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Author: Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230589502 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 389
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This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.
Author: Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230589502 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 389
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This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.
Author: Lakhwinder Singh Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9811001979 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 481
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Foreword by Prof. Kaushik Basu This book traces the development experience of one of India’s most dynamic and prosperous states, Punjab, which has provided the country with a much-needed degree of food security. The relative regression of Punjab’s economy in the post-economic reforms period and slow current economic growth give cause for concern. The contributions in this book address the question of why the structural transformation of Punjab’s economy has fallen into the middle-income trap. Each investigates the policy constraints influencing the relative stagnation of the economy and suggests appropriate measures for alleviating them. By integrating theoretical constructs and new evidence, the authoritative contributions diagnose the nature of the current problems and offer practical solutions. They cover important issues such as the crisis of agrarian transition, agrarian markets and distributive justice, employment growth and transition to non-agriculture sectors, fiscal policy, external factors in economic transformation, and perspectives on rejuvenating the state’s economy.
Author: Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821371282 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 245
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The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Author: S. S. Raju Publisher: Daya Publishing House ISBN: 9789351309765 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 330
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The present book on "Analytical Techniques for Decision Making in Agriculture" is to focus on data analysis methods with sophisticated algorithms for processing large volumes of data which has opened up exciting opportunities for analyzing data in newer ways. This book will provide knowledge on various analytical techniques which the academicians can apply to data sets from their respective domains and present the model which can help in forecasting, prediction, classification or decision making. It is conceived with an idea to provide insight to the readers about the enormous potential of analytical tools and to explore it in the area of agriculture. It aims to achieve the following objectives: 1. To improve understanding of the basic concepts and tools for socio-economic and agricultural data management and analysis for taking decisions in agriculture based on large data sets. 2. To sensitize and expose readers to various econometric methods and models for agricultural decision making. This book presents recent advances in methods for efficient data analysis, management, quantitative and analytical tools used in agricultural decision making. The book is a tool of information that will serve the readers to keep abreast of knowledge and techniques in this broad field. The book also is an inspiration for further theoretical and practical pursuits which will open up exciting opportunities for analyzing data in newer ways.
Author: Birthal, Pratap S. Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 40
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Despite a growing dairy industry in India, farmers’ lack of access to organized markets and institutional credit remains one of the major hindrances in improving the scale and productivity of dairying. Using data from a survey of 612 households from the state of Punjab, India, this paper evaluates farmers’ choices of dairy value chains and their financing mechanisms. The study finds that 62 percent of the sample farmers representing 69 percent of the total milk sales are connected with formal value chains driven by cooperatives, multinational companies and private domestic processors. Small dairy farmers are associated more with informal value chains but they are not excluded from the formal value chains. The performance of different value chains in terms of productivity and profitability of dairying is almost on par. Also, there is hardly any difference in the milk price offered by formal and informal buyers pointing towards milk market being competitive. More than half of the farmers borrow credit both from within and outside the chain for dairying related activities. Chain-based financing is restricted to only one-fourth of the borrowers and mostly to those associated with informal value chains. Financing by commercial banks and other financial institutions is limited to only 9 percent of the borrowers, mainly larger farmers. The socially-disadvantaged and smallholder farmers are often neglected in institutional lending because of their lack of physical assets to use as collateral against loans. Value chain approach, due to its product market orientation, can serve as an entry point for financial institutions to improve their outreach to smallholders. The innovative financial products, such as ‘dairy credit card’ and ‘contract as collateral’ would enable them to adopt yield-enhancing technology and inputs and also to scale up their dairy activity.
Author: Seema Purushothaman Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 9811083363 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 302
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This book takes readers on a journey through the evolution of agricultural communities in southern India, from their historical roots to the recent global neo-liberal era. It offers insights into a unique combination of themes, with a particular focus on agrarian change and urbanisation, specifically in the state of Karnataka where both aspects are significant and co-exist. Based on case studies from Karnataka in South India, the book presents a regional yet integrated multi-disciplinary framework for analysing the persistence, resilience and future of small farmer units. In doing so, it charts possible futures for small farm holdings and identifies means of integrating their progress and sustainability alongside that of the rest of the economy. Further, it provides arguments for the relevance of small holdings in connection with sustainable livelihoods and welfare at the grass roots, while also catering to the welfare needs of society at the macro level. The book makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of agrarian as well as peri-urban transdisciplinary literature. For agrarian academics, students and the teaching community, the book’s broad and topical coverage make it a valuable resource. For development practitioners and for those working on issues related to urbanisation, urban peripheries and the rural–urban interface, this book offers a new perspective that considers the primary sector on par with the secondary and tertiary. It also offers an insightful guide for policymakers and non-government organisations working in this area.
Author: Julian M. Alston Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: 0896291162 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 163
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Analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting foof needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries.
Author: M. C. S. Bantilan Publisher: Icrisat ISBN: Category : Agriculture Languages : en Pages : 224
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Complementarity in R&D and research evaluation: perspectives; Research evaluation status in national programs; Issues in research evaluation and impact assessment; Links between ICRISAT and the seed sector; Emerging evidences of impact: genetic enhancement research; Emerging evidences of impact: resource management research; Spillover benefits from international agricultural research.
Author: Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
Author: Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
Author: Lakhwinder Singh
Author: Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius
Author: S. S. Raju
Author: Birthal, Pratap S.
Author: International Water Management Institute
Author: Seema Purushothaman
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Author: Julian M. Alston
Author: M. C. S. Bantilan