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golden opportunity to change the face of UP's agriculture and thus the fate of millions that depend on it. UP with a … engaged in agriculture; average holding size was just 0.76 ha with 92 percent of holdings being small and marginal; and 29 …
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. Agriculture growth was around 4.7 per cent, which was above the national average of 3.6 per cent and in the latest five years, its … performance was even more commendable, with an average annual growth rate of 7.1 per cent. However, agriculture productivity of … in yield augmenting inputs such as fertilisers, certified seeds, tube wells and farm machines. Bihar's agriculture has …
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agriculture. During the five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15, the contribution of agriculture to the state GDP recorded an annual … average growth of a mere 0.9 per cent. This paper studies the composition, sources and potential drivers of agriculture growth …
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influence of the mix of expenditures related to agriculture on net income generation, using data for 19 Latin American and … positively impacts agriculture's performance. More importantly, and of greater practical economic significance, increasing the …
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of structural transformation and population-level nutrition outcomes is essential for contextualizing agriculture …
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In the European Union (EU) periurban agriculture is under the same agri-environmental policy regime designed for … general agriculture. We argue that the specific needs of periurban agriculture may justify ad hoc agri-environmental policy … agriculture measures in this area. The mismatch between the low uptake rate and the high social benefits generated by the four …
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The need to enhance food security while reducing poverty along with the growing threat imposed by climate change clearly reveal that it is imperative to accelerate agricultural productivity growth. This paper estimates micro-level production models to identify the major factors that have...
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