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High rural population density Africa – What are the growth requirements and who participates?
Mellor, John W. - In: Food Policy 48 (2014) C, pp. 66-75
A large and increasing proportion of agricultural growth in Africa must come from continuous gains in land productivity in areas of high population density and hence with already relatively high yields. What that requires is analogous to the green revolution in Asia. Several features...
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Migration and technological change in agriculture : results of a case study in the green revolution belt of India
Oberai, A. S; Singh, Manmohan; K, H. - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on relationships between rural migration, technological change and agricultural production, presenting a case study of the green revolution belt in India - based on a survey, examines adoption of capital intensive technology, high crop yield seeds, improved...
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Advanced plant biotechnology in Mexico: a hope for the neglected?
A, Eastmond; ML, Robert - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1989
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Technology-environment-employment linkages and the rural poor of Bangladesh: insights from farm-level data.
M, Alauddin; MK, Mujeri; CA, Tisdell - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1992
Considers the effect on income, income distribution, production, employment and the environment, of major technological changes in agriculture which have occurred in villages located on the floodplains in the Kushtia region and the Chittagong Hill Districts. Based on surveys carried out in...
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The determinants of agricultural growth in Bangladesh
Joarder, Mohammad Abdul Munim - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 3, pp. 313-335
This paper makes an attempt to contribute to the literature of agricultural productivity in Bangladesh since 1961. The … to generate income and alleviate poverty in Bangladesh. Price stability, as during the mid-1990s, has contributed to … agricultural growth in Bangladesh. The negative impact of the agricultural labour force on agricultural value-added can be …
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Snakes, Ladders and Traps: Changing Lives and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh (1994-2001)
Kabeer, Naila - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level detail, in order to …
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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
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Agricultural Productivity and Credit- Issues and Way Forward
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
Certain trends in agricultural productivity, agricultural finance are outlined. Recommendations for improving agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity in Indian Agriculture at CAB, Pune]. URL:[http://rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=596].
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Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture (focus on Food Security) in Asia-Pacific Region
Dev, S. Mahendra - eSocialSciences - 2011
The objective of this paper is to identify climate change related threats and vulnerabilities associated with agriculture as a sector and agriculture as people’s livelihoods (exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity). The paper analyses the connections between the nature of human action...
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Green revolution: Indian agricultural experience – a paradigm for Eritrea
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor. To mitigate these problems, India adopted farming...
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