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How would climate change affect India’s agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India’s major food crop) and two key millet crops (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district...
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. Introduction -- 2. Nutrition Situation -- 3. Food Systems -- 3.1. Agriculture Production -- 3.2. Food Supply Chains -- 3.3. Food …4.2. Food Supply Chains -- 4.3. Food Environment -- 4.4. Consumer Behavior -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Further … Food Policy? -- 5.2. The Historical-Structural Lens -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Eight: Food Supply Chain …
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of supply and marketing channels, and a supply control mechanism. This conceptual framework is intended to provide a …
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Topics covered include the economic modelling of agrobiodiversity, policy and governance solutions for the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, contracts, markets and valuation. The authors include well-known and respected academics and researchers who have a real policy...
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Based on the 2016-2017 farm survey data, this study examines technical efficiency in the production of wheat, rice, and maize in Punjab province in Pakistan. Technical efficiency, under varying returns to scale, in wheat farming averaged 0.65; in rice, it averaged 0.74, and in the case of maize,...
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Studies show that cereal diversity positively affects mean yields, suggesting increased crop diversity as a means of increasing production (Di Falco and Chavas 2009, Baumgärtner and Quaas 2010). In practice though, agricultural development has relied on nondiverse systems. Using the Ethiopian...
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