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Vikram Patil

Vikram Patil

Scientist I - Agricultural Economics, Inclusive Markets & Value Chains Research

About

Vikram has been with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) since 2017, working as a Scientist in Agricultural Economics. His research focuses on rice value chain development and economic sustainability, with particular emphasis on carbon credit frameworks, entrepreneurship development, and the adoption and impact evaluation of innovative technologies.

With extensive field experience across South Asia, Vikram has led large-scale surveys, focus groups, experiments, workshops, and training programs with farmers and other value chain actors. He co-leads multiple research projects and contributes to major CGIAR initiatives, including Market Intelligence (MI) and Excellence in Agronomy (EiA). He is also involved in key bilateral projects such as the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART), the Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) project, and DSR-Odisha. He works closely with other disciplines, mainly agronomy, geospatial intelligence, soil science, mechanization, post-harvest, and value addition.

Prior to joining IRRI, Vikram worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), and the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in Bangalore, India. He served as a IMRD Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow in 2014. Before his doctoral program, he worked as a DAAD scholar at Humboldt University, Berlin.
 

Educational Background

Vikram holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. 
He obtained his MSc. in Agricultural Economics and BSc. in Agriculture degrees from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India respectively.

Publications

  • Varkey, L. M., Veettil, P. C., & Patil, V. 2023. Do farmers pay for climate-resilient technology? Evidence from bidding experiments in eastern India. Environmental Challenges, 11, 100724.
  • Ghosh, R. K., Patil, V., & Tank, N. 2022. Participation dynamics in multiple-peril agricultural insurance: Insights from India. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 70, 102781. 
  • Patil, V., Ghosh, R., Kathuria, V., and Farrell, K., 2020. Money, Land or Self-Employment? Understanding Preference heterogeneity in landowners’ choices for compensation under land acquisition in India, Land Use Policy, 97, 104802. 
  • Patil, V., Thomas, B.K., Lele, S., Eswar, M., and Srinivasan, V., 2018. Adapting or chasing water? Crop choice and farmers' responses to water stress in peri-urban Bangalore, India. Irrigation and Drainage, 68(2), 140-151. 
  • Patil, V., and Ghosh, R., 2017. Rehabilitation Myths? How Transaction Costs Reduce Farmer Welfare After Land Acquisition. Journal of South Asian Development, 12(1), 1-17.
  • Patil, V., Ghosh, R., Kathuria, V., 2016. The role of access mechanisms in effective rehabilitation of displaced farmers due to development projects. The Journal of Development Studies, 53(4), 548-564.
  • Patil, V., Chandrakanth, M. G., Nadigara, G. R., Manjunatha, A. V. and Shivanagouda, B., 2014. Economic impact of forest management institutions on groundwater recharge in Karnataka, India. The Indian Forester Journal. 140 (11), 1095-1106.
  • Patil, V., Chandrakanth, M. G., and Nadigara, G. R., 2013. Decentralized natural resource management: equity impacts of groundwater recharge through joint forest planning and management in Karnataka, India, International Journal of Forest Usufructs Management. 14 (2), 67-82.