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    Does marginal cost pricing of electricity affect the groundwater pumping behaviour of farmers? Evidence from India

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    The purpose of this impact evaluation was to quantify the impact of the recent policy change in West Bengal relating to the pricing of electricity from a flat-rate tariff to a metered tariff.
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    Assessing the impact of farmer field schools on fertilizer use in China

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    In China, a major agricultural challenge is the suboptimal use of fertilizer and the environmental effects associated with overuse. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture is addressing this problem by instituting farmer field schools (FFS), but this initiative has not been rigorously evaluated.
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    Indo-US agricultural cooperation from "Green" to "Evergreen" Revolution?

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2011
    Trade between India and the US has grown exponentially since India adopted economic reforms in the 1990/91 period. There still remains a huge potential for increasing the bilateral trade. Defence-related trade, high-tech trade, agriculture, investment in infrastructure and insurance, seem to be the foci of the US in India.
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    Seeing is believing? Evidence from a Demonstration Plot Experiment in Mozambique

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    Adoption of improved techniques for farming and land sustainable management by farmers is a central challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Extension agents (EAs) are commonly used to disseminate information about agricultural techniques and technologies. In Mozambique, EAs provide training and information to contact farmers (CFs).
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    Against the grain and to the roots: Maize and cassava innovation platforms in West and Central Africa

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2014
    West and Central African Council for Africulture Research and Development (WECARD) and Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) research that explores how national agricultural research organisations use innovation platforms to strengthen innovation capacity and address capacity gaps in sector development.
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    Community, cohesion and context: agrarian development and religion in Eastern Region, Ghana

    2014
    The role of community based dynamics in successful agrarian development is considered through comparing two neighbouring villages in Ghana, with similar agro-ecological conditions and market access: one, Gyedi, is a religious community and the other, Apaa, is not.
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    A comparative study on cotton production in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

    Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2014
    Center for Development Research (ZEF) report to evaluate the cotton production sectors in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and to develop potential avenues for improvement.
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    India’s Global Resource Footprint: impact and opportunities

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    Right to food is a fundamental human right, but addressing hunger and under-nutrition are global challenges. Food output must grow by 60 per cent in order to feed a population of nine billion or more by 2050. This paper looks at the global food, energy and water scenario and future projections. It reviews India’s global resource footprint and possible implications for LICs.
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    South-south technology transfer low carbon building technologies: inception report

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    This high rate of urbanisation puts tremendous pressure on the entire building material sector. With constraints in supply of material both the quality of material (brick) and the application (house) has degrade d to an alarming extent resulting in poor quality and increasing construction costs. Most often it has reached beyond the means of common beneficiaries.
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    Higher Boro production for food security: an integrated strategy

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2010
    The structure of rice production in Bangladesh has changed remarkably over time. With the development of rice cultivars for the Boro season and expansion of irrigation systems, both area and production of Boro rice increased over time.

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