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    Neighborhood and agricultural clusters across states of India

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Huge disparity across states has been a perennial feature of Indian agriculture, and the subject matter of several studies, government reports and policy documents. This study traces how number and members of income clusters have changed in Indian agriculture over the last four and a half decades.
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    MGNREGA works and their impacts: A Rapid assessment in Maharashtra

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was notified on September 5, 2005 and implemented in three phases covering all districts over time. Although the focus is on augmenting wage employment, it is ambitious in scope and aims to accomplish a number of things.
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    Measures, spatial profile and determinants of dietary diversity: evidence from India

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is constrained by different factors.
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    Spatial convergence and growth in Indian agriculture: 1967-2010

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Inter-state diversity has been a perennial feature of Indian agriculture. The study probes if per capita income in Indian agriculture has converged across states in the last four and a half decades. It finds strong evidence in favour of beta convergence but not in favour of sigma convergence.
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    Pro-nutrition agriculture in India: entry points and policy options

    Public Health Foundation of India, 2011
    Nutrition security has acquired a sense of urgency in the wake of dramatic surge in food prices since 2005, the ensuing economic crisis and the stubbornly high food inflation rates. These concerns dovetail with the recent renewed emphasis on pro-poor agricultural policies aimed at improving food production and marketing systems and policy measures to augment access to food for the poor.
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    Post - 2015 Development Agenda - India National Consultation Report: Farmer’s Associations Constituency

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2013
    The Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) in India was set up in 1994 to create a conducive environment for generating rural employment and facilitating farmer-growth through new ventures in agro-based industries, fisheries and horticulture.
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    Prospect of India-Ethiopia investment and trade cooperation

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2015
    In recent years, with the opening up of the Ethiopian and India economy, investment and trade ties between the two countries have grown significantly. While Ethiopia’s major exports are food and live animals, coffee and tea, crude materials and vegetable and fruits, India’s major import items are manufactured products and fuels.
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    Potential gains by Uganda and India by including coffee in the Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    India is one of the major players in the international coffee market as per its volume of production, domestic consumption and export.
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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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    Scoping Study: Review on food and nutrition security: India’s domestic story and scope to build global partnerships

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    Between 1950 and 2012 India’s foodgrain production has gone up by five times, whereas its population increased during this period by roughly three and a half times.

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