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Labour out migration from rice based cropping system: A case of Bihar, India
Kumar, Abhay; Singh, R.K.P.; Singh, K.M.; Kumar, Anjani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Migration has been a recurrent phenomenon since the dawn of human history. Though its form has changed but it remains a … migration, however, the economic factors are considered as the primary reasons for inducing migration. Migration of male labour … force from Bihar has increased during last two decades. It was observed that the youngsters are more prone to migration and …
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Enhancing Farm Income: The Case of Bihar
Singh, K.M.; Kumar, Abhay; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Ujjwal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) provide opportunities for developing a variety of safe and cost effective, prophylactic, and curative medicines for a number of maladies. It is estimated that the primary health care of over 80 per cent of the world’s population still depends on plant based...
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Cultivation in Bihar, India: Economic Potential and Condition for Adoption
Singh, K.M.; Jha, A.K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The MAPs provide opportunities for developing a variety of safe and cost effective, prophylactic, and curative medicines for a number of maladies. It is estimated that the primary health care of over 80 per cent of the world’s population still depends on plant based traditional medicines (WHO,...
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Feed and Fodder Value Chains in Bihar: Some Empirical Evidences
Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Jha, A.K.; Kumar, Abhay; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Livestock production, especially dairy, has long been an important activity for smallholder and resource-poor farmers in India, both for household nutrition and income. Most of the livestock are kept in mixed farming systems, where crop residues, mainly cereal straws have been an important feed...
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The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops
Qaim, Matin - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 665-694
Genetically modified (GM) crops have been used commercially for more than 10 years. Available impact studies of insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant crops show that these technologies are beneficial to farmers and consumers, producing large aggregate welfare gains as well as positive effects...
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Wholesale Milk Markets: A Study of Market Integration in Indian Markets
Jha, A.K.; Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Market integration is an important determinant of responsiveness and behavior of the markets needed to formulate price policies. Indian wholesale milk markets are correlated with varying degrees of integration. Paper uses monthly wholesale prices of milk for the period from April 1997 to...
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Conservation Agriculture: Innovations, Constraints and Strategies for Adoption
Meena, M.S.; Singh, K.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Untenable use of factors of production is causing severe land degradation and food insecurity problems especially in developing world. Land degradation threatens the ecosystem health and food security worldwide and will remain high priority on international agenda. Conservation agriculture (CA)...
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Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies: A Micro Analysis at Farm Level in Bihar
Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Abhay; Kumar, Anjani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Technology adoption has been the main obstacle in realizing agricultural potential in the country in general and Bihar in particular. The present study focuses on level of adoption, access of farmers to farm technology, quality of modern technology, access to agricultural extension institutions...
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Pluralistic Agricultural Extension System in India: Innovations and Constraints
Meena, M.S.; Singh, K.M.; Swanson, B.E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The major issues before Indian extension system are: how to improve the effectiveness of extension systems? How to serve the small land holders and marginal farmers in diversified farming systems? and proper allocation of fund, human resources and its management. The ATMA model has been...
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Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technologies: A Micro Analysis at Farm Level in Bihar
Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Abhay; Kumar, Anjani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Technology adoption has been the main obstacle in realizing agricultural potential in the country in general and Bihar in particular. The present study focuses on level of adoption, access of farmers to farm technology, quality of modern technology, access to agricultural extension institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111898