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Schistosomiasis and Malaria in relation to irrigation
Haslam, John Fearby Campbell - 1929
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002276572
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Performance of Watershed Development Projects under Different Management Regimes
Sahu, Santosh K - 2014
Watershed development in India has gained momentum with a variety of agencies trying approaches to technology, costs … attempts to evaluate two different watershed development programmes in India under different management regimes. Considering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708594
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The diffusion of cattle ranching and deforestation : prospects for a hollow frontier in Mexico’s Yucatán
Busch, Christopher B.; Vance, Colin - 2011
This article investigates the behavioral drivers of pasture creation and associated implications for deforestation in a 22,000 km2 agricultural frontier spanning the base of Mexico‘s southern Yucatán. After developing a theoretical model that highlights the role of social networks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935247
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An economic enquiry into the impact of soil alkalinity and waterlogging
Joshi, P. K. - In: Indian journal of agricultural economics 47 (1992) 2, pp. 195-204
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Unintended Consequences of Indian Groundwater Preservation Law on Crop Residue Burning
Agarwala, Meghna; Bhattacharjee, Shampa; Dasgupta, Aparajita - 2022
burning in India. The Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009 implemented in two Indian states bans the transplantation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082680
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Kurz zum Klima: Zu viel Salz verdirbt den Boden
Zimmer, Markus; Lippelt, Jana; Frank, Jonas - In: ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 19, pp. 51-53
geführt. Durch diese Bodenversalzung werden weite Flächen für die Landwirtschaft unbrauchbar. Sie sind nur durch hohen Aufwand …
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Kurz zum Klima: Zu viel Salz verdirbt den Boden
Zimmer, Markus; Lippelt, Jana; Frank, Jonas - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 19, pp. 51-53
geführt. Durch diese Bodenversalzung werden weite Flächen für die Landwirtschaft unbrauchbar. Sie sind nur durch hohen Aufwand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598505
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Mosquitoes : The Long-term Effects of Malaria Eradication in India
Cutler, David M.; Fung, Winnie; Kremer, Michael; … - 2009
India prior to a nationwide eradication program in the 1950s. Malaria eradication resulted in gains in literacy and primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223723
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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development
Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011
This article examines the historic and contemporary roots of chronic malnutrition and environmental degradation in the developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period until the present, and analyzes the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050535
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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement
Gerber, Nicolas; Braun, Joachim von; Usman, Muhammed Abdella - 2019
: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana and India. These data sets have been routinely used to report on progress toward SDG 6 (availability … same countries, including indicators on the type of irrigation system. The regression analysis of this pooled dataset is … complemented by an in-depth, context-specific analysis of behavior around drinking water use and irrigation practices. The analyses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099244