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necessary for all life on earth. Competition among agriculture, industry and cities for limited water supplies is already … constraining development efforts in many countries including India. As populations expand and economies grow, the competition for … agriculture for jobs, food and income (some 55 percent of all wheat and rice output is irrigated). Over the next 30 years, an …
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The present paper examines the changing nature of labour use in rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. The study observed that there is a fast decline in labour use in respect of rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. All three forms of labour (family, casual and attached) have followed the same...
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This paper takes stock of the state of agriculture in India, brings out with the stylised facts, issues and emerging … challenges related to agriculture sector and then makes an attempt to formulate policy measures for further growth of the Indian … agriculture. …
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and engine of the Indian economy. Agriculture continues play a vital role in the development of India. More than 60 per …Nevertheless the share of agriculture sector in the GDP has declined in the recent past; agriculture is the backbone … cent of the people, especially rural Indians, still depends agriculture sector for their subsistence and most of the …
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The present paper examines the rationale for the introduction of contract farming in Indian context and advantages and disadvantages it draws with reference to rural and agricultural development where particular emphasis is given to marginal and small farmers. It is also looking into what are...
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traces its linkages with the agrarian sector. It uses the context of two developing economies, India and Kenya that were …
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The productivity growth in agriculture is both a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of the sector …, factor shares, value added vs. gross value of output, etc. related to measurement of TFP in agriculture. It also focuses on … the determinants of TFP growth in agriculture and the trends in TFP growth in Indian agriculture. …
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Both India and Eritrea are developing countries. India as a leader of Third world made a huge stride in human resource … development and agriculture development where as Eritrea, a young nation still striving hard to develop these areas and thus …
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agriculture in India. The onset of deceleration in agriculture began from early nineties and it became sharp from the late … collectively to revive agriculture and “Save India from Agriculture Crisis”. …Agricultue in India is undergoing a structural change leading to a crisis situation. The rate of growth of agricultural …
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RRBs) in issuance of credit to agriculture sector during the post-reform period by using time series data from 1975 to 2005 …. The analysis reveals that the trends of direct (short and long-term) and indirect institutional credit to agriculture …
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