This study aims at developing a low cost technique to be used in rural and coastal areas for converting saline water into potable water using solar energy. A triangular solar still (TrSS) was, therefore, designed and developed with cheap, lightweight, local and available materials. A number of...

Considering the overall farming situation in developing countries particularly India it has been observed that the available options of efficient irrigation technologies are unable to cover up small and marginal farm holders due to lack of the applicability and acceptability in terms of their...

The land holding sizes in developing countries has been declining under continuous population pressure and average holding size is less than 2 ha. Small holders’, however, were able to increase the land productivity and farm income by adopting the high yielding modern varieties of dominant...

Studies were undertaken on 256 farms in Bangladesh from 1992-1994 to assess the feasibility and economic viability of integrating fish culture with rice farming during aman (wet) and boro (dry) seasons in medium highlands. The study shows the importance of understanding the local context for...

This paper builts on earlier evidence showing that, while most countries exhibit little evidence of unconditional income convergence, countries that trade heavily with another tend to exhibit a muchhigher incidence of convergence.