PUBLICATIONS
Gender and Inclusion
Change & Effect
Ecology and Environment
Gender and Inclusion
- Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V., Klasen, S., Kopp, T., Nuryartono, N., Qaim, M. (2024) “Labor displacement in agriculture: The case of oil palm in Indonesia” Accepted for publication in Land Economics.
- Surendran-Padmaja, S., Khed, V.D., Krishna, V.V. (2023) “What would others say? Exploring gendered and caste-based social norms in Central India through vignettes”. Women’s Studies International Forum, 97: 102692. DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102692.
- Khed, V.D. and Krishna, V.V. (2023) “Agency and time poverty: Linking decision-making power and non-leisure time of male and female farmers of Central India”. World Development Perspectives 29: 100484. DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100484.
- Jaleta, M., Euler, M., Hom, H., Krishna, V.V. (2023) “Gender differences in smallholders’ socioeconomic networks and acquisition of improved wheat seed in Ethiopia”. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Production, 6:1080401. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-017-0754-3.
- Krishna, V.V., Veettil, P.C. (2022) “Gender, caste, and farmer preference for wheat varietal traits in rural India”. Plos One. 17(8), e0272126. DOI: 1371/journal.pone.0272126
- Badstue, L., Krishna, V., Jaleta, M., Gartaula, H.N., Erenstein, O. (2022) “Gender, wheat trait preferences, and innovation uptake: Lessons from Ethiopia and India” 51(4). Outlook on Agriculture. DOI: 1177/00307270221122189
- Farnworth, C.R., Bharati, P., Krishna, V.V., Roeven, L. and Badstue, L. (2022) “Caste-gender intersectionalities in wheat growing communities in Madhya Pradesh, India”. Gender, Technology and Development. 26: 28-57. DOI: 10.1080/09718524.2022.2034096.
- Chrisendo, D.N., Krishna, V.V., Siregar, H., Qaim, M. (2020) “Land-use change, nutrition, and gender roles in Indonesian farm households.” Forest Policy and Economics 118: 102245.
- Krishna, V.V., Aravalath, L.M., Vikraman, S. (2019) “Does caste determine farmer access to quality information?” PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210721.
Change & Effect
- Krishna, V.V., Mkondiwa, M. (2023) “Economics of crop residue management”. Annual Review of Resource Economics, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-101422-090019.
- shna, V.V., Lantican, M., Prasanna, B.M., Pixley, K.V., Abdoulaye, T., Menkir, A., Bänziger, M. and Erenstein, O. (2023) “Impact of CGIAR Maize Germplasm in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Field Crops Research 290(1), 108756. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108756.
- Paudel, G.P., Krishna, V.V., Rahut, D.B., McDonald, A.J. (2023) “Sustainable intensification under resource constraints: Estimating the heterogenous effects of hybrid maize adoption in Nepal.” Journal of Crop Improvement, 37(2). DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2022.2066041
- Euler, M., Krishna, V.V., Jaleta, M., Hodson, D. (2022) “Because error has a price: A systematic review of the applications of DNA fingerprinting for crop varietal identification”. Outlook on Agriculture. DOI: 1177/00307270221124008
- Khed, V., Jat, M.L., Krishna, V.V. (2022) “Incentives for experimenting with sustainable intensification: Can direct payments to farmers help diversify the cropping systems in South India?” Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 77, 3: 335-347.
- Krishna V.V., Keil, A., Jain, M., Zhou, W., Jose, M., Surendran-Padmaja, S., Barba-Escoto, L., Balwinder-Singh, Jat, M.L., and Erenstein, O. (2022) “Conservation Agriculture benefits Indian farmers, but technology targeting needed for greater impacts.” Frontiers in Agronomy 4:772732. DOI: 10.3389/fagro.2022.772732.
- Jones, E. and Krishna, V.V. (2021) “Farmer adoption of sustainable intensification technologies in the maize systems of the Global South. A Review”. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 41:8. DOI: 10.1007/s13593-020-00658-9.
- Jose, M., Krishna, V.V., (2021). “Whither Indian Wheat? Productivity Plateau, Spatial Heterogeneity, and R&D Targeting”. Review of Agrarian Studies 11(1). Link.
- Krishna, V.V. and Kubitza, C. (2021) “Impact of oil palm expansion on the provision of private and community goods in rural Indonesia” Ecological Economics 179(106829). DOI: 1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106829.
- Keil, A., Krishnapriya, P.P., Mitra, A., Jat, M.L., Sidhu, H.S., Krishna, V.V., Shyamsundar, P. (2021). “Changing agricultural stubble burning practices in the Indo-Gangetic plains: is the Happy Seeder a profitable alternative?” International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2020.1834277.
- Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V. (2020) “Instrumental variables and the claim of causality: Evidence from technology impact studies in maize systems”. Global Food Security, 26: 100383.
- Krishna, V.V., Yigezu, Y., Karamov, A., Erenstein, E. (2020) “Assessing technological change in agri-food systems of the Global South: A review of adoption-impact studies in wheat”. Outlook on Agriculture 49(2): 89-98.
- Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V., Schulthess, U., Jain, M. (2020) “Adoption and impact estimation of agricultural innovations using satellite data: A scoping review”. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 40: 16.
- Paudel, G., Krishna, V.V., McDonald, A. (2020) “Apparent gains, hidden costs: Examining adoption drivers, yield, and profitability outcomes of rotavator tillage in the wheat systems of Nepal.” Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1): 199-218.
- Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V., Urban, K., Alamsyah, Z., Qaim, M. (2018) “Land property rights, agricultural intensification, and deforestation in Indonesia.” Ecological Economics, 147: 312-321.
- Bou Dib, J., Krishna, V.V., Alamsyah, Z., Qaim, M. (2018) “Land-use change and livelihoods of non-farm households: The role of income from employment in oil palm and rubber in rural Indonesia.” Land Use Policy 76: 828-838.
- Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V., Alamsyah, Z., Qaim, M. (2018) “The economics behind an ecological crisis: Livelihood effects of oil palm expansion in Sumatra, Indonesia.” Human Ecology 46(1):107-116.
- Krishna, V., Euler, M., Siregar, H., Qaim, M. (2017). “Differential livelihood impacts of oil palm expansion in Indonesia.”Agricultural Economics, 48(5), 639-653.
- Krishna, V.V., Kubitza, C., Pascual, U. Qaim, M. (2017) “Land markets, property rights, and deforestation: Insights from Indonesia.” World Development 99: 335-349.
- Euler, M., Krishna, V.V., Schwarze, S., Siregar, H. Qaim, M. (2017) “Oil palm adoption, household welfare and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Indonesia”. World Development 93: 219-235.
- Veettil, C.P., Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2017) “Ecosystem impacts of pesticide reduction through Bt cotton adoption”. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 60: 115-134.
- Krishna, V., Zilberman, D., Qaim, M. (2016). “Transgenic crops, production risk and agrobiodiversity.” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 43(1): 137-164.
- Krishna, V.V., Spielman, D.J., Veettil, C.P. (2016) “Exploring the supply and demand factors of varietal turnover in Indian wheat”. Journal of Agricultural Science, 154(2): 258-272.
- Sibhatu, K.T., Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2015). “Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112(34): 10657-10662.
- Sibhatu, K.T., Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2015). “Reply to Remans et al.: Strengthening markets is key to promote sustainable agricultural and food systems”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112(45): E6083.
- Sibhatu, K.T., Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2015). “Replyto Berti: Relationship between production and consumption diversity remains small also with modified diversity measures”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112(42): E5657.
- Hellin, J., Krishna, V., Erenstein, O., Boeber, C. (2015). India’s poultry revolution: implications for its sustenance and the global poultry trade. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 18, 151-164.
- Raghu, P. T., Erenstein, O., Böber, C., Krishna, V. V. (2015). “Adoption and outcomes of hybrid maize in the marginal areas of India”.Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 54(2): 189-214.
- Krishna, V.V., Erenstein, O., Sadashivappa, P., Vivek, B. S. (2014) “Potential economic impacts of biofortified maize in the Indian poultry sector”. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17(4): 123-152.
- Krishna, V.V., Veettil, P.C. (2014) “Productivity and efficiency impacts of conservation tillage in northwest Indo-Gangetic Plains”. Agricultural Systems 127: 126-138.
- Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2012) “Bt cotton and sustainability of pesticide reductions in India”. Agricultural Systems 107: 47–55.
- Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2008) “Consumer attitudes towards GM foods and pesticide residues in India”. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 30(2): 233-251.
- Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2008) “Potential impacts of Bt eggplant on economic surplus and farmers’ health in India.” Agricultural Economics 38(2): 167-180.
- Krishna, V.V., Qaim, M. (2007) “Estimating the adoption of Bt eggplant in India: Who benefits from public-private partnership?” Food Policy 32(5/6): 523-543.
- Tamizheniyan, S., Umesh, K.B., Krishna, V.V. (2004) “An economic assessment of integrated pest management.” Journal of Rural Development 23: 231-244.
- Tamizheniyan, S., Umesh, K.B., Krishna, V.V. (2003) “Economics of integrated pest management in rice production in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu.” Agricultural Economic Research Review 16(1): 12-23.
Ecology and Environment
- Ishtiaque, A., Krupnik, T., Krishna, V., Uddin, M.N. et al. (2024). “Overcoming barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia” Accepted for publication in Nature Climate Change.
- Deshpande, M., Kumar, N., Pillai, D., Krishna, V.V., Jain, M. (2023) “Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural residue burning have increased by 75% since 2011 across India” Science of the Total Environment 904: 166944. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166944
- Grass, I., Kubitza, C., Krishna, V.V. et al. (2020) “Trade-offs between multi-functionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes.” Nature Communications 11 (1186).
- Krishna, V.V., Darras, K., Grass, I. et al. (2019) “Wildlife trade and consumer preference for species rarity: An examination of caged-bird markets in Sumatra.” Environmental and Development Economics 24: 339-360.
- Clough, Y., Krishna, V. et al. (2016) “Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes”. Nature Communications 7: 13137.
- Drescher et al. (2016). “Ecological and socioeconomic functions across tropical land-use systems after rainforest conversion.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371: 20150275.
- Krishna, V.V., Drucker, A.G., Pascual, U., Raghu, P.T., King, I.O.E.D. (2013) “Estimating compensation payments for on-farm conservation of agricultural biodiversity in developing countries”. Ecological Economics 87:110-123.
- Krishna, V.V., Pascual, P., Zilberman, D. (2010) “Assessing the potential of labeling schemes for in situ landrace conservation: an example from India”. Environment and Development Economics 15: 127-151.