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  What's keeping the apples away? addressing the market integration issue

  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2005

  India is a major producer of apples with only bananas and mangos having a larger area under cultivation in the country as a whole. In recent years outside imports of apples have provided real competition to domestic producers.
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  Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh: a three-year assessment

  Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India, 2005

  This paper investigates the case of GM (Genetically Modified) Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is based on a three-year assessment of farmers' engagement with Bt cotton, examining the economics of its adoption, and the resultant difficulties faced by farmers.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Organic agriculture and poverty reduction in Asia: China and India focus

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2005

  The primary goal of this report is to enable a better understanding of organic agriculture in Asia, particularly India and China, and to clarify how organics can serve or hinder poor, small farmers and rural communities.
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  Understanding the implications of migration for pro-poor agricultural growth

  Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2004

  This paper examines the nature of changes and trends in rural-urban migration and the relevance of local labour markets and remittances to the livelihoods strategies of the rural poor.Main findings include: temporary migration and commuting are now a routine part of the livelihood strategies of the rural poor across a wide range of developing country contextsin many parts of South A
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  Effectiveness of private-sector extension in India and lessons for the new extension policy agenda

  Agricultural Research and Extension Network, 2005

  Mahindra Subhlabh Services Limited (MSSL) has initiated one-stop farm solutions centres called Mahindra Krishi Vihar in selected districts of India. This paper explores the performance of one such centre set up by a private entrepreneur under a franchise agreement with MSSL and finds that participant farmers could increase their crop yields and income.
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  Lessons from the land reform movement in West Bengal, India

  Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2004

  The Indian state of West-Bengal saw two major turnarounds in its rural sector in the eighties.
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  The Indian seed act and patent act

  ZNet, 2005

  This paper discusses two laws, proposed in 2004 by the Government of India: the Seed Act and a Patent Ordinance.The author argues that the new intellectual property rights (IPR) laws are creating monopolies over seeds and plant genetic resources.
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  Rural non-farm employment in India: access, income and poverty impact

  National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2002

  This paper attempts to assess the contribution of non-farm incomes to the total incomes of different sectors of the Indian rural population; examines the factors associated with employment in the non-farm sector; and studies the direct impact of the sector on agricultural wage rates.
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  GM crops in India: why open Pandora’s Box?

  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2004

  This paper provides a critical review of a recently published report from the "Task Force on Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture" (see seperate record) headed by Dr. M.S.

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