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Issues in Infrastructure for Export of Rice from India
Raghuram, G.; Asopa, V.N. - eSocialSciences - 2010
Rs 13.3 billion for the same period. This paper focuses on promoting rice exports, for which infrastructural and policy …Rice is exported in two varities, basmati and non-basmati. The basmati rice exports are in three categories: white …, brown and parboiled. India earned Rs 18.4 billion in 2001-02 from exports of basmati rice and non-basmati rice contributed …
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Food Processing in Andhra Pradesh Opportunities and Challenges
Dev, S. Mahendra; Rao, N. Chandrasekhara - eSocialSciences - 2008
challenges in processing of rice, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds and livestock products 2. To study the working of contracts … between processors and farmers 3. To identify the future areas 4. To recommend suitable policy options. [WP No. 57]. …
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Food Prices, Wages, and Welfare in Rural India
Jacoby, Hanan G - eSocialSciences - 2013
the lens of a specific-factors, general equilibrium, trade model applied at the district level. [Policy Research Working …
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Should Asian Countries Adopt Gm Crops Despite Trade Regulations
Gruère, Guillaume - eSocialSciences - 2009
This brief summarizes a study evaluating the potential economic effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade regulations. [IFPRI Brief No.13]
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Trends in Diversion of PDS Grain
Khera, Reetika - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article estimates the proportion of grain "diverted" from the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the open market, using the well-established method of matching state offtake figures published by the government, with household purchase reported by the NSS. The limitations of this...
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta …
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The National Food Security Bill, 2011-as introduced in Lok Sabha
Sabha, Lok - eSocialSciences - 2011
A bill to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [as introduced in Lok Sabha].
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One Hundred years of Economic Change in Bengal: Re-visiting the Economic Life of a Bengal District
Raihan, Selim - eSocialSciences - 2011
Through the use of secondary data, field visits and focus group discussions, this study explores the dynamics of the evolution of the economic life in Greater Faridpur over the last 100d years (1910-2010). Such investigation suggests that there have been large increases in population and...
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Agricultural Productivity and Credit- Issues and Way Forward
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
Certain trends in agricultural productivity, agricultural finance are outlined. Recommendations for improving agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity in Indian Agriculture at CAB, Pune]. URL:[http://rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=596].
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Impact of Trade Liberalization on Returns from Land: A Regional Study of Indian Agriculture
Ghosh, Nilabja - eSocialSciences - 2010
Trade liberalization, by aligning domestic prices with world prices, is envisaged to bring welfare gains to a country. In the case of Indian agriculture, owing to the vastness and diversity of the sector, the impact is likely to be profoundly unequal across regions especially when liberalization...
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