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vulnerability of the farmers. This paper has estimated the vulnerability of both farmers and irrigation tanks to rainfall … determinants of technology adoption in the rain-fed tank irrigated agriculture. Tank performance has been evaluated through … adjusted tank performance measure, vulnerability has been estimated through livelihood vulnerability index and technology …
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The trend in instability in crop production in Gujarat has been analyzed for the 30-year period from 1980-81 to 2010-11 by following the method of ‘first differences’ or the moving period approach. The relation of instability with growth has also been examined. While investigating...
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The paper has analyzed the performance of agriculture in terms of growth and instability of yield, area and production …
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in Indian agriculture will be double of the present consumption level (22 million tonnes of oil equivalent) for achieving …
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The study on dynamics of labour demand in Punjab agriculture has revealed that between 1985-86 and 2006-07, the per … displacement of human labour by machines and also due to rising wage rates. The elasticity of labour use in agriculture has fallen … drastically during the past two decades indicating little potential for absorption of additional labour in agriculture. …
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present era of globalization, management of food security in the agriculture-dominated developing countries like India needs …
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incorporated in the model as increasing monotonic functions of yield. With evidences from Odisha, where agriculture is rainfed and … agriculture on rainfall in Odisha has declined slightly possibly because of the developments in irrigation and other facilities. …
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The set of Cobb-Douglas production functions is usually fitted by first linearizing the models through logarithmic transformation and then applying method of least squares. However, this procedure is valid only when the underlying assumption of multiplicative error-terms is justified....
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and evaluating the existing status has been reported. Some measures have been suggested to promote sustainable agriculture …
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