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Migration and technological change in agriculture : results of a case study in the green revolution belt of India
Oberai, A. S; Singh, Manmohan; K, H. - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981
intensive technology, high crop yield seeds, improved cultivation techniques and fertilizers, and considers agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966351
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Technology choice, adaptation, and diffusion in privately and state-owned enterprises in India.
AB, Deolalikar; Sundaram, A. K - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
ILO pub-WEP pub. Comparison of choice of technology, adaptation and technology transfer by public enterprises and … development, productivity, etc.; finds that foreign owned multinational enterprise subsidiarys do not sell technology; considers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966481
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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Multiple-use water service implementation in Nepal and India: experience and lessons for scale-up. [Report of the CGIAR Challenge Program-Multiple-Use Water Systems (CP-MUS) Projec...
Mikhael, M.; Yoder, R. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907349
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An assessment of IDE-Nepal’s low cost drip irrigation technology. Poverty-Focused Smallholder Water Management: an IWMI research project supported by DFID. Final report document 2...
Kalu, I. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907363
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‘e’ Ability of the emerging organised Indian vegetable and grocery retailers
Rajkumar, Paulrajan - In: Romanian Economic Journal 15 (2012) 45, pp. 123-142
technology, only if the retailer has ability to implement, practice and utilise the same technology. An exploratory study had … technology (‘e’ ability) by the Indian grocery and vegetable retailer in the emerging organised retail sector. Organised … technology and communication technology by the organised grocery and vegetable retailers. Organisations can only be effective if …
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Quantification of Yield Gaps in Different Planting Types of Sugarcane in Maharashtra
Balasaheb, Deokae Tai - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper is an attempt to estimate the magnitudes of yield gaps, causative factors and constrains for attending greater farm potential in adsali, suru, preseasonal and ratoon sugarcane production in Maharashtra. Primary data were collected from 250 sugarcane cultivators using random sampling...
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Has Trend Productivity Growth Increased in Canada?
Robidoux, Benoît; Wong, Bing-Sun - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 47-55
Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has increased in Canada and conclude that in fact it has. If...
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Productivity, Exports, Skills and Technological Capabilities: A Study of Foreign and Local Manufacturing Firms in Uganda
Rasiah, Rajah; Tamale, Henry - United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies - 2004
significant technology index, human resource, process technology and R&D capabilities than local firms. However, the remaining t …-tests produced mixed results. Nonetheless, foreign firms enjoyed stronger statistical relationships between the technology index, and … relationship between export-intensity, and technology index and human resource capabilities. Overall, the results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297722
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Are Foreign Firms More Productive, and Export and Technology Intensive, than Local Firms in Kenyan Manufacturing?
Rasiah, Rajah; Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies - 2004
manufacturing. Foreign firms were also more export and technology intensive than local firms in textile and garment (process … technology and R&D), and metal engineering (HR). Foreign firms' enjoyed higher and statistically significant skills and overall … technology (HR and R&D) means than local firms in food and beverage. The econometric exercise showed that foreign ownership …
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