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The agricultural sector in India has been successful in keeping pace with the rising food demand of a growing … changing economic scenario in India and the need for appropriate agricultural technologies and agro-management practices to … extension undergoes fundamental changes, India looks for a whole new policy mix that nurtures the pluralistic extension system …
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Jharkhand state is carved out from Bihar state in 2000. The state is rich in mineral resources and poor in agricultural production. More than 75% of work force is engaged in agriculture, but generates only 20% of state’s GDP. About 45% area is under non-agricultural use and 32% is culturable...
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areas in India where the growing period is later and where the minimum temperature during the production period is … than most other states in India. Given such comparative advantage, it seems that the state could benefit from the increased … active in India are bringing in potato varieties (e.g. Lady Roseta, Atlantic) which might be prone to diseases that might be …
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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 resource. India is deficient in the supply of fodder, resulting in …
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Agricultural growth has been largely responsible for India’s desire for long term food security for its rapidly growing … effective competition policy regime in India, has constrained the farm sector gains from trade reforms, and farmer’s capacity to … productivity in India. The current paper is an attempt to understand the various regulatory provisions and subsidies which affect …
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Local brands are rapidly gaining agricultural market share in developing countries. However, it is not well understood how they reshape agricultural value chains. In a detailed case study of the value chain of makhana in Bihar, we see the fast emergence – a doubling over 5years – of more...
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domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …
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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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Dairy farmers in Bihar are mostly smallholders having one or two local-bred milch animals, which are raised on crop residues and natural pastures with under-employed family labour. Feeding grains, oil cakes and green nutritious fodder are limited to crossbred cattle. Feed and fodder deficiencies...
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high- yielding varieties of rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Tritium aestivum). Lentil production in India has always been … important as it is the one of the most important rabi crops in the country. In fact, India was the largest producer of the … Lentil crop in the world until recently Canada took over the lead leaving India at the second place. The new technology of …
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