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Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a … significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in … the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part of the solution in mitigating climate change: by both reducing and …
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This paper focuses on two specific social funds, those in Zambia and Malawi, to consider the possible contribution of …
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This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...
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Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.
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This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …
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An attempt has been made to analyse agricultural growth and the contribution of various components to the overall output growth of the Maharashtra State for the period from 1961-62 to 1997-98. It is observed that the growth in area of major crops in the state revealed mixed trend. The future...
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-negotiation on Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) will also begin. It is time to take a retrospective look at what were the expected … the predictions of various macro-models about the gains to Indian agriculture and farmer were not unequivocal, their … structure, improvement in the terms-of-trade for Indian agriculture may be very limited. Whatever little improvement in terms …
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It is argued that Indian agriculture is undergoing fundamental change wherein the technology and inputs are moving out … created a near-crisis in agriculture. The policy interventions have to be necessarily patient and holistic [IIMA WP]. …
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A bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [Bill No.98, 2007].
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Varities. It also says about the paddy cultivation, yield rate, level of agriculture development. In the NER Manipur is the …
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