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  Organic farming in north-east hill region in India

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2003

  This paper investigates the practice of organic (non-fertiliser) farming in seven north-eastern hill states of India (Arunchal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) and examines which farmers use it, which groups of crops it is used for, and whether it involves the use of chemical inputs other than fertilisers.
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  The black sheep of Rajasthan

  GRAIN, 2004

  The 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.
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  India’s national agricultural policy: a critique

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2004

  The 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 blam
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  At the crossroads: participatory forest management in Karnataka

  Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2003

  This article attempts to assess whether the promises of the Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFPM) programme initiated in the Indian state of Karnataka in 1993 have materialised in terms of villagers managing their common lands sustainably, equitably and autonomously.
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  Participatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh, India

  Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2001

  The 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).
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  The role of registers and databases in the protection of traditional knowledge: a comparative analysis

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  There are various mechanisms which can be used to protect Traditional Knowledge (TK).
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  Trends and prospects for poverty reduction in rural India: context and options

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper lays out the macroeconomic and structural contexts for poverty reduction in India and discusses opportunities and constraints in relation to public investment and service provision that have a bearing on rural livelihoods.
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  Facilitating conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2003

  Science and technology have long been recognised as essential driving forces in the development process.
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  State transfers to the poor and back: the case of the food for work programme in Andhra Pradesh

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper discusses the shortcomings of the Food for Work programme in Andhra Pradesh to provide employment to drought-affected poor people.
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  Ensuring safe use of biotechnology: key challenges

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002

  This article identifies short and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India.

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