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 …

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. …

because their traditional ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Farmers in these … not limited to this region, but is being experienced by traditional farmers across the developing world. To help find a … cultivation in the hill district of Khagrachari with settled agriculture and new soil conservation techniques based around orchard …

The paper disuses and analyzes the condition of cotton farmers of Andra Pradesh and the reasons for their committing …

Extension of the wealth tax to agriculture, it will be recalled, was opposed on the ground that it would hurt even the … small and medium-sized farmers. This argument was advanced in spite of agricultural holdings below the value of Rs.1 lakh …-sized farmers. [Working Paper No. 12] …

In Nepal, agriculture is commercializing day by day and levels of agro-chemical use are growing. This is beginning to … effectiveness of pesticides in reducing crop losses amongst vegetable farmers in Nepal. …

-negotiation on Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) will also begin. It is time to take a retrospective look at what were the expected … the predictions of various macro-models about the gains to Indian agriculture and farmer were not unequivocal, their … structure, improvement in the terms-of-trade for Indian agriculture may be very limited. Whatever little improvement in terms …

It is argued that Indian agriculture is undergoing fundamental change wherein the technology and inputs are moving out … of the hands of the farmers to external suppliers. This, over a period of time may have resulted in the de-skilling of … farmers and without adequate public investments in support services and without appropriate risk mitigation products has …