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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 …
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to identify incentives that might stop farmers from burning. In this study, uniform price unit supply reverse auction was … used, followed by an actual payment, in order to measure the amount of incentive required to stop smallholder farmers from … burning rice straw. 317 farmers from 18 villages in Rupandehi and Kapilvastu districts participated in the reverse auction and …
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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. …
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This paper is an attempt to estimate the magnitudes of yield gaps, causative factors and constrains for attending greater farm potential in adsali, suru, preseasonal and ratoon sugarcane production in Maharashtra. Primary data were collected from 250 sugarcane cultivators using random sampling...
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and farmers, during a conference entitled Analyzing the Budget 2014 for Rural India. The event was organized by Bharat … Krishak Samaj in collaboration with Farmers' Forum (a magazine on rural livelihood), India International Centre Annexe (New …
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Tomotaoes which are produced in Gujarat, north west India are small, so the growers were not organized enough to raise funds to sponsor research at public R&D institutions in the area. That task was therefore taken up. Boxes that protected the produce better on long journey and were affordable...
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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 …
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National Food Authority's (NFA) twin mandate of price stabilization and food security has cost the government billions of pesos in losses over the past few decades. As such, there is a need to reexamine the NFA to determine whether the benefits gained from its continued operation justifies the...
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The challenges of providing insurance to Indian agricultural sector in a manner that is both meaningful and sustaining. Critical assessment of the existing initiative and present possible options for improvement are presented. [NABARD Occasional Paper No. 44]....
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Budget for the year 2012-13. [Government of Maharashtra]. URL:[http://maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/english_speech_part_I.pdf].
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