Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 20
Linkages for lateral learning among farmers scientists and extension workers: story of match makers and lessons for link breakers
(2010-03-20)
The linkages between farmers, scientists and extension workers have been studied through several angles. The barriers to learning at individual and organizational level have been listed. The relation between the type of ...
Scientific perception of farmers innovations in dry regions: barriers to the scientific curiosity
(2010-03-23)
In a recent study (i) based on the field work in semi-aridparts of India we had asked mainly the biological but some social scientists to narrate any practice of the farmers which had intrigued them. The scientists included ...
Survival under stress: socio ecological perspective on on farmers innovation and risk adjustments
(2010-03-22)
Need for closer interactions between natural scientists and farmers to generate relevant technologies is being increasingly recognised. The uniformity of ecological endowment and its correspondence with conditions at ...
Maps Drawn by Farmers and Extensionists
(2010-06-30)
Producer companies as new generation cooperatives
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-11)
Traditional cooperatives have been unsuccessful in linking small farmers to the global market. Can the development of producer companies as new generation cooperatives turn out to be different.
Growth and transformation of the agribusiness sector: drivers, models, and challenges
(Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014)
The keynote address presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of ISAE has provided an overview of the agribusiness system, with the significant constraints, demands and shifts that lead to the transformation of agribusiness. ...
Food subsidy in India: its components, trends, causes and reforms for public policy
(Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013)
Food prices play an important role in the well-being of the poor and poverty reduction in developing countries. Therefore, there are government interventions in foodgrains markets in one form or another for several decades, ...
Agricultural trade liberalization and the livelihoods of small farmers in India
(2001-10-19)
The structure of agricultural production in developing countries has radically changed in the last few decades. With structural adjustment policies imposed on developing countries by international organisations, many ...