The dominance of cotton in the irrigated areas of Central Asia has long been criticized for its ecological effects on … dominated by the conventional cotton and wheat rotation introduced after 1991. The second district is home to a wide range of … hands-on experience of harvest mechanisation in the traditional cotton region so far. In addition to the state delivery …

current paper analyses the nature and effects of state regulation in the cotton sector. In the early 2000s, it was considered … host a "cotton cluster". In the following years, private producers and investors turned away from cotton, and cotton area … and output fell substantially. We argue that the cotton sector performance after 2007 shows how ill-designed regulation …

in India and China; (b) the cotton prices in India also impacts the cotton prices in China as we report a unidirectional …This study examines the price transmission between cotton prices in U.S., Indian, and Chinese futures markets. We focus … indicate the following: (a) the U.S. cotton futures market continues to be the most dominant market, and it leads price changes …

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

reduction credits from projects in developing countries. Various studies have concluded that India is likely to be one of the … status of the CDM stakeholders in India, assesses risk perspectives of CDM projects and provides suggestions for approaches …

potential international markets for greenhouse gases offsets through the CDM and facilitate implementation of CDM in India, a … livestock sector, in particular has not been included in the ambit of NSS, although in India total emissions of methane from … in the dairy sector in India, estimates the cost of various methane mitigation strategies in the sector and highlights …

climatic zones across India leads to energy use per m2 which is 3-4 times of the German average. We assess the potential to …