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The black sheep of Rajasthan
GRAIN, 2004The Raika are a large pastoralist community predominantly found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, India, and are one of the largest groups of livestock herders in India, living in the semi-arid areas around the Thar Desert.DocumentIndia’s national agricultural policy: a critique
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2004The National Agricultural Policy (NAP) document released by the Government of Indian in 2000 aimed to attain an agricultural output growth rate in excess of 4 percent per annum, based on efficient use of resources, and sought to achieve this growth in a sustainable and equitable manner.This paper argues that (by 2004) no serious action had been initiated on most of the NAP’s proposals, and blamDocumentParticipatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh, India
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2001The state government of Andhra Pradesh, India adopted major reforms in the irrigation sector in the late 1990s, including the transfer of management of irrigation systems to water users associations (WUAs).DocumentState transfers to the poor and back: the case of the food for work programme in Andhra Pradesh
Overseas Development Institute, 2003This paper discusses the shortcomings of the Food for Work programme in Andhra Pradesh to provide employment to drought-affected poor people.DocumentEnsuring safe use of biotechnology: key challenges
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002This article identifies short and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India.DocumentDid BT Cotton fail Andhra Pradesh again in 2003-2004?
Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India, 2004This paper reports on the economic performance of BT Cotton in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.DocumentAccessing modern science: policy and institutional options for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries
Eldis Document Store, 2001The paper highlights the complexity of the challenge in developing new forms of collaboration between a variety of actors in the biotechnology area in developing countries, including, national research systems with very diverse capacities in biotechnology, international research centres, local private R&D companies, global life science companies, and advanced research institutes in both industrialDocumentFinancing of agricultural marketing: case studies from Asia
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003This study looks at how traders of grains and horticultural produce in Asia finance their activities and how they use that finance.DocumentGender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences
Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.DocumentGlobalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation
International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.Pages
