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The Adoption and Economics of Bt Cotton in India: Preliminary Results from a Study
(2009-08-13)The paper presents preliminary results from a study of the economics and adoption of Bt cotton in India. Biotech crops, which made their appearance in the world about a decade ago, have gained substantial popularity and ... -
Adoption of natural resource management technologies under information constraints: the case of system of rice intensification (SRI) in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)This study examines the role of information constraints in the adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India by explicitly incorporating information in the adoption model. The results showed that effective ... -
Adoption of system of rice intensification and its impact on rice yields and household income: an analysis for India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)Natural resource management (NRM) technologies, such as the system of rice intensification (SRI) are recognized as a promising systemic approach to enhance rice production at affordable costs without harming the environment. ... -
Advertisement Placement in TV Programs: Different Roles of ELM and Mood Protection Mechanism
(2013-11-27)This study explores how involvement of the audience with cognitive/affective program influence their processing of advertisements aired in between the program because of varying involvement within program. An experimental ... -
Advertising claims, expectation fulfilment and product evaluation
(2010-07-27)Consumerism movements like 'Truth in Advertising' have prompted formulation of legal and other public policy measures to regulate deceptive advertising. While a great deal of effort has gone into evolving mechanisms to ... -
Affine cost share equilibria for economies with public goods
(2010-03-26)In this paper we propose the concept of an affine cost share equilibrium and show that under natural assumptions any optimal allocation corresponds to an affine cost share equilibrium. With linear cost functions and under ... -
Agenda for change before the republic of India
(2010-03-28)Based on the electoral history of past 13 General Elections in the country, the paper argues that while the electorate has been pushing the political parties towards coalitions and grand alliances, the same are unlikely ... -
Aggregate and branch method for solving multi constraint linear programs with zero-one variables
(2010-03-13)Many important class of economic problems find their mathematical models in linear programs with variables taking only one of the values, zero or one. The major difficulty with these models is that the time required to ... -
Agribusiness franchising in India: experience and potential
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)Agribusiness or agricultural franchising is quite new in India, though it is quite commonly used in other businesses like fast food, hotel and other service industries where service quality is crucial to maintain brand ... -
Agricultural biotechnology in India: ethics, business and politics
(2010-07-22)Development of sustainable pest management strategies in agriculture has become necessary in view of increasing non-viability of chemical based approach. Among various approaches for the purpose, policy makers have paid ... -
Agricultural development through community action: scope and limitations
(2010-03-14)The purpose of this paper is to generate discussion on certain basic issues pertaining scope and limitations of community actions for agricultural development. For this purpose a sociological-historical-cultural approach ... -
Agricultural extension programme: towards a future direction
(2010-03-14)The paper reviews the genesis of educational policies and contents in relation to agricultural extension and research in India. It examines the relevance of the present educational pattern to the needs of the country and ... -
Agricultural labour market: a synoptic view
(2010-03-13)In this paper, the forces affecting the supply of labour as well as demand for labour in Indian agriculture and the interplay of these forces as expressed in terms of the level of wages and then, will summarise the main ... -
Agricultural mechanization in Gujarat
(2010-03-13)The growth of agricultural implements used in Gujarat was examined on the basis of Livestock Census data of 1951, 56, 61, 66, 72. The total power now available on Gujarat farms comes to 0.6 hp/hect; if pumping sets are ... -
Agricultural mechanization, related industry and education and research instutions in China
(2010-03-13)Based on the papers presented at the Seminar yFarm Mechanization for Small Scale Peasant Farmingz held in Hangjhou, Peoples Republic of China (June 1982), the information obtained from a tour of Southern China undertaken ... -
Agricultural research and technology transfer by the private sector in India
(2009-12-12)The demand for new agricultural technology is growing in India. Since 1985 public sector investment in agricultural research in India continues to grow, but the growth rate is slowing down. With liberalization, the private ... -
Agricultural sector and Growth Rates of NNP, 1950-51 to 1975-76
(2010-03-19)This paper focuses on the rates of growth of total net national product (NNP) and NNP originating from the agricultural sector vis-a-vis the non-agricultural sector. It is based on time series of NNP at 1960-61 prices for ... -
Agricultural technology and the issue of unequal distribution of rewards: an Indian case study
(2010-03-15)A sample of 228 Indian farmers were interviewed at two points in time in order to determine the effects of differential acceptance of improved agricultural technology on changes in equality of reward distribution over time. ... -
Agriculture - the next decade
(2010-03-14)For the coming decade the demand for food and non-food agricultural commodities would warrant a rate of growth of 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent per annum in agricultural production. At the end of 1980s, it is likely that the ...