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Using Vietnamese living standard survey in 2002, 2004 and 2006, this paper investigates the contribution of investment in education on agricultural households' income in Vietnam.The study reveals that in the context of agricultural development in Vietnam, years of schooling has affected...
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Since national independence, the government of Uzbekistan has been paying attention to developing its education system, including agriculture. A number of regulations have been adopted in order to address the problems in education. Among these, the Law on Education (1997) and the National...
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The present study assesses the state of doctoral research and postgraduate education in agricultural economics in higher education institutions (HEI) in Uzbekistan and outlines initiatives for change. To better understand the content, process, and outcomes of postgraduate education and doctoral...
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Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I …
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The multi-dimensional role of women in agriculture cannot be denied as they contribute in every agricultural operation from sowing to harvesting of crops and are also active in allied sectors. Participation of women in total workforce was assessed 27.44 per cent as against 72.56 per cent by male...
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approaches. According to the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC), there were 244.9 million households in India of which 179 …
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Indian economy is the fastest growing economy of the world surpassing China during financial year 2015 and 2018. GDP of the country was recorded 7.1% in 2016 and it declined to 6.7% in 2017. Agriculture sector is underperforming for combating malnutrition of a large proportion of the population....
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Climate change is a serious threat to Maharashtra’s agrarian economy due to persistent droughts, floods, irregular rainfall, etc. In this context, the present study was carried out during 2020–21 in three districts of Maharashtra, viz. Parbhani, Sindhudurg and Ahmednagar based on the extent...
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This paper is an attempt to analyze the consequence of trade liberalization in agriculture in the developed countries on the incidence of child labour in a developing economy in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model with informal sectors. Adult labour and child labour are substitutes...
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