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This Centad working paper takes a critical look at the Hong Kong Ministerial text on agriculture and NAMA. On the basis …
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The pesticide use in Kuttanad, India, an ecologically sensitive area often referred to as the rice bowl of Kerala is examined. Using primary data collected from pesticide applicators and farm labor, the study assesses short-term health costs associated with pesticide exposure. The study finds...
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The paper examines the prevailing situation of Bt cotton marketing in India. It tells a story of how aggressive and unethical marketing practices are adopted for luring faemers into the Bt cotton trap in India.
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Development of sustainable pest management strategies in agriculture has become necessary in view of increasing non …. The paper describes the ethical, business and political dimensions of agriculture biotechnology in India with specific …
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The various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala is examined. [WP no. 394].
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It is argued that GM Potato with protein enrichment and that it can and should be introduced in India. It is a first-of-its-kind GE crop in many ways. The paper talks about how this potato was introduced to reduce the malnutrition problems in India. It also talks about how the potato should not...
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Key features of Budget presented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee
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through a process of enabling social, health and political conditions that favour women. Since agriculture is increasingly …
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The main objective of the study is to examine the long-run relationship between public investment and foodgrain productivity across the fifteen major states of India. The analysis is confined to the period, 1974-’75 to 2000-’02. In order to examine the long-run impact of public...
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-processing of policy reforms in the primary agriculture sector, in the Indian economy as a whole, and in a multilateral framework … to trade reform, comprehensive domestic reforms in the agro-processing and agriculture sectors relating to investment are … agriculture, are more important to agro-processing than multilateral trade reforms. Nevertheless, our findings also suggest the …
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