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Economic and policy issues in the livestock service delivery to the poor
(2010-01-18)
Livestock are important to millions of poor households across the world not only as a source of income but also as a major source of protein and supplementary nutrition, draft power, fertilizer, fuel and a store of wealth. ...
Market structure and the demand for veterinary services in India
(2010-01-18)
Public provision of subsidized or free animal health services has been a major component of livestock development strategy in India. Overtime, the governments (both state and central) have built-up vast networks of physical ...
Bagasse based paper and newprint in India: economic and policy issues
(2010-07-20)
Bagasse usage as a cellulosic material for paper and newsprint making has been induced by the Government of India. The paper summarizes the relevant policies. Seven caselets pertaining to bagasse based paper and newsprint ...
Coal for sugar production: economic and policy issues
(2010-07-27)
Use of bagasse for paper and newsprint making has long since been emphasized in India. Since a major portion of bagasse has been used as fuel by the sugar industry, coal has been suggested as an alternative source of energy. ...
Why have some Indian states lagged behind the others in improving agriculture sector performance?
(2009-08-03)
While India has sustained annual GDP growth rate of over 6 percent over the last more than two decades, the distribution of this growth across various regions of the country has been highly uneven with significant year-to-year ...
Scope and Space for small scale poultry production in developing countries
(2009-08-03)
In recent years there has been growing recognition among the development community of the role of small scale commercial poultry production in accelerating the pace of poverty reduction and reaching out to the poorest of ...
Animal Health Policy in South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute?
(2009-08-03)
Animal health policy in South Asia region has been characterized predominantly by direct action by the government either in providing services to livestock farmers or in undertaking livestock productivity enhancing measures. ...
Process, People, Power and Conflict: Some Lessons from a Participatory Policy Process in Andhra Pradesh, India
(2009-07-30)
A large body of empirical literature highlights the need for stakeholder participation within the context of policy change and democratic governance. This makes intuitive sense and may appear to be a straightforward process ...
Estimating the willingness to pay for veterinary services in India: a methodology
(2009-12-12)
Public provision of agricultural support services has been an important component of agricultural development strategy in India. A number of these services have been delivered to the farmers for free or with substantial ...
Institution of agricultural extension in the new socio-economic order: some issues and hypotheses
(2010-01-16)
This paper has presented an economist s perspective to the institution of agricultural extension and raised some issues that have recently assumed importance. Focusing on three main components of the extension system the ...