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Searching with a thematic focus on Rural development, Agriculture and food, Food and agriculture markets, Labour and employment in India

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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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  Extension, poverty and vulnerability: the scope for policy reform. Final Report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative

  Overseas Development Institute, 2002

  This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extension have focused exclusively on increased productivity of land, as opposed to enhancing labour productivity, employment creation and vulnerability reduction.