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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 what could be the way forward, given our objectives of accelerated growth, inclusiveness and the reducing of poverty and hunger. [Ministry of Agriculture Report]....
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Does Participatory Development Legitimise Collusion Mechanisms? Evidence from Karnataka Watershed Development Agency
Vadivelu, G. Ananda - eSocialSciences - 2011
While examining participatory development projects, existing contributions have demonstrated how aid resources are often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source of corruption is collusion between project implementers and farmers. This is examined with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318511
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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Shifting Cultivation and its Alternatives in Bangladesh: Productivity, Risk and Discount Rates
Miah, M. A. Monayem; Islam, S. M. Fakhrul - eSocialSciences - 2008
soil conservation technology based on an assessment of the farmers’ risk and corresponding discount rates in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170186
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National Water Policy
GOI, Ministry of Water Resources - eSocialSciences - 2008
Concerns of the community needs to be taken into account for water resources development and management. The success of the National Water Policy will depend entirely on evolving and maintaining a national consensus and commitment to its underlying principles and objectives. To achieve the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487821
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Capitalisation of Nature and Accumulation by Dispossession: At the Heart and the Frontier of Capitalism
Paranjape, Suhas - eSocialSciences - 2007
The concept of `capitalisation of nature’ put forward by Martin O’Connor is a fruitful concept that brings together many red and green concerns into a single abstract concept. The term resonates across bio-physical, economic and semiotic aspects.
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Fertilizing Nature: A Tragedy of Excess in the Commons
Good, Allen G; Beatty, Perrin H - eSocialSciences - 2011
Globally, we are applying excessive nitrogen (N) fertilizers to our agricultural crops, which ultimately causes nitrogen pollution to our ecosphere. The atmosphere is polluted by N2O and NOx gases that directly and indirectly increase atmospheric warming and climate change. Nitrogen is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323687
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Before the Deluge: Coping with Floods in a Changing Climate
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
nature. The report gives an in-depth look at the flaws with hard, structural flood-control techniques and describes what we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828475
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The Place of Nature in Economic Development
Dasgupta, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2009
natural capital there. An account here of the processes that characterise human-nature interactions reads differently from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459695
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Draft National Land Reforms Policy
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Rural Development GOI - 2013
This policy outlines a very clear strategy of creating a large pool of land so that every family's right to land is … fully honoured. The policy proceeds to suggest a just and equitable method of allotting land on a priority basis to the … way that common property resources supplement the needs of the poor and deprived. [Department of Land Resources, Ministry …
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