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This study examines options for managing rice residue and the factors that determine its management in the south-west region of Bangladesh. Study results indicate that while straw length, low-elevation land and distance of the plot from the homestead positively and significantly influence the...
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During September 2013, Parliament passed the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. The NFSA seeks to make the right to food a legal entitlement by providing subsidised food grains to nearly two-thirds of the population. The Act relies on the existing Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)...
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loan waiver and an additional 1% subvention in farmer loan interest payments. …
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traditional farmer managed irrigation systems. …
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This paper analyzes the situation of the Indo US Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture, by using the science studies approach.
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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 and other interventions, scoring was used...
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The farmers, predominantly the small and tribal, particularly in regions of rich agro-biodiversity immensely contribute … progress could not have happened without these genetic resources and associated knowledge conserved by farmers. On … species of minor millets are under cultivation during last several hundred years. Farmers here over this period had evolved …
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fertilizer prices has reduced total utilization. Evidence suggests that farmers are under-applying fertilizer, thereby forfeiting … disparities in prices across regions. Priorities for research and policy are therefore understanding the behavior of farmers in …
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to identify incentives that might stop farmers from burning. In this study, uniform price unit supply reverse auction was … used, followed by an actual payment, in order to measure the amount of incentive required to stop smallholder farmers from … burning rice straw. 317 farmers from 18 villages in Rupandehi and Kapilvastu districts participated in the reverse auction and …
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This paper addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of … industrialization ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are leasing in land from a private owner or local … agricultural productivity. Eciency considerations are shown to re- quire farmers be over-compensated in the event of conversion. …
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