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The report reviews the status and performance of agriculture, especially during the last two decades, and also presents what could be the way forward, given our objectives of accelerated growth, inclusiveness and the reducing of poverty and hunger. [Ministry of Agriculture Report]....
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There is perhaps only one broad certainty in the contemporary debate on climate change: not only does climate change …
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In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be …
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This study assesses the Five Year Plans and relevant government policies adopted to garner India's climate change goals … and priorities. It attempts to highlight key climate change concerns from a brief sector- specific analysis: examining it …'s impact on trade. Finally, the paper also looks at how India's policy and regulatory framework is addressing trade and climate …
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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 attempts to understand the various risks faced by households living in disaster prone regions of rural India and specifically examine the effectiveness of coping mechanisms adopted by households living in these areas to hedge against the risks. The study area (districts of eastern...
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The aim of this paper is to examine the effects climate change will have on Bangladesh and also gives some possible … solutions for tackling climate change. …
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Improving our ability to cope with floods under current and future climates requires adopting a more sophisticated set of techniques -- the "soft path" of flood risk management, which aims to understand, adapt to and work with the forces of nature. The report gives an in-depth look at the flaws...
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This study was undertaken to assess farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various climate …-smart interventions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. To assess farmers’ choices and their WTP for the potential climate-smart technologies …
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Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a … indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized precipitation index. [CES Working Papers]. …
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