contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the … residue adoption choices of farmers in the rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, Pakistan. [SANDEE Working Paper, No 76–13 …Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and …

agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity in Indian Agriculture at CAB, Pune]. URL …

. In the case of Indian agriculture, owing to the vastness and diversity of the sector, the impact is likely to be …

The pesticide use in Kuttanad, India, an ecologically sensitive area often referred to as the rice bowl of Kerala is …

agriculture, which has implications for the entire economy, it is essential to study the volatility patterns in international and … wheat, rice, palm oil, groundnut oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, sugar, cotton, tea and coffee [ICRIER WP No. 103]. …

Most of 726 million rural populations in India is dependent on agriculture. Rice is the staple food of nearly 65% of … the total population in India. The production of rough rice reached 135 million tonnes (89 million tonnes of clean rice …) in the TE 2002 from 32.3 million tonnes (20 million tonnes clean rice) in 1950-52, primarily due to the fact that …

This paper distinguishes the Intellectual Property Rights relevant to agriculture and explain these rights. The … on these is given. This paper concludes conclude with prescriptions for public policy on IPRs and agriculture in India …