A large number of agricultural commodities and their byproducts are being traded in several exchanges. Six of these commodities have been traded long enough to enable an assessment of their...
Review Of Agriculture
Technology adoption is governed by farmer perceptions regarding advantages and disadvantages of new technology compared with the existing technology. Yet farmer perceptions are not adequately...
Traditional water management systems sustained for centuries without any noticeable land degradation. Modern extension programmes, which have failed to take these into account, have done considerable...
Recent developments in biotechnology that have profoundly affected agriculture, more so in developing countries, have also been accompanied with the institution of stronger protection instruments...
After the introduction of the new economic policy in 1991, the cost of cultivation has jumped due to increase in input prices. Small producers resort to marketing the 'distress surplus', and...
This paper calculates per hectare rates of levy for a land-based crop-specific agricultural tax on eight major field crops, based on published Cost of Cultivation data, now available at state-level...
The census offers an irreplaceable dataset to examine local settings and study them on various scales, from a global perspective contrasting regional trends down to villagewise variations. This paper...
While instances of resource over-appropriation are in evidence in different settings globally, the error of a narrow tragedy of the commons analysis is to assume an original natural state of open...
This paper explores recent economic and environmental changes in what had been an ecologically balanced subsistence production system in Goan coastal villages and, in particular, the socio-economic...
This paper takes a 'household survival strategy' approach to understand the impact of economic transformation on artisanal fisherfolk communities. Through a comparative analysis of the survival...
This paper considers the ramifications of non-state panchayat action in the field of marine resource management. First, it investigates how fishermen panchayats are involved in regulating access to...
Myanmar, a socialist country with a distinct political set-up began a nationwide programme to intensify rice production through the expansion of irrigation facilities and use of modern technology in...
This paper assesses the changes in household income distribution and poverty situation between 1985 and 1997 with primary data generated through in-depth household surveys in four villages...
Household-level data were generated from eight villages representing different ecologies and states of infrastructure development from both North and South Vietnam to study the issue of poverty and...
An impressive growth in per capita income in Thailand's economy between 1987 and 1988 occurred mainly due to a dramatic fall in household size and the growing importance of non-rice crops. This...
