Rice-Wheat cropping system

Estimation of profit from farms

Impact evaluation of Govt. schemes

Assessment of effects of abnormal weather events

Anurag Ajay joined IAMO as doctoral researcher in the department of Structural Change in June 2023. He has been employed by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) as Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist since 2012 in India. His PhD research will estimate profit efficiency of smallholders’ rice and wheat fields in eastern India. He explores how the income of farmers can be augmented in a resource-constraint environment. His research also includes impact evaluation of farmer’s welfare schemes and effect of weather abnormalities on crop yields and profit of farmers.

He previously completed his B.Sc. (Agricultural Sciences) at Banaras Hindu University, India, and Masters in Rural Management at KiiT University, India.