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centrality is defined by diffusion centrality (Banerjee, Chandrasekhar, Duflo, and Jackson, 2013), which characterizes a nodeâ …€™s influence in spreading information. It first show that diffusion centrality nests standard centrality measures – degree … diffusion centrality. …
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The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers about the SRI technique as also of agricultural extension services in general. [Working Paper...
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that diffusion mechanisms may play an independent role in the spread of new reproductive behaviour (small family norm …). Though diffusion per se, no real explanation for the fast decline of fertility in Southern or Coastal India (what would then … be the cause of diffusion in the first place?), it would definitely be important to understand how these mechanisms are …
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An important channel through which globalization affects poverty is introducing new technologies to developing countries. Adoption of new technologies can be hindered by uncertainties about their efficiency. This paper studies the role of information exchange between adopters and others about a...
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Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
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that infrastructure like roads, irrigation, electricity aid in growth and so do quality of human capital. Hence …
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in Agriculture and Irrigation: (1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigation; (2) Conservation of irrigation water …
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Attention has been paid to the significance of the non-farm sector in the rural Indian economy since the early 1970s. The importance of earnings from secondary non-farm occupations is not well documented. In this paper an attempt is made to assess the contribution of the nonfarm sector across...
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A desert journey, from a pool where both humans and camels drank, to a bavadi then to a water tap in Khaba village has some valuable lessons about the ground realities of the social forces around water.
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This paper deals with the impact of irrigation on agrarian change and local politics in the period, 1960 to 1996 in the … from canal irrigation, strengthened the position of the dominant castes/classes, small and middle peasantry continued to … points to a policy implication: irrigation alone, without agrarian reform, cannot lead to progressive change and for more …
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