Uttar Pradesh. The project was undertaken by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
3) 2025, “Establishment of Nitrogen-efficient Wheat Production Systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains by the Deployment of BNI-technology”. Conduct farm-household surveys (600 HHs) spread over Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh states of India. The project was undertaken by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS).
4) 2025, “Climate Change and Well-being of the Fishermen: A Study of Chilika Lake, India”. Carried out HH survey (631 HHs) across twelve villages from the four ecological zones of Chilika region Odisha. The project was undertaken by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).
5) 2024 -2025, Market Experiment among wheat Farmers in Bihar and a Follow-up survey among wheat farmers in Haryana. Conducted 288 interviews with seed dealers from 3 districts of Bihar and 180 interviews with farmers from Haryana. The project was undertaken by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT).
6) 2024 -2025, “Survey on the Mechanization in Potato Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, India”. Carried out the list of the households (HHs) and a detailed survey in 793 HHs in three districts of Uttar Pradesh. The project was undertaken by The International Potato Centre (CIP) along with Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Japan, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and TERI, India.
7) 2024, “Measuring attitudes on advice”. Conducted telephonic interviews with 1611 individuals in Bihar. The project was undertaken by Monash University, Australia.
8) 2024 -2025, Follow-up survey among carbon farmers in Haryana. Conducted 360 interviews with carbon farmers from 3 districts of Haryana and 100 soil samples from the wheat plots. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
9) 2024, “Data collection in Nalanda, Bihar for TAFSSA outcome reporting”. Conducted 61 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) in Nalanda district of Bihar. The project was undertaken by The International Potato Centre (CIP).
10) 2024, The Endline Survey on the “Adoption of Potato Production through Zero-Tillage and Rice Straw Mulching (PZTM) on Socio-Economic and Environmental Outcomes” (4000 interviews from 2000 farm households) in 4 districts of Bihar. The project was undertaken by CIP.
11) 2024, Endline Survey on Climate Resilient Agriculture Technologies in Bihar, India. Carried out village census and 1400 interviews from 1200 farm households in 8 districts of Bihar. The project was undertaken by Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) & CIMMYT.
12) 2022 – 2024, Market Intelligence and Product Profiling; Effect of technological and social distance in crop diversification and variety adoption: Baseline survey (2040 HHs), treatment implementation including “mini-kit seed” distribution, social distance treatment, midline survey and endline survey in Odisha. The project was undertaken by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
13) 2023, Socio Economic Survey and Experiment on “Understanding Backlash” (2000 interviews from 1000 farm households) in 5 districts of Bihar. SURVEY JENA was associated with the University of Gothenburg, Sweden for the project implementation in Bihar.
14) 2023, Telephonic Survey on paddy yields, the timing of wheat sowing, and wheat yield from 562 farmers in Bihar. The project was undertaken by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
15) 2023, “Household Surveys on Adoption of Climate Resilient Agricultural (CRA) Practices in Bihar – Midline Survey”. Carried out farm-household surveys and plot geo-referencing (Rice-Wheat plot) for remote sensing applications. The project was undertaken by BISA & CIMMYT.
16) 2023, Village level survey to assess adoption and impact of laser land leveller in Haryana, India. Village survey in 120 villages (360 Key Informant Interviews), in four districts of Haryana. The project was undertaken by Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.
17) 2023, “Household Surveys on Carbon Credits from Agriculture in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, India”: Carried out farm-household surveys (841 HHs), Key Informant Interviews (81 KIIs) and Plot level GPS Data (835 Plots) for remote sensing applications in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana states of India. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
18) 2023, Socio Economic Survey on the “Adoption of Potato Production through Zero-Tillage and Rice Straw Mulching (PZTM) on Socio-Economic and Environmental Outcomes” (4000 interviews from 2000 farm households) in 4 districts of Bihar. The Midline Survey has been completed. The project was undertaken by (CIP).
19) 2022 – 2023, Transforming Agri-Food Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA): As part of the project, food environment surveys were carried out in Nalanda district, Bihar. Census of markets in 50 clusters, surveys for vendors & markets and characterization of large-scale markets were implemented. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
20) 2022 – 2023, Baseline Survey of Behavioral Experiment on Crop Diversification and Varietal Turnover in Odisha, India. Baseline survey data (HHs) collection from 5 districts of Odisha. The project was undertaken by IFPRI.
21) 2022 – 2023, Smallholder aggregation model (SFLF) surveys in Odisha and Assam. 400 HHs & 176 key KIIs were carried out in Odisha and 100 HHs and 33 KIIs were completed in Assam. The project was undertaken by CIP.
22) 2022 – 2023, Zero tillage study (in Punjab) and technology monitoring (in Bihar): Household survey (1000 households), georeferencing of plots (426 plots) in four districts of Punjab and 1000 household survey in 10 districts of Bihar. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
23) 2022, Effect of COVID-19 on Farmers in India: A follow up survey work for impact of COVID 19 on crop insurance and livelihood choices of farmers (around 2900 farm households) in 15 districts of Odisha. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
24) 2022, Harnessing Digital Technologies for Timely Decision-Making across Food, Water, and Land Systems. Conducting a gender-disaggregated surveys (n = 2000) among 1000 farming households, 500 each from Bihar and Odisha states of India. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT & IRRI.
25) 2022, Socio Economic Survey on the “Adoption of Potato Production through Zero-Tillage and Rice Straw Mulching (PZTM) on Socio-Economic and Environmental Outcomes”. Carried out 4000 interviews from 2000 farm households in 4 districts of Bihar. The Baseline Survey has been completed. The project was undertaken by CIP.
26) 2022, Conducting a gender-disaggregated surveys (n = 416) among 208 wheat farming households from two districts (8 villages) of Bihar, India as part of the project “Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat”. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
27) 2022, Impact of DSR in Odisha. Conduct census and farm household (n =800) surveys in 5 districts of Odisha. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
28) 2022, Conduct wheat plot geo-referencing (262 plots), service provider interviews (385 Nos.), and key informant interviews & soil mapping (122 Nos.) in 8 districts (122 villages) of Punjab, India. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
29) 2021, Equity in Climate Insurance - Addressing Equity Issues: To conduct crop insurance case studies in Odisha, India. The project was undertaken by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
30) 2021, Survey work of farmers to understand insurance adoption and COVID related risk adaptations (Telephone based data collection in Odisha). The project was undertaken by IRRI.
31) 2021, Survey work for women livelihood activities during COVID in plateau regions of Odisha. (Telephone based data collection): The project was undertaken by IRRI and Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA).
32) 2021, Climate Resilient Agriculture in Bihar: Conduct Key informant interviews (760 numbers), focus group discussions (760) and identification of different crops as well as the geo-referencing of plots (around 3500 plots) in 38 districts of Bihar, India. The project was undertaken by BISA.
33) 2021, Herbicide Use and Livelihoods of Farmers and Agricultural Labourers in India. Carried out 725 HHs interviews in Bihar. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
34) 2021, Accelerating Genetic Gains (AGG) of Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods: Conduct gender-disaggregated farm household surveys (n=2000) among 1000 wheat farming households from 40 villages of Bihar, India. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
35) 2021, Wheat grain sample collection and field survey in Eastern India: “DNA Fingerprinting of Wheat in India”. The project activities were in 10 districts of Bihar and was undertaken by CIMMYT.
36) 2021, “Economic and environmental impacts of Laser – Assisted precision land levelling in Westerns Uttar Pradesh, India”. Carried out LLL service providers’ interviews (47 Nos.), KIIs (96 Nos.), HHs interviews (640 HHs and 1280 interviews) in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
37) 2020, Economic and Social Implications and Trade-Offs of Weed Management Practices in India (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha): The project was undertaken by CIMMYT & CSISA.
38) 2020, RICE - Assessing impact of COVID19 on agriculture in eastern India (Odisha): The project was undertaken by IRRI.
39) 2020, Endline Survey: Increasing productivity of Rice based cropping system and farmers’ income in Odisha: The project was undertaken by IRRI.
40) 2020, Economic and Social Implications and Trade-Offs of Weed Management Practices in India (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha): The project was undertaken by CIMMYT & CSISA.
41) 2020, Village Census in 8 Districts of Nepal Terai region (Approximately 48,000 Households). The project was undertaken by CIMMYT & CSISA.
42) 2019, Crop Cutting Experiments as part of the project, “Gram Panchayat-level yield estimation: A smartphone near surface remote sensing approach” activities in Odisha in India. The project was undertaken by IFPRI.
43) 2019, Increasing productivity of Rice based cropping system and farmers’ income in Odisha: Sub Project Crop Insurance Awareness and Literacy Programs in Odisha. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
44) 2019, Increasing productivity of Rice based cropping system and farmers’ income in Odisha: Crop Cut Experiments in Odisha. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
45) 2019, Testing a rapid survey instrument to capture the farmer awareness and adoption of sustainable intensification technologies in wheat and maize production systems, and their impacts on farm production and farmer livelihoods in Odisha and Bihar. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
46) 2019, Livelihood impacts of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in neglected hills and plateau region in Odisha. The project was undertaken by IRRI & CSISA.
47) 2019, Gender-segregated farm household surveys in Madhya Pradesh. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT.
48) 2018, Women involvement in agriculture and women empowerment on technological change and rural livelihoods in India. The project was in Madhya Pradesh and was undertaken by CIMMYT.
49) 2018, Adoption of the Turbo Happy Seeder in combined harvesting in Punjab, India. The project was undertaken by CIMMYT and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), U.S.A.
50) 2018, Dissemination pathways for ICT based agro - advisory in soil nutrient management in rice in Odisha, India. The project was undertaken by IRRI.
51) 2018, Organized Food Retail Chain for Fruits and Vegetables in Karnataka, India. The project was undertaken by Arizona State University, U.S.A.
52) 2017 – 2018, Farm-level decision processes and enabling factors for rice-fallows intensification in Odisha, India. The project was undertaken by CSISA, CIMMYT & IRRI.
53) 2015 – 2016, Multi-Country Baseline Study for the Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIAE) in India. Innovations in the agriculture and food sector have increased the incomes of small-scale farming enterprises, boosted employment and improved the regional food supply. The targeted regions: Maharashtra and Karnataka. The project was undertaken by GFA Consulting Group, Germany (Funded by BMZ and GIZ).
Selected Project Collaborators
GFA Consulting Group – Hamburg, Germany
GIZ – Bonn, Germany
CIMMYT– New Delhi, India
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) – New Delhi, India
