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Options and Determinants of Rice Residue Management Practices in the South-West Region of Bangladesh
Haider, Mohammed Ziaul - eSocialSciences - 2013
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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Rejigging the Elephant Dance
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which engulfed virtually every country in the world. We recovered from the crisis sooner than other countries, but the growth rate is yet to reach the pre-crisis level. There is widespread...
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Adolescent Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Effects and Solutions
McQueston, Kate; Silverman, Rachel; Glassman, Amanda - eSocialSciences - 2012
Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to … school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548435
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Corporate Farming in India:Is it Must for Agricultural Development?
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2007
Indian agriculture is under policy reforms for some time now. One of the issues it faces is that of lack of viability of smallholdings and lack of international competitiveness of its produce. In this regard, new initiatives of reorganizaing the production systems are being attempted in the form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341761
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Contract Farming in Thailand: A View from the Farm
Delforge, Isabelle - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study presents an initial assessment of the situation and to raise the main issues in terms of farmers’ and workers’ rights. It is part of a long term process involving farmer movements, trade unions, NGOs and international organisations aimed at developing strategies by which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512438
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Contract Farming for Agricultural Development:Review of Theory and Practice with Special Reference to India
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2005
The present paper examines contract farming and its situation in India on the basis of nature of contracts, nature of contract growers, practice and implementation of contract farming and techniques, practices and changing dynamics of contract farming in India.
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Odisha Budget 2013-14: Part 1 Agriculture
Government, Orissa - eSocialSciences - 2013
Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
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Fertilizing Nature: A Tragedy of Excess in the Commons
Good, Allen G; Beatty, Perrin H - eSocialSciences - 2011
some countries show reductions in fertilizer use while others show increasing use? What N fertilizer application reductions …
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Fertilizer Subsidy in India: Who are the Beneficiaries?
Sharma, Vijay Paul; Thaker, Hrima - eSocialSciences - 2010
Agricultural subsidies that encourage production and productivity have been widely criticized because of the cost of … producers and in many cases do not reach the targeted group(s). This paper examines trends in fertilizer subsidy and the issue … of distribution of fertilizer subsidies between farmers and fertilizer industry, across regions/states, crops and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506481
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Agriculture, Food Security,and Poverty in China; Past Performance, Future Prospects, and Implications for Agricultural R&D Policy
Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - eSocialSciences - 2009
agricultural productivity, farmer income, and food security in a nation with limited supplies of land and other natural resources …. Technology has been the engine of China’s agricultural productivity growth in the past and will continue to play a major role …
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