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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2014
of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the … planting stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest …
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Agricultural Insurance in India: Problems and Prospects
Bhende, M J - eSocialSciences - 2012
The challenges of providing insurance to Indian agricultural sector in a manner that is both meaningful and sustaining. Critical assessment of the existing initiative and present possible options for improvement are presented. [NABARD Occasional Paper No. 44]....
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State of Indian Agriculture 2011-12
eSocialSciences - 2012
The report reviews the status and performance of agriculture, especially during the last two decades, and also presents … hunger. [Ministry of Agriculture Report]. URL:[http://agricoop.nic.in/SIA111213312.pdf]. …
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Government vs Weather The True Story of Crop Insurance in India
Ifft, Jennifer - eSocialSciences - 2009
Scheme. The CCIS has been replaced by the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. The NAIS is considered to be an improvement …
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The Economics of Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events in Developing Countries
Dasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Wheeler, David; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
assistance. This paper contributes by assessing the economics of adaptation to extreme weather events. [Working Paper 199] …
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Many Worlds of Dak Vachan: Proverbial Knowledge and the History of Rain and Weather
Jha, Sadan - eSocialSciences - 2010
these questions, the paper sets out an agenda for writing the history of rain and weather in the context of north Bihar. Dak …
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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands
Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007
This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09
Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008
Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.
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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment
Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …
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