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Agricultural Economics      (13 scientists)

Dr (Mrs.) Alka Singh

   

Field of Specialisation : Science & Technology Policy, Technology Evaluation and Impact Assessment, Agricultural Development and Policy issues, Labour Employment & gender studies in Agriculture sector, Public and Private Investments in Agriculture and allied sectors,

Dr (Mrs.) Alka Singh
Head, Principal Scientist

M.Sc. : MSc (Rural Banking & Agricultural Economics), G.B.Pant Univ of Agril & Tech, Pantnagar

Ph.D : PhD (Agtricultural Economics), .B.Pant Univ of Agril & Tech, Pantnagar

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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Agricultural Economics

No. of Students Guided : -    M.Sc :   14

   Ph.D :   15

Ajmal, S., Venkatesh, P., Singh, A., Praveen, K. V., Renjini, V. R., Jha, G. K., Sharma, D. K. & Sangeetha, V. (2025). What factors determine the economic value of wetland agroecosystem services in developing countries? A meta- regression approaches. , Wetlands Ecology and Management, 33(1), 1-15 (NAAS rating: 7.6)
Padigapati, V. N. S., Singh, A., Velayudhan, P. K., Perumal, A., & Ramalingam, S. (2024). Examining the Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting in Indian Children: A Spatial and Multilevel Analysis Approach. Agricultural Research, 1-12, Agricultural Research, 1-12 (NAAS rating: 7.40)
Praveen K.V, Sivalingam, N., Jha, G. K., Singh, A., & Pathak, H. (2024). Nitrogen budget of Indian agriculture: trends, determinants and challenges. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(4), 10225-10242 (NAAS rating: 10.9)
Praveen K.V. and Alka Singh. (2023). (2023). The landscape of world research on fertilizers: a bibliometric profile. , Current Science, 124(10): (NAAS rating: 7.00)

Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

  1. Padigapati, V. N. S., Singh, A., Koovalamkadu Velayudhan, P., & Jha, G. K. (2025). Identifying the Geospatial Burden of Childhood Stunting in Bihar. , National Academy Science Letters, 1-5 (NAAS rating: 7.2)
  2. Padigapati, V. N. S., Singh, A., Velayudhan, P. K., Perumal, A., Sahu, S., & Sharma, N. (2025). Women�s Empowerment and Nutritional Well-being of Children in India: A Path Towards a More Secure Future. , Global Social Welfare, 1-13 (NAAS rating: 7.3)
  3. Asha Devi, Anbukkani P, Alka Singh, S K Malhotra, Girish K Jha and Pradeep Pangal (2024). Study on production and utilization of minor millets in Madhya Pradesh, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 94 (3): 303�307, Agricultural Sciences, 94 (3) (NAAS rating: 6.2)
  4. Sayla Khandoker, Alka Singh and S. K. Srivastava (2022). Leveraging farm production diversity for dietary diversity: evidence from national level panel data. Agricultural and Food Economics. 10(1): 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-022-00221-y
  5. Praveen K. V., Alka Singh, Girish K. Jha, P. Kumar, Kingsly I. T. and Aditya K. S. (2021). What drives the use of organic fertilizers? Evidence from rice farmers in Indo-Gangetic Plains, India. Sustainability, 13, 9546. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179546
  6. Praveen K. V., Alka Singh, Pramod Kumar, G. K. Jha, Kingsly and Aditya K. S. (2021). Indian fertilizer subsidy conundrum: Tracking the recent developments. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(4): 608-12.
  7. Praveen K. V., Alka Singh, Aditya K. S. (2021). Exploring the global research trends in biofertilizers: a bibliometric approach. 3 Biotech 11, 304. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02794-9)
  8. KV Praveen, Alka Singh, Pramod Kumar, Girish K Jha, I Kingsly (2020). Advancing with fertilizers in Indian agriculture: trends, challenges and research priorities. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 33: 49-60
  9. Mondal, Biswajit, Alka singh, S.D.Singh, B.S.Kalra, P.Samal, M.K.Sinha, D.Ramajayam and Suresh Kumar (2018). Augmentation of Water Resources Potential and Cropping Intensification Through Watershed Programs. Water Environment Research 83- 91.
  10. Mondal, B., Alka Singh, Sekar, I.,Sinha,M.K., Suresh Kumar and Ramajayam, D. (2015).Institutional arrangements for watershed development programmes in Bundelkhand Region of Madhya Pradesh: An exploratory study. International Journal of Water Resources Development 32 (2): 219-231.

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

  1. Played a leadership role in building and Improvisation of public expenditure/investment database for agricultural sector impacting agricultural growth; and identified areas of under-investments & priority setting region wise & also Established impact pathways of public investments to raise agricultural growth
  1. Strengthened studies related to public and private R&D investments & extension, capacities and research portfolio of Indian NARS
  1. Assessed Farm level adoption and impact of agricultural technologies, government input support & welfare schemes, policy reforms with robust methodologies
  1. Validation of empirical models for quantification of reduced pesticidal risks to different components of the environment due to the adoption of alternative pest control technologies

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

  1. Recipient of ICAR Award Bharatratna Dr C Subramanian Award of Outstanding Teachers, 2017IARI Best Teacher Award, 2011
  1. Awarded as ISAE Fellow by Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, for the Year 2023
  1. Visiting Fellow, International Food Policy and Research Institute, USA, 2011, JICA Fellow, Japan-Southwest Asia Programme, 2001
  1. N A Majumdar Award for Best Research Paper, 2015, Core Committee member, IARI-CAAST, NAHEP, Nodal Officer, Gender Advancement in Transforming Institutions (GATI), ICAR-IARI
  1. Recipient of ICAR Senior Research Fellowship during the Doctoral programmeRecipient of Andhra Bank Fellowship during Masters� programme Recipient of Bronze Medal during Graduate programme at Univ. of Agril. &Tech, Pantnagar