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Achieving strong and balanced regional development in India
Joumard, Isabelle; Morgavi, Hermes; Bourrousse, Hugo - 2017
sustainable irrigation technologies. As working population moves out of agriculture, urbanisation will gather pace. However …
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Rural Labour Employment and Livelihoods in Tribal Villages of Eastern India
kumar, Abhay - 2020
This study examines the changing employment and livelihood patterns of rural labour households in tribal villages of eastern India. The study is based on the high frequency panel data collected under the ICAR-ICRISAT project on Village Dynamics Studies in eastern India from 2010 to 2014. The...
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Agricultural Production, Agricultural Land and Rural Poverty in Madagascar
Randrianarisoa, Jean Claude; Minten, Bart - 2013
Rural areas dependent on agricultural income, are often among the poorest in developing countries. However, little distinction is generally made within the agricultural sector. This lack of distinction hinders targeting of agricultural investments towards poorer farmers. This paper illustrates,...
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The Impacts of Water Borne Diseases on Rural Development in Sudan : Study of Malaria in Gezira Irrigated Agricultural Scheme
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012
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Plant Breeders’ Rights, Farmers’ Rights and Food Security : Africa’s Failure of Resolve and India’s Wobbly Leadership
Oguamanam, Chidi - 2018
Since 2000s, Africa and India severally rejected the notion that UPOV's 1991 standard of Plant Breeders Rights (PBRs …. Consequently, under the African Union's (AU) auspices, Africa proposed the Model Law for the Protection of the Rights of Local … resources within then emergent international regimes. Nearly two decades after, Africa's resolve has proven to be fickle. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920034
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Seasonal migration and feminization of farm management: Evidence from India
Chandrasekhar, S.; Sahoo, Soham; Swaminathan, Hema - 2017
This paper explores the association between short-term migration in the household and feminization of farm management in rural India. The analysis uses a nationally representative data set covering 35,604 rural Indian households in the year 2013. There is gender disaggregated information on who...
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Free trade agreement between People's Republic of China and India: Likely impact and its implications to Asian economic community
Bhattacharya, Swapan K.; Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2006
Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world's two largest developing countries, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage and available factor endowments. In view of the recent wave...
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Development of capitals and capabilities of smallholder farmers for promoting inclusive intensification in agriculture: Experiences from northern West Bengal, India
Mishra, Pulak; Behera, Bhagirath; Bagchi, Niladri Sekhar; … - 2023
While policies and institutional arrangements aimed at intensification and growth of the Indian agriculture sector are inevitable for the livelihoods and food security of the country's vast population, the inclusion of land-constrained farmers especially women, therein requires certain...
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Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Roy, Sanchari - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
In this paper we review as well as contribute to the empirical literature on the impact of landreform on agricultural productivity in India. We find that, overall for all states, land-reform legislation had anegative and significant effect on agricultural productivity. However, this hides...
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