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| Ahuja, Usha Rani; Tyagi, Dushayant; Chauhan, Sonia; Chaudhary, Khyali Ram. |
| The study conducted in the state of Haryana has investigated the impact of implementation of MGNREGA in two districts — one agriculturally-advanced (Karnal) and the other agriculturally-backward (Mewat). Besides demographic characteristics, the paper has investigated the difference in the employment status, income, landholding size, herd size and other assets of the sample farm households in these two districts by taking 120 farm families, 60 from each district. The impact of MGNREGA within a district has also been studied in terms of income and employment security, migration, debt repayment, extent of participation in MGNREGA works, socio-economic status, etc. by seeking information from 30 participating and 30 nonparticipating households in MGNREGA works... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: MGNREGA; Rural employment; Rural-urban migration; Haryana; Agricultural and Food Policy; J23; J61. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119403 |
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| Shinoj, P.; Raju, S.S.; Kumar, Praduman; Msangi, Siwa; Yadav, Pawan; Thorat, Vishal Shankar; Chaudhary, Khyali Ram. |
| The Government of India had launched the National Biofuel Mission in the year 2003 as an initiative to limit the country’s dependence on crude oil imports. An integral part of this mission is the Biodiesel Blending program and Jatropha, a tree-borne biodiesel yielding crop, is the cornerstone of the program. This study has been specifically designed to carry out economic assessment of the upcoming jatropha-based biodiesel value chain in the country. The study, based on primary data collected from three major jatropha growing states, has observed that jatropha cultivation is an economically viable proposition in the long-run as indicated by favourable values of net present value, internal rate of return and benefit cost ratio. Nevertheless, initial... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96913 |
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