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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
inevitable for the livelihoods and food security of the country's vast population, the inclusion of land-constrained farmers … two selected villages in West Bengal and the subsequent changes in farming practices by land-constrained farmers therein … collectivization of resources and actions can potentially lead to the inclusion of smallholder farmers and women in the intensification …
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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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Free trade agreement between People's Republic of China and India : likely impact and its implications to Asian economic community
Bhattacharya, Swapan K. (contributor);  … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003411318
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The political economy of food price policy : the case study of India
Ganguly, Kavery; Gulati, Ashok - 2013
India did not experience any food price spikes during 2007-08 when global food prices erupted. It was partly due to India's ban on exports of wheat and common rice. But the fiscal stimulus that the government provided in 2009 in the wake of G8 countries' call to avert economic recession, coupled...
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Continued existence of cows disproves central tenets of capitalism?
Anagol, Santosh; Etang, Alvin; Karlan, Dean - 2013
We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. We estimate that when valuing labor at market wages, households earn large, negative average returns from holding cows and buffaloes, at negative 64% and negative 39% respectively. This puzzle is mostly explained if we value...
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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2005
Open regionalism and integration between the world's two largest developing countries - the People's Republic of China (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic and social benefits that could result in poverty...
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Sugar and Cane Pricing and Regulation in India
Reddy, A Amarender A. - 2011
Sugar and cane prices in India are highly regulated, as a result free market prices in India are showing rising trend with high volatility. There is a possibility of long run shortage of sugar in international markets due to diversion of cane to produce ethanol and also reduction of domestic...
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Disparities in Employment and Income in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India
Reddy, A Amarender A. - 2012
The paper studies regional difference in employment, unemployment and income in Andhra Pradesh, in the backdrop of demand for separate state of Telangana. The empirical results are based on unit survey data of rural households of Andhra Pradesh based on employment and unemployment surveys...
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