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Towards institutionalizing sustainable agriculture in India as a response to climate change: preparations needed for COP15
(Agricultural Situation in India, 2009-01-28)
Agricultural activities are considered to simultaneously contribute to and suffer from the process of climatic change. Existing literature suggests the effects on both counts to be much higher in developing countries than ...
Study of the extent of price transmission under agriculture trade liberalisation
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2000-03)
The main objective of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) is to correct the distortion in international trade in_ agriculture. Under the renegotiations of agriculture, it is believed that reduction ...
Small farmers: an endangered species
(2001-10-18)
The average size of farm holdings in India was 1.57 hectares in 1990-91. Nearly 60 per cent of them constituting 63 million farming families owned less than one hectare of land. Another 20 million families owned less than ...
Managing Knowledge, Creating Networks and Triggering Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
In this paper, the author discuss the major knowledge gaps, stress the importance of peer learning and building upon farmers’ own innovations and suggest new initiatives for transforming extension strategies. He have ...
Profile and performance of some Farm Input Industries
(2009-12-14)
Modernisation of agriculture requires different farm inputs industries like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, implements and machinery, feed for livestocks and electricity. This is because new technologies in agriculture are ...
Grassroots innovations for survival
(2000-10-15)
Although participation is much discussed, poor people rarely get the opportunity to develop their
own agenda and vision or set terms for the involvement of outsiders. The entire participatory
paradigm illustrates that ...