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Andhra Pradesh State Policy on Organic Farming

eSocialSciences - 2008

The objectives of the policy on organic farming, the strategies of the policy are explained here.

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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture: Experiences from India and Canada

Shah, Amita; S, Puttaswamaiah; Manns, Ian - eSocialSciences - 2009

Agriculture sector, world over, has experienced a phenomenal growth since the mid-twentieth century. The growth, driven … increasing awareness and a felt need for moving away from the input intensive agriculture perused during the Green revolution …

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Economics and Efficiency of Organic Farming vis-à-vis Conventional Farming in India

Charyulu, D. Kumara; Biswas, Subho - eSocialSciences - 2010

The present paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà- vis conventional farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and U.P were purposively selected for the present study. Similarly, four major crops i.e., cotton, sugarcane,...

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Does Organic Agriculture Lead to Better Health among Organic and Conventional Farmers in Thailand? An Investigation of Health Expenditure among Organic and Conventional Farmers in...

Setboonsarng, Sunantar; Lavado, Rouselle F. - eSocialSciences - 2009

The study attempts to empirically examine whether the adoption of organic farming practices leads to better health. As a proxy for health status, a comparison of the health expenditure patterns of organic and conventional rice-farming households in North and Northeast Thailand is done. Using...

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Impact of Organic Farming on Economics of Sugarcane Cultivation in Maharashtra

G, Kshirsagar K - eSocialSciences - 2008

The primary goal of this paper is to examine the impact of organic farming on economics of sugarcane cultivation in Maharashtra. The study is based on primary data collected from two districts covering 142 farmers, 72 growing Organic Sugarcane (OS) and 70 growing Inorganic Sugarcane (IS) in...

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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands

Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007

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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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09

Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008

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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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment

Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007

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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Is a Ban the Best Way to Reduce Plastic Bag Use? A Case Study from Delhi

eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2012

In many developing countries plastic bags are a significant environmental problem. This is particularly true in the city of Delhi, which faces rapid development with un-matched and inadequate waste management systems. To address this problem, the government of Delhi passed a blanket ban on the...

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Key Copenhagen Messages

Koch-Weser, Caio - eSocialSciences - 2009

Climate change is one of the most important issues of the next decades and has the potential to severely impact societies, economies and human wellbeing.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556795

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