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accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …
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Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …
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Hunger afflicts hundreds of millions of people around the world. However, the very concept of hunger is difficult to … define, and in fact the whole issue of hunger has been subsumed under the more comprehensive concept of food security. This …
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A comparative study of the public distribution systems of foodgrains in India and China is expected to reveal lessons and experiences that are valuable to policymakers. This is particularly important for developing countries in their endeavour to ensure food security. This paper undertakes such...
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The policy of allocation of food grains under rationing has been very ad hoc in India with allocation being fixed on a 'historical basis'. This paper uses four sets of pooled equations for predicting stable levels of per capita consumption of rice and wheat in physical terms in rural and urban...
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supply and demand factors are important. Cereal and edible oil prices appear to be mainly driven by supply-side factors such … as production, wage rates, and minimum support prices. For pulses, the effects of supply- and demand-side factors appear … almost equal. The prices of eggs, meat, fish, milk, and fruits and vegetables appear to be driven mainly by demand …
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modeling system of international agriculture commodity markets. We specifically focus on three different scenarios — subsidy as …
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productivity was recorded positive. Decrease in area under cereals is of great concern as a study commissioned by the Agriculture …
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security. In this context this paper seeks to analyze the long term trends in area, production, yield and prices of Wheat. It … Indian Agriculture …
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In this paper we study the impact of rising wages on Indian agriculture by measuring the responses to output prices and … wages of output, and of both variable and quasi fixed factors. Raising output prices to compensate for rising wages is an … output with respect to crop prices (-0.36 versus 0.27). Instead, the growth of non-land assets and education were more …
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