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Study of Available Business Models of Biomass Gasification Power Projects in India
UNDP India, 2013As an agrarian economy, a major segment of the population in India depends on agriculture. Thus, biomass in the form of agricultural residue is available in all parts of the country. Fuel can be transported, stored, and used the entire year. This study argues that biomass presents an ideal solution for powering all parts of the country, in particular rural areas, with highest efficiency.DocumentWho benefits most from rural electrification ? Evidence in India
World Bank, 2012This paper is a product of the World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Team, Development Research Group. With a focus on rural India, it analyses the impact of electrification on a range of households and aims to determine who benefits most from rural electrification.DocumentThe Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India: What Do We Know?
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012India is home to one-third of the world’s malnourished children in spite of substantial growth in the country’s agricultural sector, which has helped fuel the country’s economic rise. Agriculture continues to be the primary source of livelihood for the majority of nutritionally vulnerable households in India.DocumentMapping the regional variation in potential vulnerability in Indian agriculture to climate change: An exercise through constructing vulnerability index
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2013The anticipated changes in water availability, temperature rise, soil degradation and the suggested increase in extreme weather events are likely to greatly affect agriculture in India. This paper aims to develop the vulnerability profile of agricultural systems of the Indian states to the changing climate scenarios.DocumentUnderstanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry
Oxfam, 2013Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges.DocumentProviding development aid to Africa : comparing South Africa with China, India and Brazil
South African Foreign Policy Initiative, 2013South Africa’s planned development aid agency, South African Development Partnership Agency, is expected to be established in 2013. This provides a good opportunity to assess South Africas current role as provider of development aid to other African countries.DocumentUrban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India
International Water Management Institute - Climate Change and Water, 2013Urban wastewater management has become a major challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanisation.DocumentMedia perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India.DocumentEmpowering rural women of Alaknanda Valley, Uttarakhand through farmers’ cooperative
Practice In Participation, 2013Empowering Rural Women of Alaknanda Valley, Uttarakhand through Farmers’ Cooperative” narrates the success stories of the rural women of Alaknanda valley in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand; these women, with the help of Himalayan Action Research Centre (HARC), have been able to create, control and manage an Agri-business Multipurpose Autonomous Cooperative which acts as a model of inspiration forDocumentCreating good employment opportunities for the rural sector
Asian Development Bank, 2011Despite increasing urbanisation in Asia countries, a large fraction of Asia’s poor remain in rural areas. This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructure to contribute to the development of stable, well-paid employment in rural areas of low-income countries.Pages
