ARF Lab Contributions in Academic World

Research Publications

Journal Publication

Bhunia, S., & Singh, P.K. (2025). Producer organizations in the last 25 years: a bibliometric analysis and meta-review of the literature. nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04526-3 [IF - 3.7].
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2024). Can cropping systems be energy efficient: Performance measure for various rice-based cropping systems in peninsular India. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101516. [IF - 4.8].
Patil, A. S., Singh, P. K. Singh, Mailapalli, D. R. (2024). Drone technology reshaping agriculture: a meta-review and bibliometric analysis on fertilizer and pesticide deployment. Journal of Biosystems Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42853-024-00240-1
Baishnab, K., & Singh, P. K. (2024). Impact of Covid-19 trade suspension on price discovery in FPO-traded agri-derivatives. Journal of Modelling in Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-04-2024-0105 [IF - 2.2; ABDC - C].
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2024). Impact of Zero Tillage Maize Production on Yield, Income, and Resource Utilization in Peninsular India: An Action-Based Quasi-Experimental Research. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1362530 [IF - 4.7]
Das, S., & Singh, P.K. (2024). Sovereign Green Bond Issuances as a Silver-Bullet to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the East and South Asian Nations. Accountancy Business and the Public Interest. [ABDC - B]
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2024). Empirical evidence for economic viability of direct seeded rice in peninsular India: An action-based research. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26754 [IF - 4]
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2023). Market participation, market impact and marketing efficiency: an integrated market research on smallholder paddy farmers from Eastern India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-01-2023-0003 [IF - 3.35; ABDC - C]
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2023). Role of Market Participation on Smallholder Vegetable Farmers' Wellbeing: Evidence from Matching Approach in Eastern India. Agribusiness, 39(4), 1217-1237 https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21813 [IF - 3.2; ABDC - C]
Dey, S., Singh, P.K., Abbhishek, K., Singh, A., & Chander, G. (2023). Climate-resilient agricultural ploys can improve livelihood and food security in Eastern India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03176-2 [IF - 4.9]
Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2023). Estimating Farmers’ Intention towards Institutional Credit Adoption by Using Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(7). 684-703. http://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12952 [IF - 2.5; ABDC - B]
Kandasamy, S.U.L., Singh, P.K., & Swain, D.K. (2022). Determination of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Integrated Farming System in Dryland Areas of Southern India by Using Supervised Learning Techniques. Journal of Asian and African Studies.1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221130350 [IF - 1.0]
Dey, S., Singh P.K., & Mhaskar M.D. (2023). Determinants of Institutional Agricultural Credit Access and its Linkage with Farmer Satisfaction in India: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis. Agricultural Finance Review, 83(2), 211-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-02-2022-0028 [IF - 1.765; ABDC - C]
Kandasamy, S.U.L., Singh, P.K., & Swain, D.K. (2022). Climate change vulnerability assessment of dryland farmers and factors Identification using machine learning techniques. Local Environment, 27(7), 824-846. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2022.2077712 [IF - 3.590]
Pal, A., & Singh, P.K. (2021). Do socially motivated Self-Help Groups perform better? Exploring determinants of micro-credit groups' performance in eastern India. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 92, 119–146 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12304 [IF - 1.6; ABDC - B]
Nandy, A., Singh, P.K., & Singh, A.K. (2021). Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Agricultural Production Systems. Global Business Review, 22(2), 396-421. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150918811719 [IF - 2.4; ABDC - C]
Nandy, A., & Singh, P.K. (2021). Application of fuzzy DEA and machine learning algorithms in efficiency estimation of paddy producers of rural Eastern India. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 28(1), 229-248. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2020-0012 [IF - 5.88; ABDC - B]
Nandy, A., & Singh P.K. (2020). Farm efficiency estimation using a hybrid approach of machine-learning and data envelopment analysis: Evidence from rural eastern India. Journal of Cleaner Production, 267, 122106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122106 [IF - 11.1; ABDC - A]
Singh, P.K., & Thaker, K. (2020). Profit efficiency and determinants of Indian banks; A truncated bootstrap and data envelopment analysis. Cogent Economics & Finance, 8(1), 1724242. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2020.1724242 [IF - 2.3; ABDC - B]
Singh, P.K., & Thaker, K. (2016). Analysis of Stock Indices and Their Impact on Market Index. Finance India, XXX, 943-960. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2149401 [SJIF - 8.257; ABDC - C].
Singh P.K., & Thaker, K. (2016). Dynamics of Scale Efficiency of Indian Banks: A deterministic frontier approach. The Journal of Developing Areas, 50, 437-457. http://10.1353/jda.2016.0113 [ABDC - B].

Book Chapter / Section

Dey, S., Pal, A., Nandy, A., Baishnab, K., & Singh, P.K. (2022). Role of Circular Economy in Achieving Sustainable Growth in Agriculture and Food Sector. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68074-9_75-1
Pal, A., Dey, S., Nandy, A., Shahin, S., & Singh, P.K. (2022). Digital Transformation in Microfinance as a Driver for Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68074-9_74-1
Pal, A., Nandy, A., Dey, S., & Singh, P.K. (2021). Optimizing Energy Use Efficiency for Agricultural Sustainability. In: Asif, M. (eds) Energy and Environmental Security in Developing Countries. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63654-8_25
Bhushan, S., Singh, P.K., Telidevara, S., Kumar, S. (2019). Understanding Livelihood Diversification: A Case Study of Mushroom Farming in Bihar. In: Nayak, A. (eds) Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00356-2_14

Academic Networking

Conferences

Does Participation in Formal Market Enhance Farm Profitability? Evidence from Eastern India Using a novel DEA-ESR approach, by Singh, P. K., Conference of the Australasian Agricultural And Resource Economics Society (2025 AARES Conference). (Feb, 2025, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). (Accepted).
Investigating Price Volatility and Wealth Generation in FPO-Traded Derivative Market using GARCH approach, by Baishnab, K., Conference of the Australasian Agricultural And Resource Economics Society (2025 AARES Conference). (Feb, 2025, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). (Accepted).
Circular Bio-Nutrient Economy: A Guide to Transforming Rural Indian Abattoirs into Sustainable Eco-Enterprises, by Bhunia, S., Conference of the Australasian Agricultural And Resource Economics Society (2025 AARES Conference). (Feb, 2025, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). (Accepted).
Study on Price Dynamic and Volatility in Agri Commodity Derivatives for Rural Farmer Welfare in India, by Baishnab, K., Singh, P. K., American Geophysical Union (AGU2024). (Dec, 2024, Washington, D. C., USA) (Accepted).
Investigating Socio-Economic Constraints for High-Value Market Participation Of Smallholder Tribals in Eastern India, by Singh, P. K., Bhunia, S., Baishnab, K. 11th International Conference on Agriculture 2024 (AGRICO 2024) (Sept 2024, Bangkok, Thailand) (Accepted).
Addressing Farm Water Scarcity through Micro-Irrigation Projects: A case-analysis of Farmers’ Water Conservation Behaviour in Rajasthan State by Singh, P.K. 10th International Conference on Agriculture 2023 (AGRICO 2023) (Sept 2023, Bali, Indonesia).
Resource Efficiency Estimation and Digital Recommendation: Sustainable Pathway to Improve Paddy Farmers' Productivity by Singh, P.K. Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference-AES (Mar 2023, Warwick, UK).
Development of Mobile Application for Empowerment of the Rural Self-Help Groups by Aluri, H., Pal, A. and Singh, P.K. IEEE HONET (Dec 2022, USA).
Application of Matching Approach in Impact Evaluation of Institutional Credit Access on Technology Adaptation and Land Utilization across Paddy Growers in Eastern India by Dey, S., Singh, P.K. The 17th East Asian Economic Association International Convention (Aug 2022, Malaysia).
Energy efficiency evaluation for sustainable paddy production in eastern India: Insights from integrated DEA and XGBOOST machine learning algorithm by Nandy A., Singh P. K. International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Development (Oct-Nov 2021, China), Elsevier.
An Integrative Approach to Determine the Credit Constraints and Role of Social Networking in Farmers’ Credit Access from Different Financial Institutions by Dey S., Singh P. K. World Finance Conference (Aug 2021, Norway)
Adaptation to Climate Change and Its Impact on Smallholders’ Income and Welfare: Estimation Using Matching Approach by Dey S., Singh P. K. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Conference (Dec 2020, India)
Accessing the Factors Affecting the Climate Change Vulnerability in Dryland Farming by Lakshmi K S., Singh P. K., Swain D. K. International Conference on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation: Emphasis on India and Neighbourhood (June 2019, India)
Profit Efficiency and Determinants of Indian Banks; A Truncated Bootstrap & Data Envelopment Analysis by Singh P. K., Thaker K. 26th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society (Jun-Jul 2019, Israel)
An empirical investigation of prospects and challenges in smallholder finance in India by Singh P. K., A. N. Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries under Changing Climatic Scenario (Feb 2018, India)

Symposium

An AI-Driven Multi-Objective Framework for Optimizing ESG Portfolio Management in the Indian Stock Market, by Baishnab, K., Gaurav, A., Singh, P. K. World Finance & Banking Symposium 2024. (Dec, 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE) (Accepted).
Understanding Livelihood Diversification: A Case of Mushroom Farming in Bihar by Bhushan S., Singh P. K., Telidevara S. , S. K. Symposium on Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems: Design & Systems Perspectives 127-140 (2017)