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Pastoral adaptation to risks in dry regions: a framework for analysis
(1991-09-29)
Pastoralism, for many, is a profession destined to die. To them the purpose of social enquiry should be make the process of annihilation less painful and perhaps even slower. Improvement in the conditions of a pastoral way ...
Survival under stress in India: a socio-ecological perspective on farmer risk adjustment and innovations
(1990-09-29)
It has been suggested that it did not matter if the natural scientists did not interact with the farmers as long as they were developing technologies relevant for ecologically uniform and well-endowed conditions such as ...
Barriers to Innovations in lower bureaucracy
(1982-09-17)
In this feature a caselet with rich policy implications is
presented to a panel of academics and practitioners. The
panelists diagnose the problem or problems, analyse
their causes and make policy-level recommendations ...
Diagnoses: matching people and programme: at what prices?
(1986-09-22)
During last year, a drought prone district was experiencing acute
scarcity of drinking water. The state government, however, was very
keen to provide drinking water facility to as many villages as possible.
Thus, under ...
The design of resource-delivery Systems: a Socio-ecological perspective
(1989-09-27)
Organizing the delivery of resources to the poor in a fair manner
in a basically "unfair" social and economic structure poses a
tremendous challenge to policy planners. The problem becomes
further complicated when ...
Science, sustainability and social purpose: barriers to effective articulation, dialogue and utilization of formal and informal science in public policy
(1999-10-13)
The communication among scientists, policy makers, public policy analysts and the
common people in society is often fraught with ambiguity, anxiety and some times clear
confusion. Not to mention the times when it is very ...
Knowledge and agency: creating networks
(1997-10-11)
A river without tributaries: liberating the mind through harnessing grassroots creativity
(1996-10-07)
The authors, in an apparent bid to emphasise the critical need for assimilation of the logic and sprit behind the drive of liberalization by the common man in the street in the minds of realities that mark our present ...