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Final Report-Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies

Kainth, Gursharan Singh; Sinha, Archana - eSocialSciences - 2012

The main objectives of this seminar has been to contribute to the understanding of the development processes and problems related to water security and climate change; to focus on studies relating to this problem of the by-passed section and regions; and to provide a forum for dialogue on the...

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Spatial Convergence and Growth in Indian Agriculture: 1967-2010

Chaterjee, Tirtha - eSocialSciences - 2014

Inter-state diversity has been a perennial feature of Indian agriculture. The study probes if per capita income in Indian agriculture has converged across states in the last four and a half decades. It finds strong evidence in favour of beta convergence but not in favour of sigma convergence....

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Environmental Sustainability and Strategic Stakeholder Management: The Coca-Cola Company in Turkey and Water Management

Cinarli, Inci; Sancar, Gaye Asli - eSocialSciences - 2012

The future of almost any business depends on the sustainability of water resources. One of the global corporations …) and environmental sustainability strategies have been identified following a critical literature review on CSR and … sustainability, and TCCC Sustainability Review as well as an analysis of CCI Turkey’s annual and CSR reports. [Paper presented at the …

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Groundwater Users, Wake up: Danger Ahead! Message from the Experts

Raju, K.V.; Babu, Lenin; Nanjundaiah, C.; Mukerjee, Sarbani - eSocialSciences - 2007

The Expert Group constituted by the Planning commission to examine issues related to groundwater management and ownership has made extensive recommendations tha need to be taken seriously. Most importantly it points to the urgency of addressing the issue of groundwater depletion. A quick review...

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Unravelling Khulna Jessore Drainage Project

Islam, Shahidul; Kibria, Zakir - eSocialSciences - 2009

An analysis of the Asian Development Bank-funded Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project by the Bangladeshi NGO Uttaran.

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Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification

Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2009

The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could potentially contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among...

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Dynamics of Irrigation Institutions: Case Study of a Village Panchayat in Kerala

Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2006

rights, the study identifies the significant factors that contribute to the success and sustainability of irrigation …

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Groundwater Management and Ownership: Report of Expert Group

Parikh, Kirit - eSocialSciences - 2007

It is time India recognises its dependency on groundwater resources, which is only going to increase in the coming years, partly because of growing urbanisation and industrialisation. In view of the growing seriousness of the problem, it is necessary that a political consensus build up quickly...

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Transgenics in Indian Agriculture: Experiences so far and implications of KIA proposals on Indian Farmers

V, Ramanjaneyulu G - eSocialSciences - 2008

KIA proposes to bring a paradigm shift in Indian Agriculture in terms of human resource development, research, technology generation, technology dissemination and commercialization. In the short run, the KIA would concentrate on the four themes namely, (i) education, learning resources,...

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Inter-State Imbalances in Essential Services: Some Perspectives

Srivastava, D K; Rao, C Bhujanga - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper analyzes the inter-state imbalances in three major sectors of the economy, namely, education, health and family welfare, and water supply and sanitation for fifteen major states. It uses two principal indicators namely the per capita GSDP (reflecting the disparity in fiscal capacity...

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