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Rural to Urban Migration as a Household Decision: Experimental Evidences from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Huy, Huynh Truong - Development and Policies Research Center (Depocen) - 2009
This paper reports the results of a survey from 148 households in the Mekong Delta regarding the household's decision of migration. Recent studies of migration indicated that a decision of migration for a certain person is not made individually by himself, but it is often made with impacts from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987762
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Modeling water resources management at the basin level: methodology and application to the Maipo River Basin
Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"With increasing competition for water across sectors and regions, the river basin has been recognized as the appropriate unit of analysis for addressing the challenges of water resources management. Modeling at this scale can provide essential information for policymakers in their resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037875
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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Odisha Budget 2013-14: Part 1 Agriculture
Government, Orissa - eSocialSciences - 2013
Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
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Spatial Convergence and Growth in Indian Agriculture: 1967-2010
Chaterjee, Tirtha - eSocialSciences - 2014
that infrastructure like roads, irrigation, electricity aid in growth and so do quality of human capital. Hence …
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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara:
Domènech, Laia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
publications. This paper aims to connect the dots and review the literature available on the linkages between irrigation and food … that should be taken into account in irrigation development to address nutrition and gender gaps with a focus on Africa … south of the Sahara are identified: (1) food security and nutrition gains should be stated goals of irrigation programs; (2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272211
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NAC Concept Paper-A Note On Agriculture And Irrigation
Rao, C.H. Hanumantha - eSocialSciences - 2005
in Agriculture and Irrigation: (1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigation; (2) Conservation of irrigation water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341655
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Rural Non-Farm Employment in India: Access, Income, Farm, Poverty Impact
Lanjouw, Peter; Shariff, Abusaleh; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - eSocialSciences - 2007
Attention has been paid to the significance of the non-farm sector in the rural Indian economy since the early 1970s. The importance of earnings from secondary non-farm occupations is not well documented. In this paper an attempt is made to assess the contribution of the nonfarm sector across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341711
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When it Rains on the Sand Dunes
Baindur, Meera - eSocialSciences - 2007
A desert journey, from a pool where both humans and camels drank, to a bavadi then to a water tap in Khaba village has some valuable lessons about the ground realities of the social forces around water.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341723