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    Farmers' rights in India: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    India is among the first countries in the world to have passed Farmers’ Rights and plant variety protection legislation. This study analyses the achievements, barriers and limitations of India’s approach so far.
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    ETFRN News 43/44: forests and conflicts

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2006
    This newsletter highlights the theme of forests and conflict. While there is much international debate on security and governance issues, sustainable management of natural resources appears to receive inadequate attention.
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    Political economy of agrarian distress

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006
    This paper examines the structural and economic changes of the political domain over the past five decades to see how the changed nature of politics and policy priorities have exacerbated agrarian distress in various Indian states, characterised by a rise in farmers’ suicides.The author attributes the agrarian distress in India to:a disjuncture between farmers’ interests and the prefere
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    Farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006
    The suicide mortality rate for farmers in the Indian State of Maharashtra has quadrupled in the last decade, according to this research paper. Is agricultural dumping by the United States, declining agricultural investment, and a broader government withdrawal from agriculture driving smallholder farmers into desperation?
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    GM crops in India: is the government's policy stance justified?

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006
    In assessing the policy stance taking by the government of India on the issue of GM technology, the author concludes that there is not sufficient economic justification for the government to promote the use of transgenic corps.
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    Impact of trade liberalization and related reforms on India’s agricultural sector, rural food security, income and poverty

    Global Development Network, 2004
    How have reforms affected agricultural output in India?
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    Migration and home gardens in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

    Journal of Ecological Anthropology, 2005
    Based on household surveys conducted in 37 villages in northeast India, this paper compares home garden productivity and economic return among residents and immigrants of different ethnic groups. It explores the hypothesis that residents had an advantage over immigrants in maximising gains from home gardens resources.
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    Is forced displacement acceptable in conservation projects?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Over ten million people have been displaced from protected areas by conservation projects. Forced displacement in developing countries is a major obstacle to reducing poverty. It should no longer be considered a mainstream strategy for conservation and only applied in extreme cases following international standards.
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    Working with local institutions to support sustainable livelihoods

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
    This paper looks at the and policy implications of research conducted on local institution - rural household linkages.
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    Reorienting state intervention in foodgrain markets in India to improve food security, regional equity and efficiency

    Global Development Network, 2004
    Indian government intervention in foodgrain markets, meant primarily for promoting food security, has reached a stage where it is depriving consumers of basic food by diversion of large proportion of output from market to government warehouses.The present paper examines various issues related to government intervention in the foodgrain markets.

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