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  Public distribution system in Tamil Nadu: Implications for household consumption

  Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2018

  Food and nutrition insecurity is a reality for a large number of people in India. Social safety nets to ensure food security of the poor and vulnerable become important in such a scenario. The Public Distribution System (PDS) in India is an example of one such safety measure.
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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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  Community-based rights and IPR regime: revisiting the debate

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007

  India, with a view to fulfil its TRIPS obligations, in 2001, passed the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act 20012 (PPVFA). The Act represents a sui generis attempt to balance the rights of farmers with breeders considering the huge farming population in the country.
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  Does participatory development legitimise collusion mechanisms? evidence from Karnataka Watershed Development Agency

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2011

  The 1990s were an eventful period for decentralized development, including attempts at watershed development in the rural areas of India. Watershed development is an approach to raise agricultural productivity, conserve natural resources, and reduce poverty in the semi-arid tropical regions of the world, including the South Asian region.
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  Revisiting the global food crisis: magnitude, causes, impact and policy options

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2010

  The brief period of the 21st century has been marked by a drastic intensification of the global food crisis. The phenomenal surge in fuel and food prices followed by the on-going economic crisis have worked in tandem to increasingly deprive the poor across the world, particularly in the Global South, from their fundamental right to food.
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  Demand for price insurance among farmers in India: a choice experiment-based approach

  2014

  Agriculture is an intrinsically risky economic activity. Farmers face a multitude of risks, such as production risks, on account of weather variations, and price risks, associated with falling output prices.
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  Anomaly in decision-making under risk: violation of stochastic dominance among farmers in Gujarat, India

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014

  Agriculture is characterised by exposure to numerous risks in the context of natural, institutional, and regulatory environments. Farmers in developing countries tend to be conservative in their resource allocation decisions and allocate their resources to safe, low-risk, low-return activities. Also, in general, risk aversion and adoption of innovations are found to be inversely related.
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  Brazil, India, China and South Africa in agriculture and food security in Malawi

  Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2014

  This paper describes the involvement of four of the so-called emerging powers - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - in development cooperation activities regarding agriculture and food security in Malawi. The prime focus is on the activities and policies of governmental actors, although also development cooperation initiatives of other development actors are mentioned.
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  Water for wealth and food security: supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management. Synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project.

  International Water Management Institute, 2012

  This report provides practical recommendations and tools for governments, the private sector, donors and organisations to effectively support farmer-led initiatives to improve water managment with a focus on Africa and India. It is a collaborative research report with inputs from IWMI, FAO, iDE, IFPRI and SEI. 
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  Foodgrain Management Policy, FCI and implications for food security

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013

  The Government of India has recently passed an ordinance to enact the Food Security Act (FSA). There has been an intense debate on the merits and demerits of the Food Security Bill draft.The main argument in favour of a coupon based/cash transfer-led food programme is that it would minimise leakages and hence reduce the burden on the exchequer.

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