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State-Led or Market-Led Green Revolution? Role of Private Irrigation Investment vis-a-vis Local Government Programs in West Bengal’s Farm Productivity Growth
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip; Kumar, Neha - eSocialSciences - 2009
, extension services, and infrastructure investments) in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A … farm panel from a stratified random sample of farms from major agricultural districts of West Bengal is used. …
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Far(M)ore = Farm (grow) + More (income-livelihood)
eSocialSciences; } Design Research Publication Cell DRP - 2013
The project aims to grow fruits and vegetables on roof tops of community houses. This will be income generating for the community. [DRP].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945375
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Rural Non-Farm Employment in India: Access, Income, Farm, Poverty Impact
Lanjouw, Peter; Shariff, Abusaleh; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - eSocialSciences - 2007
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 … correlates of employment in the non-farm sector and the direct impact of a growing non-farm sector on agricultural wage rates in …
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Faster, Sustainable and More Inclusive Growth: An Approach to the 12th Five Year Plan
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2011
In preparing the Approach Paper, the Planning Commission has consulted much more widely than ever before recognising the fact that citizens are now much better informed and also keen to engage. Over 950 civil society organisations across the country have provided inputs; business associations,...
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National Policy for Farmers
eSocialSciences - 2011
the income of farm families, not only to meet their consumption requirements but also to enhance their capacity to invest … in farm related activities. URL:[http://agricoop.nic.in/NPF/npff2007.pdf]. …
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State Focus Paper 2012-13: Karnataka
eSocialSciences; National Bank for Agriculture and … - 2012
The State Focus Paper (SFP) consolidates the PLPs of all the 30 districts and highlights the potential for flow of credit to various sectors in agriculture and rural development. The credit potential and the issues pertaining to various sectors, articulated in the PLPs-2012-13, are brought out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393102
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Mexican Swine Flu—A New Threat to Humanity
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
the US. The present study shows that the outbreak has lot to do with industrial farm animal production, which is becoming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250498
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For Love or Money? Motivating Workers
Naeem, Saima; Zaman, Asad - eSocialSciences - 2013
worker productivity. [PIDE Working Papers]. URL:[http://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/Working%20Paper/WorkingPaper-90.pdf]. …
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National Policy on Skill development
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2012
Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of world of work. [Ministry of Labour and Employment on eSS] [
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Budget 2014-15: The Continuing Neglect of the 'Rural'
Banerjee, Arindam - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Union Budget remains significant for the agricultural sector in the country for at least the following two reasons. First, the budget comes in the background of an agrarian crisis in the country, persistent since the late nineties, which also coincided with the period of a policy thrust on...
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