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What drives the urban water regime? An analysis of water governance arrangements in Hyderabad, India
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Nastar, Maryam; Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies; maryam.nastar@lucsus.lu.se.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Hyderabad; India; Multi-level perspective; Transition studies; Water governance.
Ano: 2014

Ethnic Forces in Collective Action: Diversity, Dominance, and Irrigation in Tamil Nadu
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Waring, Timothy M; University of Maine, School of Economics; timothy.waring@maine.edu.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Cooperation; Irrigation; Ethnic diversity; Ethnic dominance; India.
Ano: 2011

The politics of negotiation and implementation: a reciprocal water access agreement in the Himalayan foothills, India
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Kovacs, Eszter K.; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK ; ek334@cam.ac.uk; Kumar, Chetan; Global Forest and Climate Change Program, IUCN, Washington, D.C., USA; Chetan.KUMAR@iucn.org; Agarwal, Chetan; Center for Ecology Development and Research,  India; chetan_agarwal1@hotmail.com; Adams, William M.; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; wa12@cam.ac.uk; Hope, Robert A.; School of Geography and Environment and Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University,  UK; robert.hope@ouce.ox.ac.uk; Vira, Bhaskar; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI); bv101@cam.ac.uk.
In this paper, we examine the on-the-ground realities of upstream-downstream negotiations and transactions over ecosystem services. We explore the engagement, negotiation, implementation, and postimplementation phases of a &amp;#8220;reciprocal water access&amp;#8221; (RWA) agreement between village communities and municipal water users at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. We aim to highlight how external actors drove the payments for ecosystem services agenda through a series of facilitation and research engagements, which were pivotal to the RWA&amp;#8217;s adoption, and how the agreement fared once external agents withdrew. In the postimplementation period, the RWA agreement continues to be upheld by upstream communities amidst evolving, competing...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: India; Negotiations; Payments for ecosystem services; Water management.
Ano: 2016

Integrated Natural Resource Management: Approaches and Lessons from the Himalaya
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Saxena, K. G.; Jawaharlal Nehru University; kgsaxena@jnuniv.ernet.in; Rao, K.S.; CISHME, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi-17, India; srkottapalli@yahoo.com; Sen, K. K. C; G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development;; Maikhuri, R. K.; G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development; rkmaikhuri@yahoo.com; Semwal, R. L.; ;.
Losses of forest cover, biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and ecosystem services in the Himalayan mountain region are interlinked problems and threats to the sustainable livelihoods of 115 x 106 mountain people as well as the inhabitants of the adjoining Indo-gangetic plains. Until the 1970s, environmental conservation, food security, and rural economic development were treated as independent sectors. The poor outcomes of sector-oriented approaches catalyzed efforts to address environmental and socioeconomic problems concurrently. The identification of "key" natural resource management interventions is an important dimension of integrated management. Projects to rehabilitate the degraded lands that cover 40% of the Indian Himalaya could be key...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Bamboo; Community decision making; Himalaya; India; Integrated natural resource management; Land rehabilitation; Medicinal plants; Reforestation; Village.
Ano: 2001

Resource degradation, marginalization, and poverty in small-scale fisheries: threats to social-ecological resilience in India and Brazil
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Nayak, Prateep K.; Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo; pnayak@uwaterloo.ca; Oliveira, Luiz E.; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba; oliveira_lec@yahoo.com.br; Berkes, Fikret; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba; Fikret.Berkes@ad.umanitoba.ca.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Brazil; Degradation; Disempowerment; Exclusion; Exploitation; Fisheries; Human-environment disconnect; Identity; Impoverishment; India; Marginalization; Poverty; Resilience; Small-scale fishery; Social-ecological system.
Ano: 2014

Can Resilience be Reconciled with Globalization and the Increasingly Complex Conditions of Resource Degradation in Asian Coastal Regions?
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Armitage, Derek; Wilfrid Laurier University; darmitag@wlu.ca; Johnson, Derek; Centre for Maritime Research; dsjohnson@marecentre.nl.
This paper explores the relationship between resilience and globalization. We are concerned, most importantly, with whether resilience is a suitable conceptual framework for natural resource management in the context of the rapid changes and disruptions that globalization causes in social-ecological systems. Although theoretical in scope, we ground this analysis using our experiences in two Asian coastal areas: Junagadh District in Gujarat State, India and Banawa Selatan, in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. We present the histories of resource exploitation in the two areas, and we attempt to combine a resilience perspective with close attention to the impact of globalization. Our efforts serve as a basis from which to examine the conceptual and practical...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
Palavras-chave: Globalization; Resilience; Complexity; India; Indonesia; Resource management; Coastal management; Social-ecological system; Sustainability.
Ano: 2006

The Chilika Lagoon Social-Ecological System: An Historical Analysis
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Nayak, Prateep K.; Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo ; pnayak@uwaterloo.ca.
Innovations in social-ecological research require novel approaches to conceive change in human-environment systems. The study of history constitutes an important element of this process. First, using the Chilika Lagoon small-scale fisheries in India, as a case, in this paper I reflect on the appropriateness of a social-ecological perspective for understanding economic history. Second, I examine here how changes in various components of the lagoon&amp;#8217;s social-ecological system influenced and shaped economic history and the political processes surrounding it. I then discuss the two-way linkages between economic history and social-ecological processes to highlight that the components of a social-ecological system, including the economic aspects, follow...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Chilika Lagoon; Drivers; Economic history; Human-environment disconnection; India; Livelihoods; Marginalization; Small-scale fisheries; Social-ecological change; Social-ecological systems; Sustainability.
Ano: 2014

Regional Variation in Non-Timber Forest Product Harvest Strategies, Trade, and Ecological Impacts: the Case of Black Dammar (Canarium strictum Roxb.) Use and Conservation in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Varghese, Anita; Keystone Foundation; anita@keystone-foundation.org; Ticktin, Tamara; Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa; People and Plants International; ticktin@hawaii.edu.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Canarium strictum; Conservation; India; Non-timber forest products; Resin; Western Ghats.
Ano: 2008

Games for groundwater governance: field experiments in Andhra Pradesh, India
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; International Food Policy Research Institute; R.Meinzen-Dick@cgiar.org; Chaturvedi, Rahul; Foundation for Ecological Security; rahul.chaturvedi@fes.org.in; Ghate, Rucha; International Center for Integrated Mountain Development; ruchaghate@gmail.com; Janssen, Marco A; Arizona State University; Marco.Janssen@asu.edu; Rollins, Nathan D; Arizona State University; nathan.rollins@asu.edu; Sandeep, K; Foundation for Ecological Security; sandeep@fes.org.in.
Groundwater is a common-pool resource that is subject to depletion in many places around the world as a result of increased use of irrigation and water-demanding cash crops. Where state capacity to control groundwater use is limited, collective action is important to increase recharge and restrict highly water-consumptive crops. We present results of field experiments in hard rock areas of Andhra Pradesh, India, to examine factors affecting groundwater use. Two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) ran the games in communities where they were working to improve watershed and water management. Results indicate that, when the links between crop choice and groundwater depletion is made explicit, farmers can act cooperatively to address this problem. Longer NGO...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Andhra Pradesh; Collective action; Experimental games; Framed field experiments; Groundwater; India.
Ano: 2016

Comigrants and friends: informal networks and the transmission of traditional ecological knowledge among seminomadic pastoralists of Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Patel, Hanoz H. R.; The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; write2hanoz@gmail.com; Rubio-Campillo, Xavier; Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain; xavier.rubio@bsc.es.
Previous research has shown that social organization may affect the distribution of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) within local communities of natural resource users in multiple ways. However, in this line of research the potential role of informal relationships has mostly been overlooked. In this article, we contribute toward filling this research gap by studying how two types of informal relationships, namely migration partnership and friendship, affect the distribution of TEK within a community of seminomadic pastoralists from the Kutch area, Gujarat, India. Using social network analysis, we map three networks, migration, men friendship, and women friendship, and compare with similarity-based quantitative approaches the clusters extracted from...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Friendship; India; Informal relationships; Migration; Pastoralists; Rabari; Social network analysis; Social organization; Traditional ecological knowledge.
Ano: 2016

Relatório de visita as universidades indianas para conhecer os trabalhos em bio-gás.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: LAL, H.
O Programa de Mecanização Agrícola do CPATSA-EMBRAPA, foi iniciado em 1979 cem o principal objetivo de desenvolver, adaptar e testar as máquinas agrícolas simples e de baixo custo, acessíveis aos pequenos e médios agricultores da região do nordeste brasileiro, o que apresenta condições climáticas e sócio-econômicas bem caracterizadas e bastante diferencia das de outras regiões do Brasil.
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Relatório de viagem; Report; Biogás; India.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/156266

Relatorio de viagem de estudo ao ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: CALEGAR, G. M.
Durante todo o Workshop procuramos contactar com os participantes, com o objetivo de conhecer detalhes dos progromas de economia a que eles estavam vinculados, na tentativa de colher subsídios para um possível programa de sócio-economia a ser delineado para o Trópico Semi-Árido Brasileiro.
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Viagem; Relatorio; ICRISAT; Aspecto socio-economico; Travel report; Indian; Agricultura; India; Agriculture; Socioeconomic development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/139558

The case of threshers in Kanzara village.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: CALEGAR, G. M.
Especially in the case of India, the development of technologies labor intensive is very important because "nearly 80 per cent of its popu1ation (586,270,000,(1974)" live in rural areas and about 70 per cent of the labor force are c1assified as agricu1tural workers.
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Máquina agrícola; Debulhadeira; India; Agricultural machinery and equipment.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/156151

A caminho da Índia.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: DALL'AGNOL, A.
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Tipo: Artigo de divulgação na mídia (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Comercio bilateral; Soja; Comercio; Soybeans; Commercialization; India.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1065322

Contrasting selective patterns across the segmented genome of bluetongue virus in a global reassortment hotspot
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Jacquot, Maude; Rao, Pavuluri P.; Yadav, Sarita; Nomikou, Kyriaki; Maan, Sushila; Jyothi, Y. Krishna; Reddy, Narasimha; Putty, Kalyani; Hemadri, Divakar; Singh, Karam P.; Maan, Narender Singh; Hegde, Nagendra R.; Mertens, Peter; Biek, Roman.
For segmented viruses, rapid genomic and phenotypic changes can occur through the process of reassortment, whereby co-infecting strains exchange entire segments creating novel progeny virus genotypes. However, for many viruses with segmented genomes, this process and its effect on transmission dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we assessed the consequences of reassortment for selection on viral diversity through time using bluetongue virus (BTV), a segmented arbovirus that is the causative agent of a major disease of ruminants. We analysed ninety-two BTV genomes isolated across four decades from India, where BTV diversity, and thus opportunities for reassortment, are among the highest in the world. Our results point to frequent reassortment and...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Bluetongue virus; Evolution; Reassortment; India; Selection.
Ano: 2019
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00667/77882/80042.pdf

On Plesionika persica (Kemp, 1925) and P. reflexa Chace, 1985 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pandalidae) from India
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Chan, Tin-yam; Chakraborty, Rekha Devi; Purushothaman, P.; Kuberan, G.; Yang, Chien-hui.
The availability of Indian specimens of Plesionika persica (Kemp, 1925) and P. reflexa Chace, 1985 provided more information on the taxonomy around these two species. Moreover, it is the first record of P. persica to India. Although P. taiwanica Chan and Yu, 2000 is superficially rather similar to P. persica, there are many differences between them and probably it is inappropriate to establish a species group for these two species. It is likely that all previous records of P. ensis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881) from India actually represent P. reflexa Chace, 1985. Nevertheless, the present Indian specimens of P. reflexa have more than 10% COI sequence divergence from the topotypic materials of both P. ensis and P. reflexa, and the epipods at the pereiopods III...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Plesionika; Deep-sea; Shrimps; Taxonomy; India; First record.
Ano: 2018
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77089/78446.pdf

Early Cenozoic rapid flight enigma of the Indian subcontinent resolved: Roles of topographic top loading and subcrustal erosion
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Ramkumar, Muthuvairavasamy; Menier, David; Mathew, Manoj; Santosh, M.; Siddiqui, Numair A.
Intrinsic magmatic processes are considered as critical operators of plate movements. Here we demonstrate the role of extrinsic processes consequent to intrinsic processes as a catalyst for anomalous rapid plate movement. The rapid and accelerated flight of the Indian subcontinent since Deccan volcanism until its collision with Eurasia remains as one of the geological conundrums. Data on seismic tomography, peninsular geomorphology and inferences on continuum of subcrustal structures are utilized to address this enigma. We propose geomorphic isostasy as the mechanism that has driven this fastest drift ever recorded in geological history. It was initiated by sudden instability after the Deccan volcanism and resultant extensive accumulation of lava pile over...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Geomorphic isostasy; Mantle plume; Continental drift; Plate reorganization; India.
Ano: 2017
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00638/75053/75674.pdf

Cymothoa frontalis, a cymothoid isopod parasitizing the belonid fish Strongylura strongylura from the Malabar Coast (Kerala, India): redescription, description, prevalence and life cycle
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Thamban, Aneesh Panakkool; Kappalli, Sudha; Kottarathil, Helna Ameri; Gopinathan, Anilkumar; Paul, Trilles Jean.
Background: Cymothoa frontalis Milne Edward, 1840 is a very poorly described cymothoid, notwithstanding the previous redescription of the female. Pertinently, to date, the host of C. frontalis has not been identified with adequate precision. Most of the descriptions of cymothoids carried out hitherto were based primarily on females, but practically ignoring other life cycle stages. The present paper redescribes the female and describes other life cycle stages of the species C. frontalis to get better precision in their identification. Results: The female phase of C. frontalis is redescribed according to type specimens extant in the NMNH, Paris, and also by the data obtained from live specimens collected during the present study. The general morphology and...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Cymothoa frontalis; Cymothoidae; Redescription; Description; Prevalence; Life cycle; Strongylura strongylura; India.
Ano: 2015
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00275/38664/73718.pdf

ON SCORPION ENVENOMING SYNDROME: PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN MEDICAL RESEARCH IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 79
Autores: MURTHY,K. RADHA KRISHNA.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Scorpion envenoming syndrome; India; Androctonus; Buthus; Centruroides; Leiurus quinquestriatus; Tityus species.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79302002000100002

An investigation into the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803): revalidation of Dipsas schokari (Kuhl, 1820) (Serpentes, Colubridae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Rooijen, J. van; Vogel, G.
The taxonomic status of the colubrid snake Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803) was investigated on the basis of morphological data taken from 64 museum specimens. Univariate and multivariate analyses of these data reveal that Dendrelaphis tristis is composed of two species. One of these species agrees with the description of Dipsas schokari Kuhl, 1820 which is revalidated in the combination Dendrelaphis schokari (Kuhl, 1820). The syntypes of D. schokari have been lost and a type for D. tristis has never been deposited in a collection. Neotypes are designated and described for both species in order to stabilize the names. D. schokari differs from D. tristis in having a lower number of ventrals and subcaudals, a larger eye, a shorter vertebral stripe and the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Dendrelaphis; Dendrelaphis tristis; Dipsas schokari; Taxonomy; India; Western Ghats; Sri Lanka; 42.82.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/269646

Nomenclatural notes on Rubus lasiostylus (Rosaceae) and lectotypification of three names in Rubus
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Dash, S.S.; Gupta, C.
A revised classification of infraspecific taxa of Rubus lasiostylus (Rosaceae) is presented and three lectotypifications, i.e., Rubus lasiostylus, Rubus lasiostylus var. glabratus and Rubus eucalyptus are proposed. Rubus lasiostylus var. lasiostylus is reported for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh, India. It was previously known only from China. A detailed description and a field photograph of R. lasiostylus var. lasiostylus is provided for easy identification.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: India; Lectotypification; New record; Nomenclature; Rubus lasiostylus.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/636893

Anoectochilus narasimhanii (Orchidaceae), a new ‘jewel orchid’ from the Andaman Islands, India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Sumathi, R.; Jayanthi, J.; Karthigeyan, K.; Sreekumar, P.V.
A new species, Anoectochilus narasimhanii, allied to A. nicobaricus N.P. Balakr. &amp; Chakr. from Saddle Peak National Park in North Andamans is described and illustrated. It is the first record of the genus from the Andamans. It grows on humus rich soil, in the shade of stunted evergreen vegetation at an elevation of ± 650 m.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Anoectochilus narasimhanii; Orchidaceae; North Andamans; India.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525745

On the biogeographic range of the genus Teleopsis Rondani (Diptera: Diopsidae), with redescription of Teleopsis sykesii from India and description of a new species from Borneo
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Feijen, H.R.; Feijen, C.
The genotype of the genus Teleopsis Rondani, T. sykesii (Westwood) from India is redescribed: Teleopsis onopyxus Séguy is now considered a junior synonym of T. sykesii. T. onopyxus was described from Madagascar, but this type locality must be due to mislabelling. T. sykesii occurs in India and perhaps in Myanmar. Lectotypes are designated for T. sykesii and T. onopyxus. From Sarawak and Sabah, Teleopsis pallifacies spec. nov. is described. Among its type series of more than 200 specimens, single flies occurred with labels from Australia and Irian Jaya. These are also considered to be mislabelled. Teleopsis now becomes a purely Oriental genus with no representatives in the Australasian or Malagasy regions. For T. sykesii and T. pallifacies spec. nov., data...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Diopsidae; Diptera; Teleopsis; New species; Redescription; India; Borneo; Malaysia; 42.75.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/376603

Using ancient DNA techniques to identify the origin of unprovenanced museum specimens, as illustrated by the identification of a 19th century lion from Amsterdam
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Barnett, R.; Yamaguchi, N.; Shapiro, B.; Nijman, V.
In natural history collections throughout Europe, there are many old lion specimens of unknown origin. If these specimens can be shown to have originated from now-extinct populations their value would significantly increase, as would the value of the collections. Recently, a 200-year old mounted skeleton in the Zoological Museum Amsterdam has been identified as the extinct Cape lion Panthera leo melanochaita (Smith, 1842), based primarily on morphological information inferred from a painting of this specimen while it was still alive. To test this hypothesis, we used ancient DNA (aDNA) techniques to extract and sequence mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from this specimen, and compared the genetic results with previously published lion mtDNA sequences. Our results...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: India; Mitochondrial DNA; Panthera leo; Skull morphology; South Africa; 42.84.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/226454

Enhydrosoma Vervoorti spec. nov., a new Harpacticoid Copepod from India (Harpacticoida: Cletodidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Fiers, F.
Two species from Sagar Island, India are reported: Nitocra lacustris lacustris (Schmankevitsch, 1875) and Enhydrosoma vervoorti spec. nov. The latter is described and illustrated. Furthermore, the genus Enhydrosoma is discussed and Enhydrosoma franklini Thistle, 1980 is allocated to the genus Enhydrosomella Monard.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Copepoda; Taxonomy; India; 42.74.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318676

Disporum mishmiensis (Colchicaceae), a new species from North East India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Hareesh, V.S.; Floden, A.; Sabu, M.
Disporum mishmiensis, sp. nov. is described from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. A detailed description and colour photographs of D. leucanthum are provided to aid identification. A distribution map, notes on ecology and a key to Indian species are provided.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Arunachal Pradesh; Disporum; India; Mishmi Hills.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/659270

A new species of Rubus (Rosaceae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Gupta, C.; Dash, S.S.
A new species, Rubus ramachandrae, from Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India is described and illustrated. It is closely similar to R. stipulosus and R. fuscifolius but differs by densely bristly or hirsute branches; narrowly ovate or oblong-lanceolate leaves with caudate-acuminate apex and adaxially hirsutulous vesture; abaxially grey tomentose intermixed with hirsutulous hairs; larger size of stipules and bracts with distinct margin and vesture; smaller size of floral structure. The distinct foliar as well as floral morphology of R. ramachandrae differs from all previously described species of Rubus. Differences in key morphological characters of R. ramachandrae, R. stipulosus and R. fuscifolius are also tabulated. In addition, pollen...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: India; New taxa; Pollen morphology; Rosaceae; Rubus; Subgenus Malachobatus.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/649791

Critical notes on Diospyros pyrrhocarpoides (Ebenaceae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Vasudeva Rao, M.K.
On critical analysis and taxonomic evaluation, Diospyros pyrrhocarpoides B.R. Ramesh &amp; De Franceschi is resolved to be only Diospyros ridleyi Bakh., and the former is reduced to a synonym of the latter. The contemporary report of the occurrence of D. pyrrhocarpa Miq. and D. crumenata Thwaites in the Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands is shown to be erroneous.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Ebenaceae; Section Pyrrhocarpoides; Diospyros pyrrhocarpoides; Diospyros ridleyi; Andaman Islands; India.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525668

A new leafminer on grapevine and Rhoicissus (Vitaceae) in South Africa within an expanded generic concept of Holocacista (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Nieukerken, E.J. van; Geertsema, H.
A grapevine leafminer found recently in table grape orchards and vineyards in the Paarl region (Western Cape, South Africa) is described as Holocacista capensis sp. n. It has also been found on native Rhoicissus digitata and bred on that species in the laboratory. It is closely related to Holocacista salutans (Meyrick, 1921), comb. n. (from Antispila), described from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, but widespread in southern Africa and a native leafminer of various Vitaceae: Rhoicissus tomentosa, R. digitata, R. tridentata and Cissus cornifolia. Holocacista capensis has been found on Vitis vinifera both in Gauteng and Western Cape, the earliest record being from 1950 in Pretoria. The initial host shift from native Vitaceae to Vitis must have occurred much...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Host shift; Leafminers; Vitaceae; Viticulture; Table grapes; Rhoicissus; Cissus; DNA barcode; Genitalia; Holocacista; Antispilina; Antispila; Afrotropics; South Africa; Zimbabwe; India.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/648754

Revision of the Euagathis species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from China and northern Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Achterberg, C. van; Chen, X.
The species of the genus Euagathis Szépligeti, 1900 (including Balcemena Cameron, 1903; Braconidae: Agathidinae) from China and northern Vietnam are revised and keyed. Twelve species are recognised, of which six are new: Euagathis argentosa spec. nov. and E. gracilitarsis spec. nov. from Yunnan (China), E. maxichora spec. nov. and E. mayunae spec. nov. from Fujian (China), E. parallela spec. nov. and E. robusta spec. nov. from Tonkin (Vietnam), the latter also from Yunnan. The following are new synonyms: Euagathis chinensis Szépligeti, 1902, E. asiatica Fahringer, 1937, E. semenovi Shestakov, 1940, and E. relativa Bhat &amp; Gupta, 1977, of E. ophippium (Cameron, 1899); E. nigritarsis (Cameron, 1899), E. hongkongensis Fullaway, 1919, E. nigrithorax Bhat...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Braconidae; Agathidinae; Disophrini; Euagathis; Balcemena; Key; Distribution; Synonyms; Indo-Australian; Oriental; China; Vietnam; Tonkin; India; 42.75.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/217478

Notes on the Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan and Jammu &amp; Kashmir, India with descriptions of two new species
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Koster, J.C.
Information on the Cosmopterigidae of Afghanistan and Jammu &amp; Kashmir, India is presented. Two species: Labdia caroli spec. nov. and Vulcaniella kabulensis spec. nov. are described, and Eteobalea sumptuosella (Lederer, 1855), Hodgesiella quagella (Christoph, 1887) and a Vulcaniella species are described or mentioned. Diagnoses, descriptions, watercolours of the adults, line drawings of male and female genitalia, and type information are provided for each new species and also for the male of Hodgesiella quagella and the female of the Vulcaniella species.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Lepidoptera; Cosmopterigidae; Labdia; Vulcaniella; Afghanistan; India; 42.75.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/261770

Plagiostachys nicobarica (Zingiberaceae), new generic record and a new species from the Nicobar Islands, India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Sabu, M.; Sanoj, E.; Prasanth Kumar, M.G.
Plagiostachys nicobarica, a new generic record and a new species from the Nicobar Islands, India, is described and illustrated. The genus, so far known from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, is now reported from India.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Zingiberaceae; Plagiostachys nicobarica; India; New generic record; New species.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525509

Phenotypic variation in the Snowtrout Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray, 1832) (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Indian Himalayas
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mir, F.A.; Mir, J.I.; Chandra, S.
We investigated intraspecific variation of the Snowtrout, Schizothorax richardsonii on the basis of morphometric characters. Altogether, 217 specimens were collected from four rivers in the Western and Central Indian Himalaya. A truss network was constructed by interconnecting 14 landmarks to yield 31 distance variables that were extracted from digital images of specimens using tpsDig2 and PAST software. Transformed truss measurements were subjected to univariate analysis of variance, factor analysis and discriminant analysis. All variables exhibited significant differences between the populations. Altogether 86.6% of the specimens were classified into their original populations (82.9 % under a ‘leave-one-out’ procedure). With factor analysis measurements...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Discriminant function analysis; India; Shape; Trans-Himalaya; Truss box; 42.81.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/453858

Some Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the west coast of India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Hartog, J.C. den; Vennam, J.
A small collection of five species of Actiniaria from the west coast of India, including three new species, is described and discussed. It concerns: Anthoeua anjuna spec,nov., Bunodosoma goanensis spec, nov., Synantheopsis parulekari spec, nov., Paracondylactis cf. sinensis Carlgren, 1934, and Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893). Details are given on the synonymy, cnidom and distribution of these species.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Actiniaria; India; Descriptions; Cnidom; Distribution; New species; 42.72.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317995

Amomum andamanicum (Zingiberaceae): a new species from the Andaman Islands, India
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Thomas, V.P.; Dan, M.; Sabu, M.; Jabbar, M.A.
A new species of Amomum from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is illustrated and described. The plant shows similarity with A. hypoleucum of South India and Sri Lanka in vegetative habit. The species can be distinguished by the presence of silvery silky abaxial side of lamina with appressed pubescence, creeping slender rhizomes, many flowered spike with short peduncle produced directly from base of the aerial stem, green to orange coloured persistent bracts arranged in two rows, glabrous anther and many fruits produced with prominent irregularly lobed ridges. A comparison with other Amomum species of the Andaman Islands is also provided.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Amomum; Andaman Islands; India; New species; Zingiberaceae.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525634

Divided infraorbital foramen in the lion (Panthera leo): its implications for colonisation history, population bottlenecks, and conservation of the Asian lion (P. l. persica)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Yamaguchi, N.; Kitchener, A.C.; Driscoll, C.A.; Macdonald, D.W.
A divided infraorbital foramen is an important morphological feature in lion taxonomy and has previously been considered to occur only in the Asian lion, Panthera leo persica. Based on an examination of 498 lion skulls from museum collections in Europe and southern Africa, we report for the first time on the prevalence of the divided infraorbital foramen in African lions, as well as its occurrence in the tiger, P. tigris and the extinct Pleistocene European cave lion, P. leo spelaea. The higher frequency of this characteristic in Asian lions may have occurred after the lion colonised Asia, and can be considered an important morphological feature characterising this population. It is not clear whether recent anthropogenic population bottlenecks have...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Cave lion; Gujarat; India; Skull; Spelaea; Tiger; 42.84.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/314192

Les Brachycentrides en Inde (Trichoptera, Integripalpia)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Schmid, F.
The brachycentrids are represented in India by only two genera. The only species of Brachycentrus is distributed all along the Himalayan Range. Micrasema is represented by twelve species, ten of which are presently described as new. A few short taxonomie and phyletic considerations are also given.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Taxonomy; Brachycentrus; Micrasema; Trichoptera; New species; India.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504401

Phaeocroides Nanus (Arrow), Phaeocroides Mapellii Petrovitz and Phaeocroides Orientalis (Petrovitz): notes on Generic status, synonymy and types; redescriptions (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Kuijten, P.J.
Phaeochrous nanus Arrow is transferred to Phaeocroides (comb. nov.); Phaeocroides mapellii Petrovitz is a synonym (syn. nov.). Commentaries on the types and spelling of the generic name, differences from the other Indian genera and redescriptions are given.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Coleoptera; Hybosoridae; Phaeocroides; Phaeochrous; India; Generic status; Synonymy; Types; 42.75.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318949

“Comparing economic and environmental sustainability of  intensive and  organic agricultural systems to support  land use policy formulation aimed at reducing agrarian distress in Karnataka, India”
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Shah, Pratik.
Karnataka state is a state of  India with diverse agro-climatic zones.In 2001 it had a population  of  53  million  and 66% of population habitants living  in villages. Agriculture is  still major  occupation  in  the  rural  areas of Karnataka and more than 90% of rural people  are  dependent on agriculture and agro-industries.  However irregular rainfall patterns,pest attacks and poor nutrient management are  resulting more frequently in  crop failures. This has resulted in agrarian distress as with crop failures, farmers are unable to repay the loans. The government of Karnataka introduced Karnataka state policy of organic farming to decrease agrarian distress. In order to  asses the impacts of  this policy on  agriculture,  economic and ecological...
Tipo: Thesis
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Landscape and recreation; India.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://orgprints.org/19207/1/Final_thesis_Pratik_Shah.pdf

Atlas of Organics: Four maps of the world of organic agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John; Hennig, Benjamin.
This paper presents four maps of the world of organic agriculture. Density equalising maps (cartograms) have previously been published of the world of organic agriculture based on the reported hectares of certified organically managed agriculture land. The four maps in the present atlas of organic agriculture are visual presentations of current global organics data: (a) certified organic agriculture hectares; (b) certified organic wildculture hectares; (c) total certified organic production hectares (organic agriculture plus wildculture plus forestry plus aquaculture); (d) certified organic producers. Australia dominates in the world map of the organic agriculture hectares, Europe is strongly represented, and Africa is weakly represented. Finland dominates...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; European Union; India; Latin America; North America; United Kingdom; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30187/1/PaullHennig2016.OAMaps.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2012: Global Indices of Leadership in  Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
One hundred and sixty countries now practice organic agriculture. But where are the pockets of excellence? The Organics Olympiad 2012 presents twelve indices of organics leadership with awards medals of gold, silver and bronze in each category. Twenty seven countries score medals in the Organics Olympiad 2012. Germany leads with four medals, India takes second position with one gold and one silver, and Switzerland and USA are equal third on the medal tally, each with one gold and one bronze medal .
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Africa; Asia; Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Switzerland; United States; Knowledge management; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/22527/7/22527.pdf

Partizipative Forschung als Instrument der angewandten Agrarforschung am Beispiel von Indien (SysCom)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Bautze, David; Andres, Christian; Mandloi, Lokendra; Wele, Dharmendra; Yogendra, Shrivas; Patel, Dharmendra; Patidar, Ishwar; Ramsing, Sitaram; Forster, Dionys; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika; Bhullar, Gurbir S.
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) established farming systems comparison trials in Bolivia, Kenya and India (SysCom). Besides long-term experiments, the program includes a participatory on-farm research (POR) component which aims at solving the most urgent problems of local farmers. In India, these related to nutrient management, organic pest control and seed availability, which were tackled using a combination of on-farm and on-station trials. We here present the methods, results and lessons learnt of the activities implemented in the POR component of SysCom in India.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Systems research and participatory research; India.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/27135/1/27135_bautze.pdf

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION MODEL FOR  SMALL FARMER IN RAINFED ARID LAND
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Sharma, Arun K.
A production system model has been developed at model organic farm ,CAZRI,Jodhpur,India with integration of organic system and rainwater harvesting that can be proved viable for providing  livelihood security and income insurance to the small farmers in rainfed arid land.
Tipo: Working paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; India; Country reports.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/29477/1/sustainable%20agriculture.pdf

Organic: to combat pesticide residues
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Das, Kasturi.
The article makes a strategic case for a shift to organic agriculture in India in the context of the controversy on pesticicide residues found in soft drinks in the country.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: India.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/3294/1/India_Together_Organic__to_combat_pesticide_residues_%2D_4_March_2004.htm

Biodynamic agriculture shows steady global growth
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
New figures released by Demeter-International reveal the steady global growth of biodynamic agriculture. Certified biodynamic hectares are up 2% (from 144,497 to 147,495 hectares), biodynamic processors are up 5% (from 456 to 478), and biodynamic distributors are up 3% (from 185 to 190). The number of countries with Demeter-International certified biodynamic activity increased from 48 to 52. Croatia and Peru enter the list with newly reported biodynamic farms, and Bulgaria and Ukraine enter the list with new biodynamic distributors. There is considerable volatility in the statistics, with most countries reporting changes in the statistics for 2012 compared to the previous year. The three leading countries, based on biodynamic hectares, are Germany (with...
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; France; India; Italy; Spain; World; Germany.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/26246/13/26246.pdf

Yield and Economic Performance of Organic and Conventional Cotton-Based Farming Systems – Results from a Field Trial in India
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Forster, Dionys; Andres, Christian; Verma, Rajeev; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika M.; Mäder, Paul.
The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems has in recent time gained significant interest. So far, global agricultural development has focused on increased productivity rather than on a holistic natural resource management for food security. Thus, developing more sustainable farming practices on a large scale is of utmost importance. However, information concerning the performance of farming systems under organic and conventional management in tropical and subtropical regions is scarce. This study presents agronomic and economic data from the conversion phase (2007–2010) of a farming systems comparison trial on a Vertisol soil in Madhya Pradesh, central India. A cotton-soybean-wheat crop rotation under biodynamic,...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; India.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/25011/1/forster-etal-2013-PLOS_ONE-8_12-p1-15.pdf

The Uptake of Organic Agriculture: A Decade of Worldwide Development
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
It has been claimed that organic agriculture is the fastest growing agriculture based industry in the world. The land devoted to organic agriculture worldwide has increased over the past decade from 15.8 million hectares to 37.2 million hectares exhibiting a compounding rate of growth of 8.9% per annum. This paper disaggregates the global growth in organic agriculture land over the past decade using country as the unit of analysis. For each country, two indices of organics sector growth are derived, firstly, the actual hectares increase, and secondly, the hectares-multiplier, that is the factor by which the organic hectares have changed over the decade. Growth over the past decade is presented for 71 countries which taken together account for 35.3 million...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Australia; China; India; World; History of organics; Knowledge management; Country reports.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/19517/1/Paull2011DecadeJSDS.pdf

Economic profitability of organic vs. conventional cotton-based production systems in a long-term field trial in India
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Forster, D.; Andres, C.; Verma, R.; Zundel, C.; Messmer, M.; Mäder, P.
The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems is more topical than ever. The achievements of conventional high-input agriculture were largely brought about at the cost of deteriorating soil fertility; furthermore, they were based to a large extent on fossil fuels. Developing more sustainable farming practices on a large scale is of utmost importance.  However, information about the performance of agricultural production systems under organic and conventional management in tropical and subtropical regions is largely lacking. This study aimed to assess agronomic and economic data from a long-term farming systems comparison trial under semi-arid conditions in central India.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Crop husbandry; India; Environmental aspects.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/24836/1/Andres-etal-2013-1stGlobalFoodSecurity-Conference.pdf

A Diagnosis of Biophysical and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Farmers’ Choice to Adopt Organic or Conventional Farming Systems for Cotton Production
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Riar, Amritbir; Mandloi, Lokendra S.; Poswal, Randhir S.; Messmer, Monika M.; Bhullar, Gurbir S.
Organic agriculture is one of the most widely known alternative production systems advocated for its benefits to soil, environment, health and economic well-being of farming communities. Rapid increase in the market demand for organic products presents a remarkable opportunity for expansion of organic agriculture. A thorough understanding of the context specific motivations of farmers for adoption of organic farming systems is important so that appropriate policy measures are put in place. With an aim of understanding the social and biophysical motivations of organic and conventional cotton farmers for following their respective farming practices, a detailed farm survey was conducted in Nimar valley of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The study area...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; India.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31989/1/riar-etal-2017-fpls-Vol08-p01289.pdf

Effect of mycorrhiza and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on rice in Northern India: results from 2005-2008
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Berset, Estelle; Srivastava, Rashmi; Mäder, Paul; Kaiser, Franziska; Adholeya, Alok; Fried, Padrout M.; Sharma, Anil K.
Beneficial migroorganisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can ameliorate plant nutrition through an extended extra-radical hyphal network and by nutrient mobilisation. In the past, host specificity may not have been adequately considered when microbial inoculants were developed for different crops. In the Bio-fertilizer Network oft he Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB), AMF and PGPR are integrated as bio-inoculants in wheat-rice and wheat-black gram systems.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; India.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/26488/1/Berset_etal_ISCB%20Symposium_2011.pdf

Four New Strategies to Grow the Organic Agriculture Sector
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
This paper presents four new strategies for growing the organic agriculture sector. Globally there are 51 million hectares of certified organic agriculture land and a further 39 million hectares of wild culture land. For the past two decades organic agriculture has been growing at 11.9% per annum, thereby doubling the size of the sector every six years. Nevertheless, despite ten decades of advocacy for organics, only 1.1% of the world’s agricultural land is certified organic. From the outset, the strategy has been to advance the sector ‘one farm at a time’. This strategy has left the organics sector well short of the vision of the pioneers of organics who saw organic farming as a universal solution and a practice suited for all farmers and all agriculture....
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Asia; Australia; China; India; World.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32351/1/Paull2017.AGROFOR2%283%29.pdf

A Revolution Long Turned Brown
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Das, Kasturi.
The article contains a critical assessment of the agriculture-centric proposals included in the first Budget (2004) of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of India. The article explores the root cause of the on-going agricultural crisis in the country and argues that despite the declared pro-agricultural stance taken by the incumbent regime, the measures proposed in the budget fail miserably in addressing the real issues. Hence they are unlikely to be successful in lessening the plight of the thousands of distressed farmers of this agro-based country. The real solution, it is argued, lies in going Organic.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: India.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/3315/1/3315.PDF

SysCom Indien 2007-2022. Langzeitvergleich von biologischen und konventionellen Anbausystemen in der Baumwollfruchtfolge
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Riar, Amritbir; Cicek, Harun; Bhullar, Gurbir S.
Langzeitvergleich von biologischen und konventionellen Anbausystemen in der Baumwollfruchtfolge.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; India.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34834/1/Poster_SysComIndien_18-22_MMessmer_2018_light.pdf

Improving rice yield and quality through inoculation with mycorrhiza and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in India
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Srivastava, R.; Berset, E.; Mäder, P.; Fried, P.M.; Sharma, A.K.
Microorganisms were integrated as bio-fertilizers in a wheat-rice trial in India. Four-year results show that Rice grain yield was 30% higher, compared to control plots, after application of an inoculum containing mycorrhiza and rhizo-bacteria. Substantial increase of grain Quality was achieved.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Soil; India.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/26055/1/ISRR_Abstract%20short_SS3.24.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2016: Global Indices of Leadership in Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic production (including agriculture, wild culture, forestry and aquaculture) is a worldwide phenomenon that is practiced in at least 172 countries. The Organics Olympiad presents 14 indices of global organics leadership, each at three levels (Gold, Silver and Bronze). The Organics Olympiad of 2016 yields 29 countries as global organics leaders, and confirms that organics leadership is diversely distributed across countries, large and small, rich and poor, developed and less so, and cuts across linguistic, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Australia continues to lead the world in organic agriculture hectares. Australia also leads in the increase of organic hectares over the past four years (since the Organics Olympiad 2012) and in the number of WWOOF...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Food systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Lithuania; Switzerland; Tunisia; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30369/1/Paull2016.OlympiadJSDS.pdf

Assessing the potential of organic farming for sustainable  livelihoods in developing countries - The case of cotton in India
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Eyhorn, Frank.
Based on the example of cotton farming in India, this research examines in how far conversion to organic management can be a viable option for improving the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries. While cotton cultivation provides livelihood for an estimated 10 million Indian households, stagnating cotton yields, high input costs and low cotton prices have led many of them into indebtedness. By substituting synthetic fertilizers and pesticides with farm-own resources and labour, organic farming not only could have the potential to improve natural resource management, but also to reduce production costs and obtain a better price for the produce. Development agencies and companies are increasingly trying to utilize this potential by organizing...
Tipo: Thesis
Palavras-chave: Production systems; India.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/27713/1/Eyhorn-2006-Thesis-cotton-India.pdf

Transitioning to Organic
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Das, Kasturi.
The article undertakes an in-depth analysis of financial and other obstacles faced by the farmers while converting from conventional to organic agricultural practices, particularly in the context of India, where Governement support for organic agriculture is almost non-existent.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: India.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/3314/1/3314.doc

Organic certification-a dream for poor farmers
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Sharma, Arun K.
Formal third party certification may be a requirement of national or international marketing of organic produce. There is need to develop trust based system between small producer and consumer for local and region marketing that will be beneficial for both and cost effective too.This will also promote the organic spirit 'Produce seasonally - eat locally'.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Technology assessment; India; Quality and evaluation of inputs; Regulation.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/29213/6/29213.pdf

Productivity and Profitability of a Cotton-based Production System under Organic and Conventional Management in India
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Forster, Cionys; Andres, Christian; Rajeev, Verma; Zundel, Christine; Messmer, Monika M.; Mäder, Paul.
The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems is more topical than ever. The achievements of conventional high-input agriculture were largely brought about at the cost of deteriorating soil fertility; furthermore, they were based to a large extent on fossil fuels. Developing more sustainable farming practices on a large scale is of utmost importance. However, information about the performance of agricultural production systems under organic and conventional management in tropical and subtropical regions is largely lacking. This study aimed to assess agronomic and economic data from a long-term farming systems comparison trial under semi-arid conditions in central India.  Four two-year crop rotations comprising...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; India.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/24781/1/Andres-etal-2013-Tropentag-poster.pdf

Organic Directions:The World, Australia &amp; WA
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic agriculture in Australia is a success story. Certified organic agriculture in Australia accounts for 35.6 million hectares which is 8.8% of Australia’s agricultural land. The rate of growth of organics in Australia has been16.5% per annum for the past two decades. Based on certified hectares, Australia is now the world leader in organics, and now accounts for more than fifty percent of the world’s certified organic hectares.    The development of organic agriculture throughout Australia has been somewhat uneven. The map of organic agriculture in Australia, reveals that South Australia and Queensland are the standout leaders based on certified hectares. Western Australia is underperforming on this metric (as are also Victoria and Tasmania). The map...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Australia; India; World.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/35029/1/Paull2019.WA.Directions.Keynote.NASAA.WA.pp.pdf

First report of Botrytis cinerea on Lilium polyphyllum, a critically endangered herb in Uttarakhand, India
Provedor de dados: 85
Autores: Dhyani,A; Nautiyal,BP; Nautiyal,MC; Rivera,MC; Prasad,D; Singh,KP.
Lilium polyphyllum is a critically endangered herb in the wilds of Uttarakhand, India. Gray mold appeared as a new disease on this species from July to August (2008-2009) causing death of inflorescences and shoots. Botrytis cinerea was consistently isolated on PDA, from infected inflorescences. Pathogenicity was established by inoculation of potted plants of L. polyphyllum in a glasshouse. Botrytis cinerea was recorded as a gray mold pathogen on L. polyphyllum for the first time in India, causing flower and shoot blight. Tis disease may seriously afect reproductive stages of this endangered host. To our knowledge, B. cinerea had not been reported previously on L. polyphyllum.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Lilium polyphyllum; Gray mold; Botrytis cinerea; First report; India.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-56572012000200003

Social Learning, Neighborhood Effects, and Investment in Human Capital: Evidence from Green-Revolution India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yamauchi,   Futoshi.
This paper empirically identifies social learning and neighborhood effects in schooling investments in a new technology regime. The estimates of learning-investment rule from farm household panel data at the onset of the Green Revolution in India, show that (1) agents learn about schooling returns from income realizations of their neighbors and (2) schooling distribution of the parents’ generation in a community has externalities to schooling investments in children that are consistent with social learning. Simulations show that variations in schooling distributions within and across communities generate through social learning substantial variations in child enrollment rate and average household income. The results suggest that imperfect information...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Human capital; Social learning; Neighborhood effects; Income risk; Schooling distribution; Technical change; India; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59592

Estimating the Adoption of Bt Eggplant in India: Who Benefits from Public-Private Partnership?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishna,   Vijesh V.; Qaim,   Matin.
The study analyzes ex-ante the adoption of insect resistant Bt eggplant in India. Farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) is estimated using the contingent valuation method. Given the economic importance of insect pests, the average WTP for proprietary Bt hybrids is more than four times the current price of conventional hybrids. Since the private innovating firm has shared its technology with the public sector, it is likely that public open-pollinated Bt varieties will also be released after a small delay. This will reduce farmers' WTP for Bt hybrids by 35%, thus decreasing the scope for corporate pricing policies. Nonetheless, ample profit potential remains. Analysis of factors influencing farmers' adoption decisions demonstrates that public Bt varieties will...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public-private partnership; Biotechnology; Bt eggplant; Adoption; Willingness to pay; India; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25311

Going Digital: Computerized Land Registration and Credit Access in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deininger,   Klaus W.; Goyal,   Aparajita.
Despite strong beliefs that property titling and registration will enhance credit access, empirical evidence in support of such effects remains scant. The gradual roll-out of computerization of land registry systems across Andhra Pradesh’s 387 sub-registry offices (SROs) allows us to combine quarterly administrative data on credit disbursed by all commercial banks for a 11 year period (1997-2007) aggregated to the SRO level with the date of shifting registration from manual to digital. Computerization had no credit effect in rural areas but led to increased credit-supply in urban ones. A marked increase of registered urban mortgages due to computerization supports the robustness of the result. At the same time, estimated impacts from reduction of stamp...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Registration; Credit; Transactions; Computerization; India; International Development; Land Economics/Use; G28; Q24; R51; R52.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61257

Trends and Developments in India's Livestock Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Gali,   Jyothi.
Since India’s independence some 50 years ago, it has experienced considerable economic growth and structural change; a trend accelerated by its structural reforms which began in 1991.  These changes are also reflected in trends in its livestock sector which has shown considerable growth in recent decades (especially since the late 1970s).  There have also been major changes in the composition of the Indian livestock sector.  The population of non-ruminants (particularly chickens) has expanded very rapidly and so their relative importance has risen substantially.  Non-ruminant production (poultry and pigs) has increasingly become commercialised and industrial in nature.  Trends and developments in India’s livestock industries since 1961 are outlined....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Livestock production; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48006

How Inefficient Really Are the Small-Scale Rice Farmers in Eastern India?: Examining the Effects of Microtopography on the Estimation of Technical Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuwa,   Nobuhiko; Edmonds,   Christopher M.; Banik,   Pabitra.
We focus on the impact of failing to control for differences in land types defined along toposequence on estimates of farm technical efficiency for small-scale rice farms in eastern India.  In contrast with the existing literature, we find that those farms may be considerably more technically efficient than they appear from more aggregated analysis without such control. Farms planted with modern rice varieties are technically efficient. Furthermore, farms planted with traditional rice varieties operate close to the production frontier on less productive lands (upland and mid-upland), but significant technical inefficiency exists on more productive lands (medium land and lowland).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Stochastic frontier production function; Productivity; Rice; India; Farm Management; O13; O33; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19435

Impacts of Soybean Imports on Indian Processors, Farmers, and Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Persaud,   Suresh Chand; Dohlman,   Erik.
﻿India is one of the world’s largest importers of vegetable oils in part because of    low domestic oilseed production, and tariff and nontariff barriers preventing    oilseed imports. Simulation results indicate that India could lower its barriers to    soybean imports without adversely affecting farmers, since imports are economically attractive to crushers even when subject to modest tariffs which sustain    pre-liberalization farm and wholesale prices. Soybean processors in India achieve    higher rates of capacity utilization and lower unit costs using imported oilseeds.    Moreover, it is possible to partially redistribute to consumers the sizable gains    processors experience by lowering the soybean oil tariff.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; Oilseeds; Processing cost; Soybeans; Trade liberalization; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62276

The Excitement and Value of Discovering Tourism Economics: Clem Tisdell's Journey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Outlines how Clem Tisdell came to discover tourism economics and charts the basic route that he followed in developing that interest. This article is developed by first considering his early years (1939 to 1960), that is the period prior to his commencement of postgraduate studies at the Australian National University, then his postgraduate studies at the Australian National University (1961-1963), and his lecturing appointment at this university in the period 1964-1972. It was towards the end of this period that his research interests started to change significantly and provided a springboard for his later focus on tourism economics and the environment. It was during his appointment as Professor of Economics at the University of Newcastle (1972-1989) that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: China; Ecological economics; Economic development; Environmental economics; India; Nature-based tourism; Sustainable tourism; Tourism economics; Wildlife conservation.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; F18; L83; O10; Q5.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90631

Technology-Climate Interactions in the Green Revolution in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKinsey,   James W., Jr.; Evenson,   Robert E.
This paper presents a model of the Green Revolution in India, in which the development and diffusion of HYVs, the expansion of irrigation and the expansion of multiple-cropping are treated as endogenous responses to more basic investments in agricultural technology and infrastructure, as well as to climate and edaphic endowments. We incorporate explicit climate-technology interactions in the model, in order to identify climate effects on the diffusion of HYVs, irrigation and multiple-cropping, and on Net Revenue to agriculture. We find that climate affects technology development and diffusion, and that technology development and diffusion affect the impacts of climate on agricultural productivity in India.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Green Revolution; India; HYV; Rice; Wheat; Climate; Agricultural research; International Development; 112; 121; 226; 620; 710.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28452

India Agricultural Policy Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gilmour,   Brad; Gurung,   Rajendra Kumar.
With a population of about 1.1 billion, India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2030. India's economy ranks as Asia's third largest, after Japan and China, and is now one of the world's fastest growing. While growth has led to significant reductions in poverty, India still ranks among the world's low income countries in terms of income per capita. Nevertheless, economic growth has resulted in a burgeoning middle-class.  India's agriculture sector accounts for 18% of GDP, and employs around 60% of the workforce. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are India's major agricultural commodities. With its growing urban middle-class and increasing influence in global affairs, India's policies...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Economic growth; Agricultural policy; Water scarcity; Market regulations; Agriculture; Water; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46456

Energy-Use, the Environment and Development: Observations with Reference to China and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
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Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kuznets Curve; China; India; Energy use; Pollution; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48953

Dams
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duflo,   Esther; Pande,   Rohini.
The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a district's suitability for dams to provide instrumental variable estimates of their impact. We find that, in a district where a dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our estimates suggest that large...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Dams; Development planning; Program evaluation; India; Public Economics; O21; O12; H43; H23.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28373

Direct and Total Benefits of Irrigation in India and its Implications to Irrigation Financing and Cost Recovery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan; Narayanamoorthy,   Annasamy; Barker,   Randolph.
Who benefits from irrigation development in an economy and who should pay for the cost? This question so far has not been well addressed in the irrigation literature. To answer this question we need to know, in addition to the information on farmers' level benefits (increased crop productivity), the magnitude of the total economy wide benefits derived by the farm and non-farm sector in the economy from irrigation development. In this study, taking an example from India, we have estimated the marginal benefits of irrigation, both direct (farm level benefits) and total (rural economy wide). Then we compute irrigation multiplier values in India, which range from 3 to 4.5. This suggests that two thirds or more of the benefits from irrigation development have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct and Indirect impacts of irrigation; Irrigation multipliers; Cost recovery and financing; Panel data analysis; India; Agricultural Finance; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O130; Q010; Q180.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25664

The Environment for Agricultural and Agribusiness Investment in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landes,   Maurice R.
Despite strong overall economic growth and strengthening food demand, investment in Indian agriculture and agribusiness has remained sluggish, and growth in farm output has slowed, since the early 1990s. An array of policies and regulations affecting agricultural production, marketing, and food processing—along with weak infrastructure and a lack of market services—have discouraged private investment by farmers and large, vertically integrated agribusinesses. The policy environment has grown more investor friendly since the late 1990s and private investment appears to be responding, but significant barriers remain and the pace of future reforms remains uncertain.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Investment; Trade policy; Domestic policy; Infrastructure; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58628

Pulse Policy Reform in India: Implications for Trade, Prices and Production, 1970-1999
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agbola,   Frank W.
India is a major producer and consumer of pulses in the world. In the last two decades, India’s pulse economy has undergone major policy and institutional reforms. These changes are likely to influence India’s trade in pulses and consequently world pulse trade. This article examines the impact of these reforms on trade, prices and production in India. The article discusses the factors that instigated these policy reforms and the consequences. The results indicate that a number of key economic, political and technological factors are reshaping pulse trade in India. The policy implications of the findings are explored.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Pulses; Policy reform; International trade.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57822

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND URBAN POVERTY IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen.
Using a similar analytical approach to a study in China, this paper analyzes the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty reduction in India. State level data from 1970 to 1995 were used in the empirical analysis. It is found that in addition to its large impact on rural poverty reduction, agricultural research investments have also played a major role in the reduction of urban poverty. Agricultural research investments increase agricultural production, and increased production in turn lowers food prices. The urban poor often benefit proportionately more than the non-poor since they spend 50-80% of their income on food. Among all the rural investments considered in this study, agricultural research has the largest impact on urban poverty reduction...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; India; Agricultural research; Urban; Poverty; Food price; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16079

India's Reform of External Sector Policies and Future Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivasan,   T.N.
I evaluate India's transition from an inward-oriented development strategy to greater participation in the world economy. While tariff rates have decreased significantly over the past decade, India is still one of the more autarkic countries. Despite improvement over the past in export performance, India continues to lag behind its South- and East Asian neighbors. Second, official debt flows have been largely replaced by foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment in the 1990s. India's ability to attract FDI would be greatly enhanced by further reforms. I argue that India's participation in a future round of multilateral trade negotiations would benefit India. I outline the further reforms most needed: reform of labour and bankruptcy laws,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Antidumping; Developing countries; Economic reform; Export performance; Foreign direct investment; Intellectual property rights; Multilateral trade negotiations; Quantitative restrictions; Real exchange rate; Tariff and non-tariff barriers; World Trade Organization; International Relations/Trade; F13; F14; F15; F21; F35; H54; K31; O34; O38; O53; P11.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28428

Potential Impacts of Golden Rice on Public Health in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stein,   Alexander J.; Sachdev,   H.P.S.; Qaim,   Matin.
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects millions of people world-wide, causing serious health problems. Golden Rice (GR), which has been genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene, is being proposed as a remedy. While this new technology has aroused controversial debates, its nutritional impact and cost-effectiveness remain unclear. We determine the current burden of VAD in India from a public health perspective,and simulate the potential alleviating impact of GR using representative household food consumption data. Given broad public support, GR could more than halve the overall burden of VAD. Juxtaposing health benefits and overall costs suggests that GR is very costeffective.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Golden Rice; Vitamin A deficiency; Biofortification; Genetic engineering; DALYs; Cost-effectiveness analysis; India; Crop Production/Industries; Health Economics and Policy; I0; I3; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25381

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53073

Groundwater markets and water use efficiency: The case of Karnataka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deepak,   S.C.; Chandrakanth,   Mysore G.; Nagaraj,   N.
Research highlight based on a paper titled “Groundwater markets promoting efficiency in water use in agriculture in Karnataka.”
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water market; Groundwater extraction; Water use efficiency; Wells; Crop production; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Pricing; Models; Policy; India; Karnataka; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53070

Green Jobs and Decent Work: An Agenda for Sustainable Agriculture in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Harsh.
The paper seeks to explore the opportunities created by climate change and mitigation efforts in agriculture sector in India for creating more, newer and better jobs. These new jobs which are termed as green jobs are not always going to be decent jobs and there is also uncertainty about the number of jobs so created vis-à-vis number of jobs destroyed in traditional fossil fuel based economy. Pivotal role played by agriculture in developing country's economy makes it ideal sector to study in this context. There is growing consensus that organic, sustainable agricultural practices can provide synergistic benefits that include adaptation and mitigation of climate change with addressing concerns like livelihood, employment and working conditions. In an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Green Jobs; India; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115366

Agricultural producer support estimates for developing countries : measurement issues and evidence from India, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orden,   David; Cheng,   Fuzhi; Nguyen,   Hoa; Grote,   Ulrike; Thomas,   Marcelle; Mullen,   Kathleen; Sun,   Dongsheng.
The levels of support that trade and domestic farm policies afford to agriculture, and the related processes of policy reform intended to improve the economic efficiency of agricultural production, processing, and marketing, are important issues for developing countries. The effects of policy on agriculture are well documented for wealthy countries, especially by the established and respected studies from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. However, systematic analysis is often lacking for poor countries because of the difficulty and cost of measuring policy effects consistently over time and across commodities. This study contributes to filling the existing research gap by examining the impacts of agricultural policies and policy...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture and state; India; Indonesia; China; Vietnam; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37879

Changes in Returns to Education in India, 1983-94: By Gender, Age-Cohort and Location
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duraisamy,   P.
There is hardly any estimate of the returns to schooling in India based on a national level representative data for the recent period. This paper provides estimates of the returns to education in India by gender, age cohort and location (by rural-urban) for the most recent period 1993/4, and also evaluates the changes in returns over a period of time from 1983-94 using a large national level household survey data. The data show that the returns to education increases up to the secondary level and declines thereafter. There is evidence of substantial gender and rural-urban differences in the returns to schooling. The returns to women's education for the primary and middle levels have declined while those for secondary and college levels have increased...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rate of return; Human capital; India; Labor and Human Capital; J31; I21.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28505

Adoption and Impact of Hybrid Wheat in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matuschke,   Ira; Qaim,   Matin.
In the light of ongoing debates about the suitability of hybrid seeds for smallholder farmers, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid wheat in India. Based on survey data we show that farmers can benefit significantly from the proprietary technology. Neither farm size nor the subsistence level influence the adoption decision, but access to information and credit matters. Moreover, willingness-to-pay analysis reveals that adoption levels would be higher if seed prices were reduced. Given decreasing public support to agricultural research, policies should be targeted at reducing institutional constraints, to ensure that resource-poor farmers are not bypassed by private sector innovations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hybrid wheat; India; Technology adoption; Contingent valuation; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25678

Economic analysis of groundwater markets in central dry zone of Karnataka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nagaraj,   N.; Kumar,   A.H. Suvarna; Chandrakanth,   Mysore G.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water market; Groundwater irrigation; Water use efficiency; Economic analysis; India; Karnataka; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53071

CONCLUDING THE DOHA ROUND: AN IMPERATIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosario,   Joe A.
Much water has flowed under the bridge since ministers failed to conclude world trade negotiations in July 2009. The world underwent an historical recession brought about by the U.S. financial toxic asset scandal. Global trade has declined sharply and is forecasted to decline by 9% in real terms in 2009. World economic growth rates have declined dramatically. There have been several cases of covert (and some overt) protectionism by both developed and advanced economies. Despite declarations from world leaders on several occasions for the need to refrain from protectionist measures and the need for the resumption and conclusion of the Doha Round of trade negotiations over the past nine months, no such action has materialized. The two major contestants in...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WTO; International trade; Doha Round; Trade negotiations; India; Agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60427

Land Rental Markets in India: Efficiency and Equity Considerations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Shaheen; Farrington,   John; Deshingkar,   Priya; Sharma,   Pramod; Rao,   Laxman.
Despite the fact that land rental is restricted to varying degrees in India, the participation in this market is widespread and it is observed to operate relatively efficiently in 12 villages studied in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The estimated probit models predicted that the rental market transferred land to those with relatively smaller holdings, but greater ability to make productive use of land, more assets to invest, more adults available for labour and fewer off-farm opportunities. Also land is rented out predominantly to younger farmers and to farmers not involved in off-farm jobs. Renting in is predicted to be relatively higher in the villages which are remote and weakly integrated into mainstream infrastructure and institutions. Land...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land rental markets; Economic efficiency; Equity; India; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25265

The Unforeseen Developments Clause in Safeguards under the WTO: Confusions in Compliance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raychaudhuri,   Tilottama.
In this article the author explores in detail the “unforeseen developments” requirement in the Agreement on Safeguards under the WTO. The author seeks to answer questions such as whether the requirement (i.e., unforeseen developments must be demonstrated in order for safeguard measures to be justified) is an integral part of the Agreement on Safeguards, and how the subjectivity associated with this requirement contributes to the difficulty of constructing a reasoned and adequate account of the causal chain. The article also includes within its scope a brief analysis of larger issues such as the political and economic rationale behind safeguard measures, and how ambiguities in the Agreement on Safeguards can destabilize the discipline of safeguards and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; International trade; Safeguards; Unforeseen developments; WTO; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90792

The Asian Maize Biotechnology Network (AMBIONET): A Model for Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pray,   Carl E.
This report reviews the impacts of the Asian Maize Biotechnology Network (AMBIONET), organized by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with funding from the Asian Development Bank to strengthen the capacity of public maize research institutions in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam to produce high-yielding, disease resistant, stress tolerant maize cultivars. It was found that, during its lifetime (1998-2005), AMBIONET clearly benefited researchers and institutions in participating countries, as well as CIMMYT. In addition, there was good progress toward developing improved cultivars. Asian farmers are just beginning to gain from the work, but their future benefits will likely pay for AMBIONET’s relatively...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Zea mays; Plant breeding; Biotechnology; Breeding methods; Research methods; Disease resistance; Yield increases; Research institutions; China; India; Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam; Asia; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; F30; F01.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56103

The Role of Policy and Industry Structure in India's Oilseed Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Persaud,   Suresh Chand; Landes,   Maurice R.
High tariff and nontariff protection of the Indian oilseed sector imposes costs on consumers, supports an inefficient processing industry, and has led to negligible gains in oilseed output. Model-based simulations indicate that higher levels of protection would increase the burden on consumers, but do little to meet key policy goals of supporting producers and reducing import dependence. A shift to direct support of oilseed producer prices would increase output, but may be complex to implement and subject to WTO discipline. Liberalization of oilseed imports, by permitting large gains in processing efficiency, could generate a stream of benefits that would allow producers, consumers, and processors to be better off, and also improve the trade balance.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Oilseeds; Soybeans; Vegetable oil; Meal; Processing industry; Industry structure; Policy; Trade liberalization; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7218

Agricultural research and productivity growth in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evenson,   Robert E.; Pray,   Carl E.; Rosegrant,   Mark W.
India’s investments in agricultural research, extension, and irrigation have made it one of the largest publicly funded systems in the world. But some policymakers who perceive that the benefits to research may be declining are advocating a cut back on public spending on research. This research report, which examines the effects of research and development on productivity in India, finds that India is still benefiting from these investments. The main sources of agricultural productivity growth in India during 1956–87 were public agricultural research and extension; expansion of irrigated area and rural infrastructure and improvement in human capital were also important contributors. The report also shows that the public benefits from private research can...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Research; India; Agricultural productivity; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37901

Basin-level use and productivity of water: examples from South Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molden,   David J.; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Habib,   Zaigham.
Discusses and illustrates concepts for identifying ways of improving productivity of water within basins. The results of applying a water accounting procedure to four sub-basins in South Asia (Bhakra in India; Chishtian in Pakistan; Huruluwewa in northern Sri Lanka; and Kirindi Oya in southern Sri Lanka) are presented. The methodology used identifies the quantities and productivity of various uses of water within a basin. This information is then used to identify the water-saving potential, and the means of improving the productivity of the managed supplies.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water management; Water conservation; River basins; Water use; Productivity; Case studies; Irrigated farming; Indicators; Water scarcity; South Asia; India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Bhakra; Chishtian; Kirindi Oya; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61099

UNDERSTANDING, MEASURING AND UTILIZING SOCIAL CAPITAL:  CLARIFYING CONCEPTS AND PRESENTING A FIELD APPLICATION FROM INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishna,   Anirudh.
Social capital is a resource, a propensity for mutually beneficial collective action that communities possess to different extents. Communities with high levels of social capital are able to act together collectively for achieving diverse common objectives. While the concept of social capital is valid universally, the measure of social capital will vary by context. It must be related in each case to aspects of social relations that assist mutually beneficial collective action within that particular cultural context. A locally relevant scale of social capital was developed to assess whether and how social capital mattered for development performance in 69 north Indian villages. Variables corresponding to other bodies of explanation, including extent of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Social capital; India; Agency; Development; Institutions; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55443

Impact of Zero Tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laxmi,   Vijay; Erenstein,   Olaf; Gupta,   Raj K.
To date, the most widely adopted resource conserving technology (RCT) in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP)has been zero-tillage (ZT) for wheat after rice, particularly in India. This report reviews and synthesizes the experience with zero tillage in the Indian IGP. Zero tillage of wheat after rice generates significant benefits at the farm level, both in terms of significant yield gains (6–10%, particularly due to timelier planting of wheat) and cost savings (5–10%, particularly tillage savings). These benefits explain the widespread interest of farmers and the rapidity of the diffusion across the Indian IGP, further aided by the wide applicability of this mechanical innovation. The study  subsequently reports on the findings of village-level focus-group...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wheat; Rice; Agricultural development; Zero tillage; Farming systems; Rotational cropping; Water use; Environmental factors; Production costs; India; Crop Production/Industries; E16; F08.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56093

ON TESTS FOR LONG MEMORY PROCESS BEHAVIOR OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKET: THAILAND AND INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sriboonchitta,   Songsak; Chaitip,   Prasert; Balogh,   Peter; Kovacs,   Sandor; Chaiboonsri,   Chukiat.
In our research we examine the behaviour of both Thailand’s and India’s international tourism market by using long-memory analysis. The international tourism market of Thailand combined with seven groups such as East Asia, Europe, The Americas, South Asia, Oceania, Middle East and Africa. Similarly, the international tourism market of India combined with nine countries: USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Malaysia, Australia and Sri Lanka. Moreover, three statistical tests for long-memory process such as R/S test, Modified R/S test and GPH-test are employed to study these markets. The empirical findings in general provide more support for long memory process in international tourism market of Thailand and evidence for short-term dependence in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Thailand; India; Long-memory process; Tourism Market; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104679

Impact of Research Investment on Technology Development and Total Factor Productivity in Major Field Crops of Peninsular India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ananth,   G.S.; Chengappa,   P.G.; Janaiah,   Aldas.
Increase in agricultural productivity is induced by public investment in research. Several studies have analyzed the impact of research investment at the national level but such analyses at the state or regional level are a few. The present study is an attempt to analyze the pattern and quantify the returns to research investment made over a period of 25 years on major field crops such as rice, jowar, finger millet (ragi), red gram, groundnut, sunflower, cotton and sugarcane in a predominantly agrarian state of Karnataka in peninsular India. The impact of research investment was assessed in terms of technology developed and growth in total factor productivity. The agricultural research investment had profound effect on the development of technologies...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research investment; TFP; Technology development; India; Field crops; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25740

Financing Structures for CDM Projects in India and Capacity Building Options for EU-Indo Collaboration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deodhar,   Vinay; Michaelowa,   Axel; Krey,   Matthias.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) enables industrialized countries to meet a part of their emission reduction requirements through purchase of emission reduction credits from projects in developing countries. Various studies have concluded that India is likely to be one of the major countries supplying such projects. However, in order that a large number of high-quality CDM projects is developed and result in Certified Emission Reductions as specified by the international CDM Executive Board, the institutional set up in the Indian finance sector has to be suitably geared up. So far, banks and financial institutions have not developed procedures for efficient financing of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Climate Policy; CDM; Financial Institutions; India; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q25; O13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26139

The Socio-Economics of Gender Issues in Rural India: Results of Interviews in Three Villages and a Forest Meeting in Eastern India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies to questions to asked at a forest meeting of groups/persons interested in rural women and development.  The questions were designed to provide information on gender-bias and possible reasons for it, especially any economic reasons.  These interviews are intended to supplement detailed questionnaires directed to wives in these villages.  Interviews were conducted with Kondhs and scheduled caste villages in a village west of Dashapalla in Orissa, with Santals in all Santal villages, Bandhgora, in the Midnapore region of West Bengal and with Santals and scheduled caste Hindus in a mixed village, Sanandapur, in the same region.  The results...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender inequality; India; Caste system; Tribal groups; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100030

Has Green Revolution Bypassed Coarse Cereals? The Indian Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Janaiah,   Aldas; Achoth,   Lalith; Bantilan,   Ma Cynthia S.
This paper analysed the growth performance of non-rice crop sectors by estimating total factor productivity (TFP) growth for the selected coarse cereals viz., maize, sorghum and pearl millet in India. The analysis indicates that the TFP growth contributed substantially to the output growth of coarse cereals over the past three decades. The TFP growth was higher in those states where coverage of irrigation was relatively high. TFP grew at an average of 1.4 percent per annum through out the Green Revolution (GR) period for sorghum in the sate of Maharashtra where about half of the India’s sorghum area is concentrated mostly under rainfed conditions. Although small in absolute terms over the past three decades, the overall findings suggest that GR...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Total factor productivity; Coarse cereals; Green revolution; Adoption rate; India; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110142

The Economics of Milk Production in Orissa, India, with particular Emphasis on Small-scale Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saha,   Amit; Garcia,   Otto; Hemme,   Torsten.
The purpose of the study is to assess the economics of dairy farming in the state of Orissa, one of the poorest states in India, and to evaluate the prospects for improving the dairy income for small-scale producers, which currently form the backbone of the dairy industry. The study applies a method of economic analysis developed by the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) which is based on the concept of ‘typical farms’. Three broad farm types were selected to represent 'typical farms' in the state: farms stall feeding two dairy animals (buffalo or local cattle), representing the most common farm type found in the state, farms with six dairy animals, located in peri-urban areas benefiting from good market access, and rural farms practicing a form...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Costs of production; India; Milk; Orissa; Policy; Poverty reduction; Small-scale dairy; Typical farms; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23761

Linkages between government spending, growth, and poverty in rural India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Thorat,   Sukhadeo.
This research report on India addresses an important policy issue faced by policymakers in many developing countries: how to allocate public funds more efficiently in order to achieve both growth and poverty-reduction goals in rural areas. This research is particularly important at a time when many developing countries are undergoing substantial budget cuts as part of macroeconomic reforms and adjustment. The econometric model employed in this research includes a broad range of government expenditure items. It traces their effects on productivity growth and poverty alleviation and ranks them, exploring the potential trade-offs and complementarities of the two goals. Of the various investments weighed, the report finds that investments in rural roads and...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural poor; India; Domestic Economic assistance; Public investments; Government spending policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37898

A Report on Socioeconomic Attributes and Gender Inequality in Kondh-Dominated Villages: A Comparative Analysis of Tribals and Non-Tribals in the Phulbani District, Orissa, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Reports on results of a survey, completed in 2000, of wives in three villages in the Phulbani district, Orissa, India. These villages are dominated by the Kondh scheduled tribe but some also contain members of the scheduled caste, called Dombs in Orissa. The article reports on the total responses and comparative responses of these groups to a structured questionnaire. The article provides background information for the villages surveyed, and reports information in relation to wives and their families about property rights, assets and incomes, economic conditions and survival strategies, aspects of credit, production and marketing, social dynamics and education. In addition, children’s affairs, including the treatment and entitlements of female and male...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender Inequality; Children; India; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100213

Prejudice against Female Children: Economics and Cultural Explanations, and Indian Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Regmi,   Gopal.
Shows how economic theories based on parental self-interest may explain parental discrimination against daughters relative to sons. However, such theories often need to be adjusted (or even discarded) to allow for altruism of parents towards their children, and to take account of cultural influences on parental desires to have children of particular gender, and care equally for their children of different gender. The latter point is illustrated by a study of two different communities. In one situated in the Santal tribal belt I West Bengal, discrimination against daughters is found to be marked and accords (given the structure of society) with predictions of economic theories based on the pursuit of parental self-interest. By contrast, it is found that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Child welfare; Economics of the family; Gender discrimination; Human capital; India; Kondhs; Santals; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105581

Quality Control in Non-Staple Food Markets: Evidence From India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fafchamps,   Marcel; Hill,   Ruth Vargas; Minten,   Bart.
Using original data collected about growers, traders, processors, markets, and village communities, we compare the situation in four states – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. We examine the way that information about crop attributes is conveyed (or not) along the value chain. We also document the infrastructure available at the level of the market. We find that little information circulates about unobservable crop characteristics. Growers receive a price premium when they dry, grade, and pack their produce, but we find no evidence that information about crop health and safety or agricultural practices circulates through the value chain or that growers are encouraged to follow specific agricultural practices for quality purposes. Market...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food marketing; Food safety; Food quality; Value chain; India; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42396

Is the Green Revolution Vanishing? Empirical Evidence from TFP Analysis for Rice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adlas,   J.; Achoth,   Lalith.
A serious concern has been raised recently on the long run sustainability of the productivity effects of Green Revolution technologies in the light of decelerating trend in the yield growth of rice since the mid 1980s under irrigated ecosystem. However, the changes in physical yield are not true measures of productivity from efficiency perspective. Total factor productivity (TFP) is a true measure of economic efficiency of any technology impact. The paper addresses the crucial issue of "is green revolution vanishing" empirically by analyzing TFP for rice in India. Results suggest that various modern technologies (such as modern cultivars) adopted by the farmers over the period have continued to make considerable impact on rice productivity growth-as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technological change; Productivity; Rice; India; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25561

Status and Development in the Dairy Sector in the BRIC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramanovich,   Mikhail; Ndambi,   Asaah; Hemme,   Torsten.
Milk production is a very important element of the whole dairy chain. The BRIC countries are among the top 6 milk producing countries and produce nearly one third of the world’s total milk volume. A large number of dairy animals and a relatively low milk output per animal show a great potential of the BRIC for a further growth of production. In the same time the BRIC countries comprise 42% of world’s population. Expected population and prosperity growth will lead to a further growth in milk demand. The BRIC countries have a competitive level of milk production cost in international comparison. The success of the BRIC counties in the international milk market will depend on the contribution of all stakeholders in the dairy chain: farmers, processors,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy sector; BRIC; Brazil; Russia; India; China; IFCN; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115522

A Dynamic Approach to the FDI-Environment Nexus: The Case of China and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baek,   Jungho; Koo,   Won W.
The cointegration analysis and a vector error-correction (VEC) model are applied to examine the short- and long-run relationships among foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. The results show that FDI inflow plays a pivotal role in determining the short- and long-run movement of economic growth through capital accumulation and technical spillovers in the two countries. However, FDI inflow in both countries is found to have a detrimental effect on environmental quality in both the short- and long-run, supporting pollution haven hypothesis. Finally, it is found that, in the short-run, there exists a unidirectional causality from FDI inflow to economic growth and the environment in China and India - a change...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Cointegration analysis; Environment; FDI; India; Vector error-correction; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6508

Elephants and Polity in Ancient India as Exemplified by Kautilya's Arthrasastra (Science of Polity)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this article concentrates on the role of the elephant in Indian statescraft as outlined in Kautilya’s Arthasastra, reputed to have been written in the fourth century BC (over 2300 years ago).  The body of this essay is presented as follows: first background on the nature of Kautilya’s Arthasastra is provided and then his advice is outlined and discussed about the care of elephants.  This care involves the duty of the King, the duties of the superintendent of elephants and the law relating to the treatment of elephants.  Subsequently, Kautilya’s views about the use of elephants in war are considered.  The essay concludes with an overall assessment of the role of the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Elephants; India; Kautilya; Arthasastra; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55062

Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
After outlining some comparative features of poverty in India, this article reviews critically recent literature on the dynamics of poverty.  On economic efficiency grounds, it rejects the view that the chronically poor are more deserving than the non-chronic poor of poverty assistance.  Mechanisms of households and communities for coping with poverty are discussed.  The possibility is raised that where poverty has been persistent that rational methods for coping with it are likely to be well established, and less suffering may occur than for households and communities thrown temporarily into poverty.  However, situations can also be envisaged where such rational behaviours deepen the poverty trap and create unfavourable externalities for poverty...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Markets and poverty; Poverty alleviation policy; Markets and poverty; Poverty dynamics; Sustainable communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106949

Forecasting with X-12-ARIMA: International tourist arrivals to India and Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balogh,   Peter; Kovacs,   Sandor; Chaiboonsri,   Chukiat; Chaitip,   Prasert.
Forecasting is an essential analytical tool in tourism policy and planning. This paper focuses on forecasting methods based on X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjustment and this method was developed by the Census Bureau in the United States. It has been continually improved since the 1960s, and it is used by many statistics agencies and central banks. The secondary data were used to produce forecasts of international tourist arrivals to India for 2007-2010 and also these data were used to produce forecasts of international tourist arrivals to Thailand for 2006-2010. From these period the results confirm that the best forecasting method based on the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjustment is X-12-ARIMA(0,1,2)(0,1,1), X-12-ARIMA(0,1,1)(0,1,1) and X-12-ARIMA(2,1,0)(0,1,1) for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; Thailand; International tourism; X-12-ARIMA; The best forecasting methods; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49226

Methods for the Assessment of Livestock Development Interventions in Smallholder Livestock Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rushton,   Jonathan.
This Working Paper presents a framework for assessing the impact of livestock diseases on the household economy and at local level. The framework is designed to help decision and policy makers in their selection of pro-poor livestock interventions. It should also help to protect them from making decisions under unwanted pressure from strong, non-objective political voices.  The immediate users of the assessment methods presented in the Working Paper are expected to be consultants who have to evaluate interventions on behalf of their clients. These clients may be multi and bi lateral donors and, possibly, NGOs. Other users of the output could be governments receiving aid and communities receiving support.  The author has drawn upon past experience to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Livestock; Animal; Production; Health; Interventions; Prioritisation; Modelling; Households; Bolivia; Kenya; India; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23769

The Dissemination of Private Wells and Double Tragedies: The Overexploitation of Groundwater among Well Users and Increased Poverty among Non-Well Users in Tamil Nadu, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kajisa,   Kei; Palanisami,   Kuppannan; Sakurai,   Takeshi.
This paper investigates the impact of the dissemination of modern irrigation systems, i.e. private wells with pumps, on the livelihood not only among the farmers who have access to wells but also among the farmers who have no access to wells and thus rely solely on traditional irrigation systems called tank irrigation systems. The analysis is based on a village and household data set collected in Tamil Nadu, India where tank irrigation systems have been managed collectively for rice cultivation. Our statistical analyses predict that once declines in collective management occur due to the dissemination of private wells, the rice yield and income of the no-well-access farmers alone will decrease, resulting in increased poverty among them. Our analyses also...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Well; Common property; Poverty; India; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O3; O13; Q25.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25682

Estimating The Demand For Food And Non-Food Items Using An Almost Ideal Demand System Modelling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agbola,   Frank W.
An Almost Ideal Demand System model is used to examine consumer behaviour in India using household survey data for the period 1973-74 through to 1993-94. The empirical results indicate that, for commodity groups, demand is inelastic, except for other foods and non-foods. The expenditure elasticity estimates indicate that milk and non-foods are luxury goods, while pulses, cereals, edible oil, meats, fruits and vegetables and other foods are necessities in the Indian diet. The results indicate that, for any increase in future expenditure, the largest percentage increase will be allocated to non-foods, followed by cereal, other foods, milk, fruits and vegetables, edible oil, pulses and meats, in that order. Estimates of future food supply and demand growth in...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: AIDS and LA/AIDS models; India; Demand for food and non-foods.; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123589

Adoption and impacts of zero tillage as a resource conserving technology in the irrigated plains of South Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erenstein,   Olaf; Farooq,   Umar; Malik,   R.K.; Sharif,   Muhammad.
The recent stagnation of productivity growth in the irrigated areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia has led to a quest for resource-conserving technologies that can save water, reduce production costs and improve production. The present synthesis of two detailed country studies confirmed widespread adoption of zero tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat systems of India’s Haryana State (34.5% of surveyed households) and Pakistan’s Punjab province (19%). The combination of a significant “yield effect” and “cost-saving effect” makes adoption worthwhile and is the main driver behind the rapid spread and widespread acceptance of ZT in Haryana, India. In Punjab, Pakistan, adoption is driven by the significant ZT-induced cost savings for wheat...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Zero tillage; Rice; Wheat; Water conservation; India; Pakistan; Haryana; Punjab; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91816

Investment, Subsidies, and Pro-Poor Growth in Rural India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Gulati,   Ashok; Thorat,   Sukhadeo.
This paper reviews the trends in government subsidies and investments in and for Indian agriculture; develops a conceptual framework and model to assess the impact of various subsidies and investments on agricultural growth and poverty reduction; and, presents several reform options with regard to reprioritizing government spending and improving institutions and governance. There are three major findings. First, initial subsidies in credit, fertilizer, and irrigation have been crucial for small farmers to adopt new technologies. Small farms are often losers in the initial adoption stage of a new technology since prices of the agricultural products are typically being pushed down by greater supply of products from large farms, which adopted the new...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural poverty; Agricultural growth; Investment; Subsidies; India; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42397

Board Diligence, Director Busyness and Corporate Governance: An Empirical Analysis for India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghosh,   Saibal.
The paper examines the association between financial performance and boards of non-financial firms. Using data on over 200 listed manufacturing firms in India for 2005, the findings indicate that, after controlling for various firm-specific factors, board diligence as well as director busyness exerts a positive influence on corporate performance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Firm performance; Board diligence; Director busyness; Manufacturing; India; Financial Economics; G35; J33.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50159

Loan Allocation within Group Lending: New Evidence From  Self-Help Group Program in South India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goto,   Jun.
Poster prepared for presentation at the Agricultural &amp; Applied Economics Association 2010 AAEA,CAES, &amp; WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 25-27, 2010.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; SHG; Credit rationing; India; Agricultural Finance; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61287

Indian Wheat and Rice Sector Policies and the Implications of Reform
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landes,   Maurice R.; Jha,   Shikha; Srinivasan,   P.V.
During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish domestic consumption, India developed a large wheat deficit because of reduced price incentives, weak yield growth, and rising subsidized consumption. The pronounced market cycles and declining per capita consumption for India’s major food staples are creating pressure for Indian policymakers to adjust longstanding policies. While there has been no political consensus on more fundamental reform, recent policy changes have moved toward better targeting of food subsidies to low-income consumers, decentralization of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Wheat; Rice; Production; Consumption; Trade; Policy; Reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6386

Rural and Urban Dynamics and Poverty: Evidence from China and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Shenggen; Chan-Kang,   Connie; Mukherjee,   Anit.
The rural and urban sectors of an economy are interconnected economically, financially, and socially. Ideally, resources such as capital and labor should move freely between these two sectors. In an undistorted economy, marginal returns to production factors should be equal. As a result, labor productivity and consequently per capita income should be the same. Many have argued that there should not be any distinction between rural and urban sectors. Indeed, there has been a growing interest in the development literature on the linkages between rural and urban development (DfID 2003). However, the relationship between urban and rural sectors in many developing countries is still characterized by an economic dualism, in other words, by the coexistence of a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Urban-rural linkages; Poverty; China; India; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59598

Controlling Phalaris Minor in the Indian Rice-Wheat Belt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vincent,   David P.; Quirke,   Derek.
The ACIAR-managed project CS1/1996/013, Herbicide-resistant weeds of wheat in India and Australia: integrated management, was designed to find a long-term method of control of Phalaris minor, a problem weed of the rice–wheat cropping system of north-western India. By 1993, the weed had developed resistance to isoproturon, a herbicide which had delivered effective weed control for 15 years. The short-term solution, implemented before the ACIAR project commenced, involved identification and registration of a new set of herbicides. But these new herbicides were expensive. To ensure high adoption they needed to be combined with changes in wheat-growing techniques that would provide cost savings to help farmers pay for them. And to avoid the re-emergence of...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Herbicide-resistant weeds; Wheat; Weed; India; Australia; Integrated management; Phalaris minor; Rice-wheat cropping systems; Chemical resistance; Weed management; Zero tillage; Cost saving; Net present economy; High benefits; Profitable technology; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47696

CDM Potential of Dairy Sector in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sirohi,   Smita; Michaelowa,   Axel.
Among the co-operative mechanisms established under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism is the only one, which has the potential to assist developing countries in achieving sustainable development by promoting environmentally friendly investment from industrialized country governments and businesses. Although, apart from nuclear energy and deforestation avoidance, all other projects are eligible under CDM, so far, the CDM projects have largely been confined to industrial sector and agricultural sector, in general has been left out. To assess the issues and opportunities presented by potential international markets for greenhouse gases offsets through the CDM and facilitate implementation of CDM in India, a National Startegy Study on CDM is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: CDM; Agriculture; Dairy; India; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q54; Q18; O13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26281

Women’s Collective Action and Sustainable Water Management: Case of SEWA’s Water Campaign in Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Panda,   Smita Mishra.
This paper discusses the Self Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) Women, Water and Work Campaign which organizes women’s collective action in Gujarat, India to sustain local water management. Some of the significant factors that have sustained women’s collective action are the presence of strong grassroots institutions, the establishment of a technical cadre of women, the ability of women’s groups to transcend social barriers and continuous dialoguing with the state. Women have benefited in terms of increased income, reduced drudgery, improvements in the livelihoods of their families, reduced migration of both women and men and increased participation in SEWA’s other programs. The most important impact observed is the strengthening of women’s collective...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Collective action; India; Water management; Gender relations; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50065

Adoption and Impacts of Zero-Tillage in the Rice-Wheat Zone of Irrigated Haryana, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erenstein,   Olaf; Malik,   R.K.; Singh,   Sher.
This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat systems of India’s Haryana State primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 400 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified sample revealed 34.5% to be ZT wheat adopters and a quarter of the wheat area in the surveyed communities to be under ZT. The study suggests the potential for further diffusion but also flags the issue of disadoption (10%). ZT adopters, non-adopters, and disadopters differ significantly in terms of their resource bases, with adopters typically showing the most favorable values. ZT drastically reduces tractor operations in farmers’ ZT wheat fields from an average of 8 passes to a single pass, implying a saving of 6 tractor hours and 36...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wheat; Rice; Agricultural development; Innovation adoption; Drilling equipment; Farming systems; Zero tillage; Production costs; Credit; Income; India; Crop Production/Industries; E16; F08.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56092

Agricultural Growth and Industrial Performance in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rangarajan,   C.
In “The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development,” written nearly a quarter of a century ago, Bruce Johnston and I discussed the principal means by which agriculture could assist in transforming a traditional low-income economy in a modern high-income one. In the intervening years the literature and much of the practice of development has been dominated by either emphasis on industrialization, independent of agricultural development, or on agriculture as a provider of basic human needs, independent of commercialization and industrialization. Perhaps the time is ripe to pick up the old threads of a dynamic interaction between agriculture and industry. Those threads lead to a very specific strategy for development of agriculture itself in which...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; India; Industries; International Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42186

Can genetic engineering for the poor pay off? An ex-ante evaluation of Golden Rice in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stein,   Alexander J.; Sachdev,   H.P.S.; Qaim,   Matin.
Genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture is a controversial topic in science and society at large. While some oppose genetically modified crops as proxy of an agricultural system they consider unsustainable and inequitable, the question remains whether GE can benefit the poor within the existing system and what needs to be done to deliver these benefits? Golden Rice has been genetically engineered to produce provitamin A. The technology is still in the testing phase, but, once released, it is expected to address one consequence of poverty " vitamin A deficiency (VAD) " and its health implications. Current interventions to combat VAD rely mainly on pharmaceutical supplementation, which is costly in the long run and only partially successful.  We develop a...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Genetic engineering; Beta-carotene biofortification; Vitamin A deficiency; Golden Rice; Health benefits; DALYs; Cost-effectiveness; Cost-benefit analysis; India; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8534

Rising demand for livestock products in India: nature, patterns and implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vasant,   P. Ghandi; Zhang-Yue,   Zhou.
With a large population and recent growth in consumer income, India’s demand for food has increased. However, research continues to emphasise basic foods, and the demand for livestock products remains poorly understood. This study examines the demand for livestock products by Indian consumers using national sample survey data. The study shows that there has been a rapid rise in the demand for livestock products in India. Within the livestock products group, milk and milk products hold the dominant share. Our analysis further suggests that India’s rapid rise in the demand for livestock products may far outpace its domestic supply. Implications are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock products; Demand and supply; India; Trade implications; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114421

The Rise of Supermarkets and Their  Development Implications: International Experience Relevant for India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reardon,   Thomas; Gulati,   Ashok.
The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) was invited by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry to conduct a study titled “The Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Retail Sector.” Because organized retail in India is still in its infancy, it was deemed critical to look at the experience of other countries, especially developing ones. Thus, ICRIER sought the assistance of Dr. Thomas Reardon and Dr. Ashok Gulati, co-directors of Markets in Asia, a joint program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Michigan State University. ICRIER asked Reardon and Gulati to help research and report on the international experiences in the growth and expansion of modern retailing in developed and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Wholesalers; Modern retail; Small farmers; Traditional retail; Supply chain; India; Latin America; Competitiveness; Inclusiveness; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42479

Policy Reform and Farm Sector Adjustment in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landes,   Rip; Gulati,   Ashok.
Policy reforms outside agriculture in the early 1990s accelerated growth in per capita incomes and food demand and also improved the terms of trade for the agriculture. Agricultural policies and institutions, traditionally focused on achieving food grain self sufficiency within a closed economy, have, however, been slow to adapt to a new environment of diversifying demand, more open markets, and a greater role for the private sector. Support price policy has remained delinked from domestic and international market realities, creating significant budgetary costs and market distortion. Inability to reform price policy and contain input subsidies has led to a decline in public investment in agriculture at a time when investment in new infrastructure and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Agriculture; Policy; Reform; Adjustment; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15735

Institutional Impediments, Entitlement Exchange and Women's Empowerment in Rural India: The Case of Access to Education
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roy,   Kartik C.; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender empowerment; Education; India; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94399

How to Make Agricultural Extension Demand-Driven?: The Case of India’s Agricultural Extension Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birner,   Regina; Anderson,   Jock R.
Many countries have recognized the need to revive agricultural advisory or extension services (the terms are used interchangeably here) as a means of using agriculture as an engine of pro-poor growth; reaching marginalized, poor, and female farmers; and addressing new challenges, such as environmental degradation and climate change. In spite of ample experience with extension reform worldwide, identifying the reform options most likely to make extension more demand-driven remains a major challenge. The concept of demand-driven services implies making extension more responsive to the needs of all farmers, including women and those who are poor and marginalized. It also implies making extension more accountable to farmers and, as a consequence, more...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Demand-driven agricultural advisory services; Extension reform; India; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42370

Similarity and Income Content at the International Trade: The Case of BRICs during the Period 2000/09
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Orlando Monteiro da; Drumond,   Rafael Rodrigues; Almeida,   Fernanda Maria de.
This study aimed to calculate the patterns of similarity and income content of Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports by means of indexes, and compare those patterns with those of OECD countries, covering a period between 2000 and 2009. The results indicate that Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports became more similar between 2000 and 2006, but that similarity has declined ever since. Exports from China and India, in turn, are increasingly similar to each other and less different from the exports of OECD countries. Export sophistication has increased over the years, with higher growth rates in China and India. India and Russia's sophistication indexes surpassed that of Brazil in 2007, which signal that those countries currently export...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Exports; Brazil; Russia; China; India; Similarity; Income content; Agribusiness; F14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115527

An empirical examination of import demand for pulses in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agbola,   Frank W.; Damoense,   Maylene Y.
India is the largest producer and importer of pulses in the world. Since 1970, the Indian food economy has undergone major policy reforms, including trade liberalisation, that had the effect of opening up its domestic pulse market to international trade. This market is very lucrative and of major significance to the world pulse economy. Therefore, given the increasing evidence linking import demand and economic variables, an understanding of the impact of these variables on import demand for pulses in India is warranted. The import demand functions for total pulses, chickpea and lentils were estimated by autocorrelation regression procedure using time-series data for the period 1970 through to 2000. Empirical results indicate that real GDP, population,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Pulses; Import demand; Unit root.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57823

INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR PRO-POOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorward,   Andrew; Fan,   Shenggen; Kydd,   Jonathan; Lofgren,   Hans; Morrison,   Jamie; Poulton,   Colin; Rao,   Neetha; Smith,   Laurence; Tchale,   Hardwick; Thorat,   Sukhadeo; Urey,   Ian; Wobst,   Peter.
This paper draws together findings from different elements of a research project examining critical components of pro-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural growth, a critical driver in poverty reducing growth in many poor agrarian economies in the past, faces many difficulties in today’s poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of these difficulties are endogenous to these areas while others result from broader processes of global change. Active state interventions in ‘kick starting’ markets in 20th century green revolutions suggest that another major difficulty may be current policies which emphasize the benefits of liberalization...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural growth; Rural poverty; Sub-Saharan Africa; Green Revolution; India; International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60170

Poverty in India and Indian States: An Update
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Datt,   Gaurav.
A complete and updated series on poverty measures for India is presented spanning the period 1951–1994. The series are presented at the all-India level as well as for 15 major states, and for rural and urban sectors separately. Key features of the evolution of poverty in India are described.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Poverty; India; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97044

Increased efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffalo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: George,   P.S.
The Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has sponsored several research projects with the aim of increasing the efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffaloes in some Australian and Indian situations. These projects involved research on upgrading technology and field testing specific feed formulations to determine their impact on improving livestock production in India. This report contains an economic assessment of three interrelated projects supported by ACIAR over a period of nine years, starting 1983–84. Apart from validating the feasibility of improving the efficiency of strawbased diets through strategic supplements, the projects under review had played a significant role in the commercial introduction of urea...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Buffalo; Straw; Feed; Australia; India; Efficiency; Livestock production; Economic assessment; Urea molasses blocks; Bypass protein feed; Dairy; Milk; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47191

Dairy Markets in Asia: An Overview of Recent Findings and Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beghin,   John C.
This paper is an overview of important findings regarding the ongoing evolution of Asian dairy markets based on a series of new economic investigations. These investigations provide systematic empirical foundations for assessing Asian dairy markets with their new consumption patterns, changing industries, and trade prospects under different domestic and trade policy regimes. The findings are drawn from four case studies (China, India, Japan, and Korea), as well as a prospective analysis of future regional patterns of consumption and a policy analysis of trade liberalization of Asian dairy markets. The overview distills the findings of these new investigations and integrates them in the earlier economic literature; it draws policy implications and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Asia; China; Dairy; India; Japan; Korea; Liberalization; Trade integration; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18303

Technical Efficiency of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice -Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dung,   Khong Tien; Sumalde,   Zenaida M.; Pede,   Valerien O.; McKinley,   Justin D.; Garcia,   Yolanda T.; Bello,   Amelia L.
This study has evaluated the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in rice-wheat cropping systems in North-eastern India, who are using Resource-Conserving Technologies (RCTs) such as Zero Tillage (ZT) and Direct Seeded Rice (DSR). These technology promotions are being carried out under the intervention of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project, primarily funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The resource-conserving technologies are being promoted as part of conservation agriculture supported by the project. The data used in this study have been derived from the socioeconomic surveys conducted in Eastern Uttar-Pradesh and Bihar in North-eastern India during the kharif season of 2009 and rabi season of 2010. A stochastic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation agriculture; Direct seeded rice; India; Resource-conserving technology; Technical efficiency; Stochastic frontier; Zero tillage; Agricultural and Food Policy; O30; Q18; O22.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118227

Socioeconomic Determinants of the Intra-family Status of Wives in Rural India: Analysis and Empirical Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Regmi,   Gopal.
Relying on a structured survey of 117 wives in four rural villages in the Midnapore District of West Bengal, this article investigates the influence on the intra-family status of wives of variables which may increase the bargaining power of wives in their family. Several indicators of status are considered and investigated using the ANOVA technique and probit analysis. The main hypothesis considered is whether the results support bargaining theories of the intrahousehold status of wives or the view that gender status is primarily determined in Indian society by social customs and the patriarchal structure of society. Given the overall  patriarchal structure of Indian society, the results indicate that bargaining theories are at best only marginally...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bargaining theories of family; Economic theories of family; Gender Development Index (GDI); India; Patriarchy; Status of wives; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90509

Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foster,   Andrew D.; Rosenzweig,   Mark R.
We show empirically using panel data at the plot and farm level and based on a model incorporating supervision costs, risk, credit-market imperfections and scale-economies associated with mechanization that small-scale farming is inefficient in India. Larger farms are more profitable per acre, more mechanized, less constrained in input use after bad shocks, and employ less per-acre labor than small farms. Based on our structural estimates of the effects of farm size on labor use and the distribution of Indian landholdings, we estimate that over 20% of the Indian agricultural labor force is surplus if minimum farm scale is 20 acres.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; India; Scale; Profits; Labor; Tractors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; O13; O16; O53.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95273

Trees and water: smallholder agroforestry on irrigated lands in Northern India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zomer,   Robert J.; Bossio,   Deborah A.; Trabucco,   Antonio; Yuanjie,   Li; Gupta,   Diwan C.; Singh,   Virendra P.
Trees are increasingly grown on-farm to supply wood and biomass needs within developing countries. Over the last several decades, within the irrigated rice-wheat growing lands of northern India, fast-growing poplar trees have been planted on tens of thousands of small farms. Recent debate regarding afforestation has raised the issue that water use is often increased when trees are planted. This ongoing debate focuses primarily on afforestation or reforestation of upland and rain-fed agricultural areas, and off-site impacts such as reduced streamflow. Adoption of poplar agroforestry in northern India, in contrast, is occurring in areas where land and water are already intensively used and managed for agricultural production. This study based on farmer...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Trees; Populus deltoids; Agroforestry; Afforestation; Reforestation; Models; Water use; Water balance; Evapotranspiration; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Irrigation requirements; India; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53067

Growth and Equity Effects of Agricultural Marketing Efficiency Gains in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landes,   Maurice R.; Burfisher,   Mary E.
Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India, and food accounts for about half of consumer expenditures. Moving agricultural products from the farm to consumers more efficiently could result in large gains to producers, consumers, and India’s overall economy. This analysis uses a computable general equilibrium model with agricultural commodity detail and households disaggregated by rural, urban, and income class to study the potential impacts of reforms that achieve efficiency gains in agricultural marketing and reduce agricultural input subsidies and import tariffs. More efficient agricultural marketing generates economywide gains in output and wages, raises agricultural producer prices, reduces consumer food prices, and increases private...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Agriculture; Policy reform; Marketing efficiency; Tariffs; Subsidies; Households; Computable general equilibrium model.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55959

Hydrological and environmental issues of interbasin water transfers in India: a case of the Krishna River Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smakhtin,   Vladimir U.; Gamage,   Nilantha; Bharati,   Luna.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: River basins; Water transfer; Environmental effects; Dams; Reservoirs; Water resources development; Irrigation requirements; Case studies; India; Krishna River; Godavari River; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53065

Gender Issues in Rural Eastern India Revealed by Field Interviews: Tribal and Non-Tribal Responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies to questions asked at a forest meeting in West Bengal of groups/persons interested in rural women and development. The questions were designed to provide information on gender-bias and possible reasons for it, especially any economic reasons. These interviews supplemented detailed questionnaires directed to wives in these villages. Interviews were conducted with Kondhs in a village (Badala) west of Dashapalla in Orissa, with Santals in an all Santal village, (Bandhgora) in the Midnapore region of West Bengal and with Santals and scheduled caste Hindus in a mixed village, (Sadanandapur) in the same region. The results highlight significant...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic discrimination; Education; Female status; Gender; Health; Hinduism; India; Kondhs; Santals; Social discrimination; Theories of the family.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D1; J12; J15; J16; Z13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123549

Is Greater Decisionmaking Power of Women Associated With Reduced Gender Discrimination in South Asia?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Lisa C.; Byron,   Elizabeth.
Recent research has shown that improving women’s decisionmaking power relative to men’s within households leads to improvements in a variety of well-being outcomes for children. In South Asia, where the influence of women’s power is particularly strong, these outcomes include children’s nutritional status and the quality of feeding and health care practices. Focusing on nutritional status, this paper presents the results of a study investigating whether increases in women’s power have a stronger positive influence on the nutritional status of their daughters than their sons. If so, then increasing women’s power not only improves the well-being of children as a group, but also serves as a force to reduce long-standing discrimination that undermines female...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender discrimination; Nutritional status; Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59285

Sustainable Development and Intergenerational Equity: Issues Relevant to India and Globally
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
As outlined, recurring concerns have surfaced since the 1700s that economic growth may prove to be unsustainable. These concerns have been expressed again and have intensified in recent decades but their foundation differs from that of Malthus. The rapid economic growth of China and India have added to these worries. Recent discussions by economists of the desirability of achieving sustainable economic development have mainly focused on measures to attain intergenerational equity in resource use and the dominant view is that each succeeding generation should be at least as well-off as its predecessor. While this is said to be an implication of Rawls’ principle of justice, this dominant rule does not fully reflect Rawls’ principle and it also can violate...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: China; Economic growth; India; Intergenerational equity; Rawls’ principle of justice; Sustainable economic development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; O13; O44; Q01.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97470

Evolution of Crop-dairy Production Systems in South India from 1971 to 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yaguchi,   Yue; Kajisa,   Kei.
It is widely believed that not only a Green Revolution in a crop sector but also a White Revolution in a dairy sector has generated the great momentum of agricultural development in India since the late 1960s. However, due to the dominance of sector-specific analyses, the importance of the interaction between these two sectors has been neglected in the existing literature. The interaction is important in that the dairy sector provides manure to crop production while the crop sector supplies fodder to the dairy. Using household data collected in Tamil Nadu, India for three decades from 1971, we show the increase of fodder production as a byproduct of Green Revolution in 1970s enabled subsequent White Revolution in 1980s and the byproduct of the White...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Green revolution; White revolution; Agricultural system; India; Production Economics; M3; O13; Q12; Q13; Q56.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25562

Impact of groundwater markets in peninsular India on water use efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manjunatha,   A.V.; Speelman,   Stijn; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Chandrakanth,   Mysore G.
In the hard rock areas of India, overdraft of groundwater has led to negative externalities, increases costs of groundwater irrigation and causes welfare losses. Groundwater markets are slowly emerging as niche markets to improve water distribution and to mitigate water scarcity by stimulating more efficient use. A sample containing water sellers, water buyers and control farmers was collected to test the hypothesis of more efficient water use. The effect of groundwater market introduction on the efficiency of water use is studied using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The calculated subvector efficiencies for water use show that water buyers use water most efficient. But also water sellers are more efficient in their water use than the control group....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water use efficiency; Groundwater markets; Data Envelopment Analysis; India; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50624

Managing Quantity, Quality and Timing in Cane Sugar Production: Ex Post Marketing Permits or Ex Ante Production Contracts?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patlolla,   Sandhyarani.
Sugarcane produced in India is utilized to manufacture three sweetening agents: sugar, gur, and khandsari. Sugar processors must comply with a floor price for cane, but gur and khandsari producers are exempt from the floor price. Thus, any effect of the sugar processor’s choice of procurement method on the incentives facing farmers will depend on the expected cane price in these competing unregulated markets. In Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, private sugar processors use an unusual form of vertical coordination. Rather than conventional pre-planting contracts, they issue ‘permits’ to selected cane growers a few weeks before harvest. I explore the potential motivations behind this choice of sugar processors and hypothesize that the probabilistic permit system...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contracts; Sugarcane; India; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61238

Land and water productivity of wheat in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of India and Pakistan:  a comparative analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hussain,   Intizar; Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Mudasser,   Muhammad; Molden,   David J.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wheat; Crop yield; Productivity; Climate; Irrigation canals; Watercourses; Water distribution; Water allocation; Policy; India; Pakistan; Gangetic Plains; Kaithal Irrigation Circle; Bhakra Canal; Chaj Sub-Basin; Lower Jehlum Canal; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52972

Weather Risk and the Off-­Farm  Labor Supply of Agricultural Households in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ito,   Takahiro; Kurosaki,   Takashi.
As one of the measures to smooth income, this paper focuses on the diversification of labor allocation across activities. A key feature of this paper is that it pays particular attention to differences in the covariance between weather risk and agricultural wages and between weather risk and nonagricultural wages. We estimate a multivariate tobit model of labor allocation using household data from rural areas of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. The regression results show that the share of the off­farm labor supply increases with the weather risk, and the increase is much larger in the case of nonagricultural wage work than in the case of agricultural wage work. Simulation results based on the regression estimates show that the sectoral difference is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Covariate risk; Nonfarm employment; Selfemployment; Food security; India; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; O15; J22.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25774

An Overview of the Cotton and Textile Industries in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chakraborty,   Kalyan; Hudson,   Darren; Ethridge,   Don E.; Misra,   Sukant K.; Kar,   Gyana.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: India; Cotton; Textile; Industries; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53178

Adoption of Genetically Modified Eggplant in India: An  Ex Ante Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolady,   Deepthi; Lesser,   William H.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically Modified Crops; Bt Eggplant; Adoption; India; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O13; O14; O33.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19262

Property Rights and the Management of Animal Genetic Resources
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Simon; Centonze,   Roberta.
Genetic erosion in animal genetic resources (AnGR) is of concern where livelihoods of the poor are affected and option values for society are being lost. The poor often live in marginal areas and their livestock maintain adaptive characteristics. However, processes leading to genetic erosion do not precipitate adaptation through natural selection. This paper explores how local property rights systems in poor communities for AnGR are organized. The dynamism and dialectical aspects of these systems are considered and the impact of their breakdown assessed in terms of AnGR diversity. The conservation of AnGR option values through livestock husbandry by the poor is a hitherto unrecognized and unrewarded service to society.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Animal genetic resource; Property rights; Poverty; Pastoralists; Option value; India; South Asia; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42497

Impact On Small Farmers and Fishermen Through Use Of Mobiles in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mittal,   Surabhi; Gandhi,   Sanjay; Tripathi,   Gaurav.
Telecommunication and more specially mobile phones have the potential to provide solution to the existing information asymmetry in various lagging sectors like Agriculture. India’s agricultural sector suffers from low growth rates and low productivity. Issues in access to information is a week point at every stage of the agrisupply chain. For small farmers base economy like India, access to information can possible enable better incomes and productivity to the farmers. This paper through focus group discussions and in-depth interview with farmers in villages of India, has tried to find answers to the use and impact of mobile and mobile enabled services on agricultural productivity. The answers to these questions are of relevance to develop better policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mobile and Agriculture; India; Productivity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Production Economics; Q13; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52809

Indian Urban Building Sector: CDM Potential through Energy Efficiency in Electricity Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Inderjeet; Michaelowa,   Axel.
Indian economic growth is likely to lead to a huge increase of energy use in buildings but so far, policies to address this issue are lacking. Standard building energy use concerning glazing, air conditioning and lighting in different climatic zones across India leads to energy use per m2 which is 3-4 times of the German average. We assess the potential to improve building energy efficiency and how measures in the building sector could be framed as projects under the Clean Development Mechanism. CDM case studies for large buildings in the Indian public and private sector are presented. They achieve annual greenhouse gas reductions of 500 to 10,000 ton, which may not be sufficient to overcome the CDM transaction cost barrier. Despite short payback periods,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: CDM; Energy efficiency; India; Buildings; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q540; Q560; Q410.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26323

Does Information Network Affect Technology Diffusion?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goswami,   Rupak; Basu,   Debabrata.
Volume 6, Number 6
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technology transfer; Agricultural information network; Social network analysis; Adoption decision; India; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97607

Spatial variation in water supply and demand across river basins of India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Sharma,   Bharat R.; Aloysius,   Noel; Scott,   Christopher A.; Smakhtin,   Vladimir U.; de Fraiture,   Charlotte.
India is a large country with regional differences in per-capita water supply and demand. Attempts to describe the water situation in India at a national level are often misleading due to the tremendous diversity in the water situation across the country. This Report analyzes the spatial variation of water supply and demand across river basins in India. The study identifies basins that are water-scarce because of inadequate water availability to meet the effective demand. It also identifies issues that are important for estimating the future water demand and for the formation of policy for future water-resources development and management.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water supply; Water demand; River basins; Catchment areas; Water availability; Water scarcity; Estimation; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Population growth; Urbanization; Groundwater extraction; Crop production; Policy; Water transfer; India; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52966

The WTO, Labour and Environmental Standards: Globalisation with Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Labour standards; Social standards; International trade discrimination; Environmental standards; Globalisation; Developing countries; Global governance; India; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90518

Estimating environmental efficiency and Kuznets curve for India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jena,   Pradyot Ranjan.
As a result of India's extremely rapid economic growth, the scale and seriousness of environmental problems are no longer in doubt. Whether pollution abatement technologies are utilized more efficiently is crucial in the analysis of environmental management because it influences the cost of alternative production and pollution abatement technologies. In this study, I use state–level industry data of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and suspended particular matter over the period 1991–2003. Employing recently developed productivity measurement technique, it is shown that overall environmental productivities decrease over time in India. Furthermore, I analyze the determinants of environmental productivities and find environmental Kuznets curve type...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Environmental productivity; Productivity measures; Kuznets Curve; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51302

Farm Productivity and Rural Poverty in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Datt,   Gaurav; Ravallion,   Martin.
To what extent do India’s rural poor share in agricultural growth? Combining data from 24 household sample surveys spanning 35 years with other sources, we estimate a model of the joint determination of consumption-poverty measures, agricultural wages, and food prices. We find that higher farm productivity brought both absolute and relative gains to poor rural households. A large share of the gains were via wages and prices, though these effects took time. The benefits to the poor were not confined to those near the poverty line.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Farm income; India; Rural poor; Prices; Poverty; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97041

Sustaining Rapid Growth In India's Fertilizer Consumption: A Perspective Based on Composition of Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Desai,   Gunvant M.
The International Food Policy Research Institute, as part of the Conservative Group on International Agricultural Research, is profoundly concern about the new agricultural technology and the policies needed to encourage its adoption and increase its effectiveness in meeting major societal objectives. The spread of high-yielding varieties depends greatly on increased in fertilizer availability to farmers. Likewise, continued rapid growth in fertilizer uses depends on new crops varieties that can provide greater yields in response to larger doses of fertilizer. It is clear that during the next few decades the food supplies necessary to meet even minimum expected rates of population growth and growth in per capita income cannot be realized without the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer; India; Fertilizer industry; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42215

ON TESTS FOR LONG-TERM DEPENDENCE: INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaitip,   Prasert; Balogh,   Peter; Kovacs,   Sandor; Chaiboonsri,   Chukiat.
There have been growing interest in studying behavior of long memory process in tourism market. In this research examine the behavior of India’s international tourism market based on long-memory analysis. The international tourism market of India combined with nine countries: USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Malaysia, Australia and Sri Lanka. Moreover, three statistical tests for long memory process such as R/S test, Modified R/S test and GPH-test are employed to test in these market. The empirical findings in general provide more support for no long memory process or no long-term dependence in international tourism market of India.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; Long-memory process; Long-term dependence; International Tourism Market; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104649

A Tale of Two Countries: Emissions Scenarios for China and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massetti,   Emanuele.
The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in international negotiations to control global warming. We base our conclusions on historical data and on scenarios until 2050. The Business-as-Usual scenario (BaU) is compared to four Emissions Tax scenarios to draw insights on major transformations in energy use and in energy supply and to assess the possible contribution of China and India to a future international climate architecture. We study whether or not the Copenhagen intensity targets require more action than the BaU scenario and we assess whether the emissions reductions induced by the four tax scenarios are compatible with the G8 and MEF pledge to reduce global emissions by 50% in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Climate Change; China; India; Energy Efficiency; Energy and Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q32; Q43; Q54; Q43; O53; P52.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101378

Comparative Economic and Gender, Labor Analysis of Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tribal Villages in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lai,   Cynthia; Chan,   Catherine; Halbrendt,   Jacqueline; Shariq,   Linsey; Roul,   Pravat; Idol,   Travis; Ray,   Chittanrajan; Evensen,   Carl.
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: India; Conservation agriculture; Gender; Labor; Maize; Cowpea; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Q.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120859

Asset-Poor Women in India and the Relevance of Amartya Sen's Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Amartya Sen; Gender inequality; India; Poverty; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91377

Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
After outlining some comparative features of poverty in India, this article reviews critically recent literature on the dynamics of poverty.  On economic efficiency grounds, it rejects the view that the chronically poor are more deserving than the non-chronic poor of poverty assistance.  Mechanisms of households and communities for coping with poverty are discussed.  The possibility is raised that where poverty has been persistent that rational methods for coping with it are likely to be well established, and less suffering may occur than for households and communities thrown temporarily into poverty.  However, situations can also be envisaged where such rational behaviours deepen the poverty trap and create unfavourable externalities for poverty...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Markets and poverty; Poverty alleviation policy; Markets and poverty; Poverty dynamics; Sustainable communities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106951

Collective Action in Plant Genetic Resources Management: Gendered Rules of Reputation, Trust  and Reciprocity in Kerala, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Padmanabhan,   Martina Aruna.
Collective action aims at the joint management of common pool resources. Agrobiodiversity at the community level is conceptualized as a collective resource requiring the management of varieties, species and their interrelations within a farming-system. In the rice dominated agriculture in the uplands of Kerala, India, few community groups continue maintaining and thus conserving their high diversity in landraces. Faced with the challenges of devastating prices for rice, their traditional system of collective action to exchange seed material and knowledge is endangered. A new institutional mechanism to manage biodiversity is the People’s Biodiversity Register, a mandatory documentation procedure to enable cost and benefit sharing under the Convention on...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; India; Agrobiodiversity; Institutions; Trust; Reciprocity; Reputation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42508

Socioeconomic Determinants of the Intra-family Status of Wives in Rural India: Analysis and Empirical Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Regmi,   Gopal.
Relying on a structured survey of 117 wives in four rural villages in the Midnapore District of West Bengal, this article investigates the influence on the intra-family status of wives of variables which may increase the bargaining power of wives in their family. Several indicators of status are considered and investigated using the ANOVA techniques and probit analysis. the main hypothesis considered is whether the results support bargaining theories of the intrahousehold status of wives or the view that gender status is primarily determined in Indian society by social customs and the patriarchal structure of society. given the overal patriarcgak structure of Indian Society, the results indicate that bargaining theories are at best only marginally...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bargaining theories of family; Economic theories of family; Gender Development Index (GDI); India; Patriarchy; Status of wives.; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100206

The broken broker system? Transacting on horticulture wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minten,   Bart; Vandeplas,   Anneleen; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
Relying on data from a unique survey, we study the wholesale market activities of agricultural brokers in India. Three main findings emerge. First, most transactions on these wholesale markets are small cash-and-carry transactions with physical handling, quality and quantity assessment, and financial settlements all combined in a single transaction. Second, marketing regulations are ineffective as most brokers charge rates that significantly exceed the prescribed ones. Third, a majority of farmers self-select in long-term relationships with brokers, most often based on their perceived market performance. These relationships allow some of the farmers to interlink credit and insurance markets to the agricultural output market. We find that this inter-linkage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Agricultural marketing; Brokers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Q12; Q13; L15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51730

INDIA'S PLANT VARIETY AND FARMERS' RIGHT LEGISLATION: POTENTIAL IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDER ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramanna,   Anitha.
The demand for extending intellectual property protection to agriculture in developing countries has met with counterclaims for granting farmers' rights. Developing countries are currently attempting to fulfill these demands by evolving new IPR regimes that simultaneously protect the rights of breeders and farmers. What are the possible implications of establishing such a system of multiple rights on the utilization and exchange of genetic resources among various actors? Could the attempt to distribute ownership rights to various stakeholders pose the threat of an "anticommons", where resources are underutilized due to multiple ownership? The answers to these questions have important implications for the future of agricultural growth in developing...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Farmers' Rights; Intellectual Property Rights; Plant Breeders' Rights; India; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16105

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51045

IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ON POVERTY: FINDINGS OF AN INTEGRATED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meinzen-Dick,   Ruth Suseela; Adato,   Michelle; Haddad,   Lawrence James; Hazell,   Peter B.R.
The extent to which agricultural research has reduced poverty has become an increasing concern of policymakers, donors, and researchers. Until recently, poverty reduction was a secondary goal of agricultural research. The primary focus was on increasing food supplies and reducing food prices, a strategy that was successful in increasing the yields of important food staples. When increased productivity is combined with increased agricultural employment, lower food prices, and increased off-farm employment, agricultural research can be credited with significant reductions in rural poverty. However, these benefits do not necessarily materialize, and thus it is essential to understand how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Agricultural research; Sustainable livelihoods; Vulnerability; Agricultural extension; Bangladesh; China; India; Mexico; Kenya; Zimbabwe; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16088

Effects of Bt Cotton in India During the First Five Years of Adoption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sadashivappa,   Prakash; Qaim,   Matin.
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based on one or two years of data only. We analyze the technology’s performance over the first five years of adoption, using panel data with three rounds of observations. On average, Bt adopting farmers realize pesticide reductions of about 40%, and yield advantages of 30-40%. Profit gains are in a magnitude of US $60 per acre. These benefits have been sustainable over time. Farmers’ satisfaction is reflected in a high willingness to pay for Bt seeds. Nonetheless, in 2006 Indian state governments decided to establish price caps at levels much lower than what companies had charged before. This intervention has further increased farmers’ profits, but the impact...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Bt cotton; Genetically modified crops; Farm survey; India; Seed markets; Technology adoption; Willingness to pay (WTP); Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O32; O33; Q16; Q55; Q58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49947

Gender Inequality, Development and UNDP's Social Valuation Indices: HDI, GDI and GEM with Particular Reference to India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Gender Inequality; Rural and urban poverty.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91376

Economic Benefits and Drawbacks of Cities and their Growth Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Recent trends in the growth of cities particularly in developing countries (and especially in India and China) are identified. Beneficial and negative sharing mechanisms influencing the growth of cities are examined. Economic benefits of agglomeration arise not so much from the type of economic goods available in a city location (such as common property or local public goods) but from the enhanced operation of processes of economic exchange. Two theoretical implications of the growth of cities are considered, namely: (1) city growth results in growing inequality of income and wealth within the city and (2) a city will expand beyond its optimal size. Nevertheless, the growth of cities is linked with increased levels of per capita income nationally....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration economies; China; City-sizes; Common property; Economic growth; Globalization; Income distribution; India; Open-access resources; Quasi-public goods; Spillovers; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90626

Property Rights in Women's Empowerment in Rural India: A Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roy,   Kartik C.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
This paper examines the importance of property rights in women’s empowerment in rural India.  Arguments justifying the need for granting property rights to women are presented and the distinction is made between legal (formal) and customary (informal) rights.  The ineffectiveness of legal right in absence of customary rights has been discussed.  Customary rights also become ineffective due to other institutional impediments.  These impediments have been discussed.  The results of extensive field work in rural West Bengal and Orissa have been presented to illustrate the pattern of development process that poor rural women want and in which the property right is only one component, not the only component.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender Inequality; Women's Empowerment; India; Property Rights; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100038

Efficiency and Productivity Changes in the Indian Food Processing Industry: Determinants and Policy Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ali,   Jabir; Singh,   Surendra P.; Ekanem,   Enefiok P.
This paper analyses efficiency and productivity changes in 12 broad segments of food manufacturing industries during pre and post liberalisation periods, covering a period of two decades, from 1980-1981 to 2001-2002. The nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach is used to compute the Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change, which has been further decomposed into efficiency and technical change. This paper also evaluates the performance of major inputs used in the food processing industry and identifies the causes of inefficiency across various segments. Based on the findings, the paper gives suggestions that can be used by policy makers and food processors in making decisions regarding various technical and managerial aspects to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technical Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity (TFP); Food Processing; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); India; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53745

Pigeonpea improvement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   James G.
This study was commissioned by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) to evaluate the economic impact of two projects (8201 and 8567) for which ACIAR provided support from 1982–89. These projects were aimed at the improvement of the grain yield potential of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) using modern plant breeding, along with associated physiological, agronomic, processing and socioeconomic research. The commissioned organisation in Australia was the University of Queensland. The partners were: Fiji (Ministry of Primary Industries, Native Land Development Corporation); Indonesia (Central Research Institute for Food Crops, Agency for Agricultural Research and Development); India (Indian Council for Agricultural Research,...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Pigeonpea; ACIAR; Economic impact; Yield; Plant breeding; Fiji; Indonesia; India; Thailand; Australia; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47498

In What Format and under What Timeframe Would China Take on Climate Commitments? A Roadmap to 2050
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   ZhongXiang.
In what format and under what timeframe China would take on climate commitments is of significant relevance to China because it is facing great pressure both inside and outside international climate negotiations to exhibit greater ambition and is being confronted with the threats of trade measures. It is of significant global relevance as well because when China’s emissions peak is crucial to determine when global emissions would peak and because what China is going to do in what format has significant implications for the level and ambition of commitments from other countries. In response to these concerns and to put China in a positive position, this paper maps out the roadmap for China’s specific climate commitments towards 2050. Taking many factors...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Carbon Intensity Target; Binding Emissions Caps; Post-Copenhagen Climate Negotiations; Energy Saving; Renewable Energy; Clean Development Mechanism; China; USA; India; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q42; Q48; Q52; Q54; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94843

A framework for efficient wastewater treatment and recycling systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mekala,   Gayathri Devi; Davidson,   Brian; Samad,   Madar; Boland,   Anne-Maree.
Use of un-treated/partially treated wastewater for irrigation in the dry countries of Asia and Africa and recycling of treated wastewater in the water scarce developed countries has become a common practice due to various reasons. While the lack of wastewater treatment to appropriate levels before use is a major problem in developing countries, the high cost of wastewater recycling is the major problem in developed countries. The current paper is part of a doctoral research and presents the conceptual framework for the research and the methodology that can be used to tackle the problems associated with wastewater recycling.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water reuse; Wastewater; Recycling; Pricing; Water allocation; Cost benefit analysis; Wastewater irrigation; Developing countries; Developed countries; Case studies; India; Australia; Hyderabad; Melbourne; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46387

The implications of policy settings on land use and agricultural technology adoption in North-West India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Millham,   Nick; Crean,   Jason; Singh,   Rajinder Pal.
The irrigated rice-wheat cropping system is the predominant and most profitable farming system in north-west India, especially in Punjab. However, there are growing concerns about the environmental effects of the system, particularly with the practice of burning rice stubbles, due to its adverse effects on human health and air pollution. In this paper we consider the wide array of policy settings that tend to favour current land uses and management practices and their impact on the farming system over time. As part of an ACIAR-funded project, we assess the significance of these policies with a view to considering what additional or alternative policies could be put in place to encourage the adoption of approaches or technologies directly concerned with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Air pollution; Stubble burning; Technology adoption; India; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100686

The Economics of GM Food Labels: An Evaluation of Mandatory Labeling Proposals in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bansal,   Sangeeta; Ramaswami,   Bharat.
Labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods is a contentious issue and internationally, there is sharp division whether such labeling ought to be mandatory. This debate has reached India where the government has proposed mandatory labeling. In this context, this paper evaluates the optimal regulatory approach to GM food labels. Mandatory labeling aims to provide greater information and correspondingly more informed consumer choice. However, even without such laws, markets have incentives to supply labeling. So can mandatory labeling achieve outcomes different from voluntary labeling? The paper shows that this is not the case in most situations. The paper goes on to explore the special set of circumstances, where mandatory labeling makes a difference to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified (GM) foods; Biosafety; Food labeling; India; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42409

Globalisation of Indian Diets and the Transformation of Food Supply Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pingali,   Prabhu L.; Khwaja,   Yasmeen.
This paper examines the change in the nature of food demand in India in the last twenty years. It identifies two distinct stages of diet transition associated with the period of economic growth. During the first stage, income-induced diet diversification, consumers move away from inferior goods to superior foods and substitute some traditional staples, especially rice. In the second stage, diet globalisation, the influences of globalisation are much more marked with increased consumption of proteins, sugars and fats. Diet diversification has marked the process of transformation in food production systems. The implications for small and marginal farmers could be serious, unless there are incentives and policies that allow them to move away from subsistence...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Globalization; Diet Transformation; Food Supply; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; F02; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23796

Delivering Seeds of 'Orphan' Crops: The Case Studies of Potato and Groundnut in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pal,   Suresh; Singh,   Harbir; Mathur,   Prasoon.
This paper examines the performance of the Indian seed system in the context of high volume, low value seed, using the case studies of potato and groundnut. In theory, public sector should be able to address seed needs of farmers growing these crops. However, the ability of the public sector is constrained by a number of institutional and technical factors, and farmers largely depend upon traditional sources of seed. The traditional sources meet more than two-thirds of the total seed demand , and the rest is met by the formal seed system, mainly public seed agencies. Most of the farmers buy fresh seed for quality reasons, and only 12-15 percent farmers purchase seed to change variety. In potato, technological innovation provided options to enhance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Seed system; Seed sources; Seed saving; Seed quality; Supply chain; India; Crop Production/Industries; O3; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25444

Economic Social and Cultural Influences on the Status and Wellbeing of Indian Rural Wives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Regmi,   Gopal.
Examines the status and well being of wives in rural India using results from interviews.  Surveys were conducted in three villages in the southwest of West Bengal and in three villages in the west of Orissa.  The survey in West Bengal contained a large proportion of Santal tribals and the Oriyan survey was dominated by Kondh tribals.  The relationships between variables representing economic, social and cultural factors are compared with ‘dependent’ variables representing the status of wives within their family and their wellbeing.  Wellbeing is indicated by whether the basic needs of wives for food and medical care are met.  Status of wives is indicated by their ‘control’ over family resources, whether or not they are restricted in joining social groups...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Santal; Kondh; Wives; India; Gender inequality; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106952

Livestock Production and the Rural Poor in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa States, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turner,   Robin L.
This paper analyzes the political economy of the livestock sector in two Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. The aim is to identify politically feasible interventions that could have broad positive effects on poor rural livestock producers in these states. To that end, the paper assesses the relationship between land, livestock, and poverty, describes the organization of the sector, and analyzes the political and bureaucratic interests shaping livestock policy.  The study used the key informant method supplemented with official documents, newspaper sources and recently published research on the livestock sector. Interviews helped reveal policymakers’' concerns, whereas field trips allowed the researcher to talk to a farmers and learn their...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: India; Orissa; Andhra Pradesh; Policymaking; Livestock; Rural development; Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23781

Trade, Tastes and Nutrition in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atkin,   David.
This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve over time to favor foods consumed as a child. The opening of trade causes preferred goods to rise in price, as these were relatively inexpensive in autarky. Neglecting the correlation between tastes and agro-climatic endowments overstates the short-run nutritional gains from agricultural trade liberalization and masks potential caloric losses for laborers. I examine the predictions of this model of trade with habit formation using household survey data from India, both by looking across Indian regions and by examining the consumption patterns of inter-state migrants.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Trade; Habit Formation; India; Tastes; Nutrition; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; International Relations/Trade; O10; O12; Q17; F10.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60710

Institutional Innovations Towards Gender Equity in Agrobiodiversity Management: Collective Action in Kerala, South India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Padmanabhan,   Martina Aruna.
The maintenance of crop diversity on farmers’ fields in hot spots of plant genetic diversity is considered a ”global life insurance policy“ in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD 2001:1). This paper provides evidence of the importance of the contribution of poor women farmers to the conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources (PGR) for food and agriculture. As a consequence, its equitable recognition and economic reward is a key issue in the sustainable management of agrobiodiversity. The present investigation into the institutions governing PGR, with special emphasis on gender equity and collective action, focuses on the identification of innovative institutions with special focus on women’s interests. The paper considers empirical...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Agrobiodiversity management; Collective action; India; Institutional change; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50068

Monetary Policy in India: Objectives, Reaction Function and Policy Effectiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Kanhaiya; Kalirajan,   Kaliappa P.
In the first part of this paper, the policy reaction functions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have been modeled to see how policy stance decisions respond to the changes in the goal variables. In the second part, the transmission effects of RBI’s policy stances on the goal variables have been analyzed using the Granger causality test, and analysis of simple estimated models of relevant variables. It may be suggested from the results that the RBI should not be working simultaneously with instruments of quantity and price control and should shelve the cash reserve ratio (CRR) and concentrate more on price variables for conducting monetary policy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Monetary policy; Granger block non-causality; India; Financial Economics; C2; E4; E5.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50149

Trends and Developments in India's Livestock Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Gali,   Jyothi.
Since India’s independence some 50 years ago, it has experienced considerable economic growth and structural change; a trend accelerated by its structural reforms which began in 1991.  These changes are also reflected in trends in its livestock sector which has shown considerable growth in recent decades (especially since the late 1970s).  There have also been major changes in the composition of the Indian livestock sector.  The population of non-ruminants (particularly chickens) has expanded very rapidly and so their relative importance has risen substantially.  Non-ruminant production (poultry and pigs) has increasingly become commercialised and industrial in nature.  Trends and developments in India’s livestock industries since 1961 are outlined....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Livestock trends; India; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47954

THE IMPACT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weinberger,   Katinka.
Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly of iron, is widespread on the South Asian subcontinent and economic losses due to reduced productivity of afflicted population groups are believed to be substantial. This paper examines the impact of micronutrient intake on productivity of house-hold engaged in agricultural labor in India by applying a two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation technique. The micronutrient under investigation is iron. The results indicate that productivity, measured in wages is indeed affected through insufficient intake, and that wages would on average be 5 to 17.3 percent higher, if households would achieve recommended intake levels of the micronutrient discussed here. The results demonstrate that policy interventions that aim at...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Micronutrient malnutrition; Iron; Productivity; India; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25897

Modernization using the structured system design of the Bhadra Reservoir Project, India: An intervention analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Thiruvengadachari,   S.; Amarasinghe,   Upali A.
Evaluates the performance of the Bhadra Reservoir Project-before, during, and after the introduction of modernization with structured system design. Analysis focuses on water management, agricultural productivity, and farmer participation and perception. Identifies the absence of a continuing support mechanism and lack of farmer participation as the major causes for the project's decline.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Performance evaluation; Irrigation programs; Modernization; Participatory management; Farmer participation; Farmer-agency interactions; Farmers' attitudes; Remote sensing; Rice; Irrigated farming; Water distribution; Water supply; Productivity; India; Bhadra Project; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61104

Potential Impacts of Iron Biofortification in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stein,   Alexander J.; Qaim,   Matin; Meenakshi,   J.V.; Nestel,   Penelope; Sachdev,   H.P.S.; Bhutta,   Zulfiqar A.
Iron deficiency is a widespread nutritional problem in developing countries, causing impaired physical activity and cognitive development, as well as maternal mortality. Although food fortification and supplementation programmes have been effective in some countries, their overall success remains limited. Biofortification, that is, breeding crops for higher micronutrient content, is a relatively new approach. We propose a methodology for ex-ante impact assessment of iron biofortification, which builds on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and a large household data set. Our analysis of iron-rich rice and wheat in India indicates sizeable potential health benefits. The cost-effectiveness of iron biofortification compares favourably with other...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Biofortification; Plant breeding; Iron deficiency anaemia; Health benefits; DALYs; Cost-effectiveness; Cost-benefit analysis; India; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; I120; I180; I310; O150; O220; O330; Q180.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8536

Changing consumption patterns: implications on food and water demand in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amarasinghe,   Upali A.; Shah,   Tushaar; Singh,   Om Prakash.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food consumption; Cereals; Water demand; Water use; Irrigated farming; Crop production; Grain Livestock; India; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44517

Incentives and Constraints in the Transformation of Punjab Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGuirk,   Anya M.; Mundlak,   Yair.
The introduction of modern crops varieties in the mid-1960s caused a dramatic change, known as the “green revolution”, in agricultural production in Asia, as elsewhere. However, in spite of their yields, the process of adoption of these varieties has taken a long time, and even today traditional varieties are still widely grown. Various reasons, such as imperfect information, uncertainty, inadequate human capital, and institutional constraints, have been given for this slow diffusion. This research during 1960-79 emphasizes the role of economic incentives and resource availability in determining the pace of technology adoption.   Only three years after their introduction, the modern wheat varieties accounted for 70 percent of the wheat area in Punjab....
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Economic aspects; India; Punjab; International Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42125

Channeling consumption preferences for co-existence of landrace and modern varieties in-situ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishna,   Vijesh V.; Pascual,   Unai; Zilberman,   David.
The study examines the least-cost option of conserving landraces in-situ by the development of market friction instruments. The empirical examination is comprised of two closely-related studies on eggplant production and consumption sectors of India. An examination of the cost and return structure of eggplant farming in the study area reveals that the incremental farm price of eggplant products of landrace origin eclipses the yield advantage of hybrid varieties. Possibly due to the information asymmetries and other imperfections existing in this market, the price increment currently realized by the eggplant farmers is still only a fraction of consumers’ willingness to pay for landraces. This wide margin is indicative of the unexploited potential of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrobiodiversity; Contingent valuation; Eggplant; Hedonic pricing; India; Labelling and certification; Landrace conservation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51748

Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India: Implications of Accelerated Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarma,   J.S.; Gandhi,   Vasant P.
The role of agriculture in India’s economic development continues to be of great importance, as a producer of food, as an employer of about two-thirds of the labor force, and as a source of purchasing power for much of the nonagricultural consumer goods and services in the economy. Thus, rapid growth in agricultural is essential for sustainable growth and development of the economy. Within agriculture, foodgrain production is by far the major activity, covering about 80 percent of the cropped area in India and providing the main staple source of food. Foodgrains provide almost all the calories and proteins consumed by the poor and provide the rural poor with the bulk of their employment and income. Further, with a population of some 800 million people,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Grain trade; India; Wheat trade; Food supply; Nutrition; Poor; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42163

Assessing the Competitiveness of Indian Cotton Production: A Policy Analysis Matrix Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mohanty,   Samarendu; Fang,   Cheng; Chaudhary,   Jagadanand.
This paper uses a modified policy analysis matrix (PAM) approach to assess the efficiency of cotton production in five major producing states in India. The results indicate that cotton is not efficiently produced in the second largest cotton producing state in the country. Without government interventions, it is likely that acreage will move away from cotton to more profitable crops such as sugarcane and groundnut in this state. In addition, it is also concluded that cotton is not the most efficiently produced crop in the other four states; however, there is at least one crop in each state which is less efficiently produced than cotton. These findings suggest that Indian policies directed at maintaining the availability of cheap cotton for the handloom and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cotton; PAM; India; Efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53142

Transgenic technology adoption and on-farm varietal diversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishna,   Vijesh V.; Zilberman,   David; Qaim,   Matin.
Transgenic pest-resistant varieties are hypothesized to reduce farmers’ demand for on-farm diversity through an act of substitution, as both serve as production risk reducing instruments. This adverse agro-biodiversity impact of technology adoption might be partially counteracted by an expanding seed sector, supplying a large number of transgenic varieties. The case of Bt cotton in India is taken for empirical illustration. The production function analyses show that both Bt technology and on-farm varietal diversity enhance yield, while reducing the production risk. With few Bt varieties available in the first years, technology adoption entailed a reduction in on-farm varietal diversity. This effect, however, was partially offset by more Bt varieties...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro-biodiversity; Bt cotton; India; Production risk analysis.; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51750

India's Firewood Crisis Re-examined
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van 't Veld,   Klaas; Narain,   Urvashi; Gupta,   Shreekant; Chopra,   Neetu; Singh,   Supriya.
Households in rural India are highly dependent on firewood as their main source of energy, partly because non-biofuels tend to be expensive. The prevailing view is therefore that, when faced with shortages of firewood in the village commons, such households, and especially the women in them, have to spend more and more time searching for firewood and eventually settle for poorer-quality biomass such as twigs, branches and dry leaves. Using data from a random sample of rural households in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, we come to very different conclusions, however. We find that households in villages with degraded forests do not spend longer hours searching for firewood, but instead switch to either using firewood from private trees or to using...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Firewood crisis; Time allocation; Fuel switching; JFM; India; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O13; O18; Q23; Q42.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10591

“Poor stays poor” - Household asset poverty traps in rural semi-arid India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Naschold,   Felix.
Although identifying the existence and the nature of household-level poverty traps would have important implications for the design of poverty reduction policies empirical evidence is still scant.  A small, but growing empirical literature has begun testing for poverty traps as thresholds in non-linear welfare dynamics. Employing a variety of quantitative methods it has produced a variety of conclusions.  This paper uses a uniquely long household panel from three villages in rural India to examine whether the detection of poverty traps may be contingent on the quantitative method used to model household welfare dynamics. It then employs a novel semiparametric panel data estimator that combines the advantages of the existing methods. Since in the context of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Household Welfare Dynamics; Semiparametric Estimation; Penalized Splines; India; Panel Data; Asset Poverty; International Development; I32; C14; O12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49396

Villagers and the Use and Conservation of Indian Forests: The Role of Joint Forest Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.; Ghose,   Ananda.
Provides a brief account of the development of the Joint Forest Management Scheme in India, especially in West Bengal, the state where joint forest management has been most widely adopted and which provided the genesis of the scheme that was adopted as part of India’s Forest Policy 1988. The development, nature of and rationale for the scheme are discussed. Results to a survey of household heads in villages in the neighbourhood of state forests in the Midnapore region of West Bengal are reported. The survey provides information about the dependence of villagers on forest resources, the sustainability of current forest use as perceived by villagers, and reports their views about forest management issues, including the Joint Forest Management Scheme. The...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Joint Forest Management Scheme; India; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100207

Consumer Preferences for Imported Kona Coffee in South India: A Latent Class Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishnakumar,   Jyotsna; Chan-Halbrendt,   Catherine.
Considering India as a potential export market for 100% Kona coffee, this study explores consumer preferences for imported, specialty, high-end Kona coffee in South India. Conjoint choice experiment with latent class analysis is used and results indicate that India offers an export market potential for Kona coffee, provided it caters to consumer preferences. Results show a significant preference for strong taste. The relative importance of price is lower than taste but majority are also adverse to higher prices. However,15% of the sample population does not care about price but does care about taste, indicating the possibility of a high-end niche market segment. Based on the results, marketing strategies and policy recommendations have been suggested.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; US Coffee Export; Kona Coffee; Conjoint Choice Experiment; Latent Class Analysis; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96334

Factors Influencing The Demand For Chickpea In India: Implications For Marketing And Promotion In The Indian Chickpea Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agbola,   Frank W.; Bent,   Martin J.M.; Kelley,   Timothy G.; Rao,   P. Parthasarathy.
The Indian Sub-Continent (ISC) is the largest pulse producing and consuming region in the world. Australian scientists, producers, processors and exporters require detailed information about these markets. One study of these markets aims to describe the Indian chickpea market and to quantify the value of quality traits in the market using statistical analysis. This paper describes the Indian chickpea market and reports the results of about forty interviews with wholesalers, retailers, processors, brokers and commission agents which were conducted in eight key Indian markets in May and August 1999. A subsequent paper will present the results of an econometric analysis, which attaches values to the product traits of samples taken at the time of the...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Chickpea; Market segmentation; Market survey; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123593

Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) climbers of Southern Western Ghats, India
Provedor de dados: 97
Autores: Sarvalingam,Ariyan; Rajendran,Arumugam.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Mountains of the Western Ghats are the second most important shelter in the world for threatened species. The current paper is an attempt to study the conservation assessment of rare, endangered and threatened species (RET) of the southern Western Ghats. A species is endangered when it is threatened with extinction. Since time began, countless species have gone extinct from natural processes. The present study was conducted to identify the rare, endangered and threatened climbing plants in Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. METHODS: The plant collection and identification of the RET listed climbing species of the Southern Western Ghats was done during 2011-2014. The collection and identified RET plant species from the...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Climbers; RET; Southern Western Ghats; Tamil Nadu; India.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2016000100009

Estudio comparativo entre conejos Chinchilla Soviético, una raza nativa local y un conejo híbrido negro, bajo condiciones agroclimáticas de la Región de Meghalaya, India
Provedor de dados: 108
Autores: Samir K.,Das; Tena-Betancourt,Eduardo.
Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron satisfacer las demandas de carne de conejo de tribus de la región montañosa (NEH) de la India, y evaluar los efectos benéficos de la heterosis. Para lo cual fue necesario desarrollar un conejo de capa negra mediante mestizaje entre las razas Chinchilla Soviético y una nativa local vía selección y entrecruzamiento controlado de línea única, obteniendo un híbrido con niveles de sangre exótica del 50%. Conformada la estirpe, se analizaron comparativamente rasgos de desempeño productivo entre las razas Chinchilla Soviético, nativa local y su descendencia híbrida negra. Los resultados revelaron un impacto raza-dependiente (P &lt; 0.01) sobre todos los parámetros productivos, con excepción del peso vivo a los 60 días. El...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Desempeño productivo; Razas de conejo; Salud; India.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-50922012000300002

Results of the coordinated agronomic trials in India
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Singh, Joginder.
2 ill., 9 tables
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Npk fertilizers; Plant population; Agronomic trials; Yields; India; ข้าวโพด; อินเดีย; ลักษณะทางการเกษตร.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3735

Evaporative cooling technologies for greenhouses: a comprehensive review
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: Misra, Debajit; Ghosh, Sudip.
Excessive heat generation by the high solar radiation is the major issue for agricultural greenhouses in hot climatic regions. This issue has been of great concern to summer greenhouses and has continuously been under study. Effective cooling of greenhouses has to be undertaken to minimize the issue. There are several techniques of greenhouse cooling and among them, evaporative cooling has completely revolutionized the system of cooling in greenhouses since the nineteenth century and still it is being used around the world. The current paper presents a review study covering the past and the latest kinds of evaporative cooling techniques, which have been utilizing for agricultural greenhouses in summer. The paper attempted to show the performance...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Mechanical engineering; Agricultural engineering evaporative cooling; Greenhouse; Fan-pad system; Fog-cooled; Roof cooling; Two-stage evaporative cooling; India.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/4614

Farm power availability for sustainable agriculture development in Punjab state of India
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: Lohan, Shiv Kumar; Narang, Mahesh Kumar; Manes, Gursahib Singh; Grover, Nikhil.
It has transforming from subsistence farming which was dependent on human and animals, to mechanized farming using inanimate power sources like tractors, diesel engines, electric motors, etc. In Punjab agriculture, the human and animal power has substantially reduced from 7.5 to 0.69 % and 73 to 0.61% respectively due to increase in mechanical power from 17 to 76 % and electrical power from 1.7 to 23.5 from 1960-61 to 2012-13. The intensity of farm power availability has increased from 0.37 to 5.68 kW ha-1 during the same period. Correspondingly there has been increase in the cropping intensity (112 to 196%), production (3.16 to 28.58 mt) and productivity (668 to 3638 kg ha-1) of total food grains.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Farm Machinery &amp; Power Engineering Farm Power; Farm energy; Agricultural Production; Punjab; India.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3316

Evaluation of Valiantzas ET0 Equations against FAO56-PM Model in Indian Semi-arid Climatic Conditions
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: TOMAR, ARVIND SINGH.
In this study, performance of three forms of Valiantzas ET0 equations namely, (i) requiring full meteorological dataset, (ii) not requiring wind speed data, and (iii) not requiring both wind speed &amp;amp; relative humidity data for Indian semi-arid Hissar and Parbhani districts in comparison to widely accepted FAO-56 PM model was evaluated in terms of different statistical indices and their ranking based on GPI values. All Valiantzas ET0 equations requiring full meteorological dataset under-estimated FAO56-PM estimates in the range of 9.10 to 21.84% at Hissar while they over-estimated it in the range of 0.98 to 8.32% at Parbhani district. Valiantzas equations not requiring wind speed data under-estimated FAO56-PM ET0 values in the range of 3.90 to 34.56%...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Valiantzas equations; Reference evapotranspiration; Semi-arid; Hissar; Parbhani; India.
Ano: 2021
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/6651

Isometric handgrip strength of agricultural workers from northeast region of India
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: Patel, Thaneswer; Sanjog, J; Karmakar, Sougata.
Handgrip strength is considered as one of the most important factors for performing various agricultural tasks related to torqueing, lifting, pulling, pushing, etc. Hand tools and equipment which are designed based on anthropometric/strength data of different population, may not be suitable for any particular targeted user group. As a result work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) at upper extremity may occur very often. Lack of strength data of Assamese population (people of Assam, a state in northeast India), motivated present authors to conduct a survey on isometric handgrip strength data of 200 agricultural workers (130 male and 70 female, aged 17-62 years) from the Kamrup district of the state. Maximal isometric handgrip strength was determined...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Handgrip strength; Muscular strength; Anthropometry; Percentile; MVC; India.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3035

Redescrição de Cymodoce madrasensis (Srinivasan, 1959) combinação nova (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) de Madras, Índia
Provedor de dados: 52
Autores: Silva,Jayme de Loyola e.
O autor estudou quase todas as espécies da família Sphaeromatidae (Isopoda), da Coleção de Crustacea do USNM, e a espécie constante do catálogo 102151 USNM, na época, não possuia identificação razão pela qual o autor enquadrou no gênero Cymodoce. Hoje está classificada como Exosphaeroma madrasensis Srinivasan, 1959. Este gênero não condiz com as características da espécie motivo pelo qual o autor procedeu a transferência para o gênero Cymodoce Leach, 1814, e estabeleceu nova combinação Cymodoce madrasensis (Srinivasan, 1959).
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Isopoda; Sphaeromatidae; Cymodoce madrasensis; Taxonomy; India.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89131998000300015

Leptospirosis in India and the rest of the world
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Rao,R. Sambasiva; Gupta,Naveen; Bhalla,P.; Agarwal,S.K.
Leptospirosis is an acute anthropo-zoonotic infection of worldwide significance caused by spirochaete Leptospira interrogans which has 23 serogroups and &gt;200 serovars. Various factors influencing the animal activity, suitability of the environment for the survival of the organism and behavorial and occupational habits of human beings can be the determinants of incidence and prevalence of the disease. The disease was considered inconsequential till recently, but it is emerging as an important public health problem during the last decade or so due to sudden upsurge in the number of reported cases and outbreaks. Since isolation rate of the microorganism from clinical specimens is low due to prior indiscriminate use of antibiotics, serological techniques...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: India; Leptospirosis; World.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300003

A case of extensive chromoblastomycosis from North India
Provedor de dados: 58
Autores: Verma,Ghanshyam Kumar; Verma,Santwana; Singh,Gagandeep; Shanker,Vinay; Tegta,Geeta Ram; Minhas,Smridhi; Sharma,Vineeta; Thakur,Jatin.
A case of extensive chromoblastomycosis of the right leg and thigh with verruciform to nodular lesions evolving rapidly over five years duration is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by visualizing pathognomonic pigmented muriform bodies with unique septate hyphae and mycological culture yielding Fonsecaea pedrosoi.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Chromoblastomycosis; Extensive; India.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000100040