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Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program
Santos, Florence; Fletschner, Diana; Savath, Vivien; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
Secure land rights are a critical, but often overlooked, factor in achieving household food security and improved nutritional status in rural areas of developing countries. This study evaluates the impact of India’s land-allocation and registration program in West Bengal, a program that...
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Analyzing Intersectoral Convergence to Improve Child Undernutrition in India: Development and Application of a Framework to Examine Policies in Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
Ved, Rajani; Menon, Purnima - eSocialSciences - 2012
To reduce child under nutrition in India, convergence from various sectors are required. The framework notes that issues related to convergence must be resolved in relation to three major steps in the policy process: policy formulation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. There are...
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Small Farmers in India: Challenges and Opportunities
Dev, S. Mahendra - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India. It covers trends in agricultural … growth, cultivation patterns, participation of small holding agriculture, productivity performance of small holders, linking … holding agriculture including information needs. It also provides lessons from the experience of India on small holding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567992
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Debating Poverty
eSS, eSocialSciences - eSocialSciences - 2014
Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945492
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In the Balance: The National Food Security Act vis-Ã -vis the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
Narayanan, Sudha - eSocialSciences - 2013
on Agriculture (AoA) in the context of widespread concern that they might be mutually incompatible. [IGIDR WP-2013-026]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945525
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Groundwater Irrigation in India: Gains, Costs and Risks
Gandhi, Vasant P; Namboodiri, N.V. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Groundwater has rapidly emerged to occupy a dominant place in India’s agriculture and food security in the recent … comes from irrigated agriculture, in which groundwater plays a major role. Since the development of groundwater irrigation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985545
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Global Warming and Agriculture: New Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in Agricultural Productivity
Cline, William R - eSocialSciences - 2009
impact at the country level, especially in the developing world. The stakes for world agriculture, with special attention to … China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the tropical belt in Africa and Latin America are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528414
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Reforming Foodgrains Management: Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Kumar, A. Ganesh; Gulati, Ashok; Ralph Cummings, Jr. - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness, and that continuing with the same only stifles growth in foodgrains, with very little welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009913
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New Agriculture Technology, Skill Formation, Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Rural Asia: A Comparison of Three Projects from India, China and Bangladesh
Mukherjee, Neela - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present paper compares the strategies, capacity building processes and outcomes/impacts of three projects during the period 2005-10. The project area covered by the study are located as follows: i) Jhalda-2/Barra Bazar/ blocks in Puruliya district of West Bengal (India),, (ii) Luo Yang...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682008
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Agribusiness in South Asia: A Fact Sheet
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2010
Agribusiness is the single largest sector of the economy in many developing countries and is growing fast. The present paper examines the situation of agribusiness in different countries of South Asia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752357