May 1999 - Access to land is deeply important in rural India, where the incidence of poverty is highly correlated with lack of access to land. The author provides a framework for assessing alternative approaches to improving access to land by India's rural poor. He considers India's record...

Technological intervention in agriculture has helped many developing countries not only to overcome food deficit but also supported their economic growth. On the contrary, technological intervention in agriculture is criticized by many researchers due to its adverse effects on local...

In addition to environmental factors, the welfare of farming communities in most developing countries depends largely on the credibility of organizations that regulate, implement, and protect different institutional arrangements for facilitating coordination between people. This study adopts the...