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Contract farming system in Thailand
(2005-10-28)
Thailand is one of the pioneers in contract farming in Asia. The Thai state has actively
promoted this mechanism of agricultural production and marketing coordination since the
mid-1980s. This paper examines the nature ...
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 ...
Inter-sectoral terms of trade and aggregate supply response ingujarat and Indian agriculture
(Springer India, 2014)
This paper empirically investigates the role of inter-sectoral terms of trade in determining the growth performance of agriculture in Gujarat and all of India during the period 1960-2011. Structural breaks endogenously ...
Climate change in madhya pradesh: Indicators, impacts and adaptation
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-05-26)
Climate variability and climate change pose an enormous pressure on population, infrastructure, livelihood, and socio-economic conditions. Evidences of climate change are already visible on many sectors such as agriculture, ...
Managing the agriculture sector
(2010-03-20)
The paper attempts a broader, systems definition of the agriculture sector. It tries to establish the relevance of managerial concerns to tasks of decision-making in the agriculture sector. This is done through brief ...
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 ...
Energy demand forecast for agriculture in India
(1990-07-13)
Earlier attempts on forecasting energy demand for agriculture have largely been based on aggregate macrolevel
data and overall national averages and trends. Useful as they are in indicating some broad trends, these
forecasts ...
Technology transfer in agriculture - Case of hybrid bajra
(2010-03-13)
Efficient management of the process of the development of the adaptable technology and the transfer of technology is crucial in achieving economic growth. An adaptable technology may not be transferred if the process of ...
Agricultural finance corporation, Zimbabwe
(1994-10-04)
The case by IM Pandey and S Ramnarayan
published in this issue throws up the
following issues for discussion. First, what
are the major changes in the environment of
AFC and what are the major elements of
AFC's strategy ...