Current research

Here are some of the projects that I am currently working on, ranging from grant proposals to projects that are still in the field to those for which data analysis and writing are still underway, all the way to papers that are in revise-and-resubmit at various journals

  1. “Impacts of an innovative credit-insurance bundle for marginalized farmers: Evidence from a randomized trial in Odisha, India” (with Berber Kramer, Subhransu Pattnaik, and Yingchen Xu).
  2. “The impact of risk contingent credit (RCC) and traditional credit on smallholders’ agricultural investments, productivity, and welfare” (with Michael K. Ndegwa, Apurba Shee, Yanyan Liu, Calum Turvey, and Liangzhi You).
  3. “Gender, demand for agricultural credit, and technology: Survey evidence from Odisha” (with Berber Kramer and Subhransu Pattnaik).
  4. “Risk contingent credit, traditional credit, and households’ stochastic food security resilience: An empirical evaluation from Kenya” (with Michael K. Ndegwa, Apurba Shee, and Liangzhi You).
  5. “Impact of text messages in encouraging farmers to adopt and use mobile phone application for farming decisions” (with Jayanth Sai Shiva and Srinivasulu Rajendran).
  6. “A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles” (with Roshan Adhikari, Berber Kramer, Timothy Foster, Varun Sharma, Pushkar Gaur, and Subhransu Pattnaik).
  7. “Detour for better health: Estimating the value of clean air through a walking route choice experiment” (with Yingchen Xu, Gui Xian [Suzanne] Ong and Han Ding).
  8. “Bundling technology with insurance: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in Odisha, India” (with Yingchen Xu and David J. Spielman).
  9. “Farmers’ demand for quality and nutritionally enhanced sweet potato planting material: Evidence from experimental auctions in Rwanda” (with Bosco Okumu, Srinivasulu Rajendran, Julius Juma, Mywish Maredia, Marcel Gatto, Jean Claude Nshimiyimana, Fleur Kilwinger, Sindi Kirimi, and David J. Spielman).
  10. “Environmental impacts of crop insurance: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Bangladesh.”