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urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post …
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This paper exploits China’s accession to the WTO to investigate the propagation of a supply shock across the Indian production network. Consistent with a model of multi-product manufacturers gaining access to higher-quality components, a fall in input tariffs raises revenue, quality and prices...
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challenge as they play a decisive role in many facets of agricultural sector in India. Self-help groups (SHGs) have emerged as … significantly (Meena et al. 2006). In pluralistic extension system in India public extension plays an important role. Central … services to Women Self Help Groups in Punjab state of India in food processing sector and thereby making them socially and …
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programme. Wheat is an important cereal crop of India fulfilling food as well as nutritional security of millions. The crop has … India being the second largest producer of wheat, there exists regional variation in production across states as well as …, analyse the decadal trends in FLDs allotted, conducted, varieties and technologies demonstrated at farmers’ field across India …
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This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by technological adoption. In this study, we use data from a...
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supplied. These hypotheses are tested and confirmed with panel data for the case of transgenic cotton in India. Cotton varietal … diversity in India, with of over 90% adoption of transgenic technology, is now at the same level than it was before the …
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– is occurring in biotechnology seeds in China and India. We begin with an overview of the agricultural challenges faced by … China and India and the substantial investments that both countries are making in agricultural research and development (R … foreign firms in China and significant price caps in India; limitations and gaps in IP protection and enforcement; and lengthy …
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The eastern region of India, comprising the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Odisha and West Bengal, is one of the …
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impact of irrigation and its interaction with rainfall on short-term migration decisions in India. Our results show that …
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Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity can only be efficacious if steps in the right direction will be taken. At this juncture in the Nigerian economic history, the right step to take is to adequately finance...
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