Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2017
Journal or Book Title
International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Volume
8
Issue
4
First Page
298
Last Page
316
DOI
10.18461/ijfsd.v8i4.844
Abstract
In 2014, to improve upon the existing scheme, the Punjab government launched a “new wheat-pulses scheme” under the public distribution system. The state decided to distribute grains on a six-monthly basis instead of every month. It claimed various benefits, whereas beneficiaries expressed concerns. The purpose of this research was to identify and understand factors affecting beneficiaries’ preference for successful adoption of six-monthly distribution system. Factors affecting beneficiaries’ preference included monthly hassle, leakages in system, storage challenges, interval of grain distribution, one-time down payment, trade of bulk grains by family, exploitation by middle-men, communication of arrival of grains, gender, area, and nature of employment.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Grover, Abhay and Chopra, Shweta, "Factors Affecting Beneficiaries’ Preference for Biannual Distribution of Food Grains in Public Distribution System of Punjab, India" (2017). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 876.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/876
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Comments
This article is published as Grover, Abhay, and Shweta Chopra. "Factors Affecting Beneficiaries’ Preference for Biannual Distribution of Food Grains in Public Distribution System of Punjab, India." International Journal on Food System Dynamics 8, no. 4 (2017): 298-316. DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v8i4.844. Posted with permission.