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An Economic Analysis of Public Interventions for Amelioration of Irrigation-Induced Soil Degradation
Chinnappa, B.; Nagaraj, N. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 20 (2007) 2
The study has reported the impact of public interventions for amelioration of soil degradation through subsurface drainage technology in the Tungabhadra Project area in Karnataka. The primary data, obtained from 105 farmers of TBP area, have been analysed using budgeting, discounted cash flow...
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Livelihood Security of Resource Poor Farmers through Alkali Land Reclamation: An Impact Analysis
Thimmappa, K.; Tripathi, R.S.; Raju, R.; Singh, Y.P. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2013
The impact of land reclamation has been explored on productivity, income and food security in the saltaffected regions of Uttar Pradesh. The study has revealed substantial farm-level benefits to the farmers due to sodic land reclamation. The cropping intensity has increased by 9.39 per cent...
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Impact of Improved Agro-techniques on Sustainable Livelihood Empowerment: An Economic Study from West Bengal
Mula, G.; Sarker, S.C. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2013
The study has assessed the impact of viable technological interventions on food and livelihood security to the farmers of four selected disadvantaged districts, viz. Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda and Murshidabad of West Bengal as a part of National Agricultural Innovation Project. The...
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Dynamics of Labour Demand and its Determinants in Punjab Agriculture
Devi, Y. Latika; Singh, Jasdev; Vatta, Kamal; Kumar, Sanjay - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2
The study on dynamics of labour demand in Punjab agriculture has revealed that between 1985-86 and 2006-07, the per … displacement of human labour by machines and also due to rising wage rates. The elasticity of labour use in agriculture has fallen … drastically during the past two decades indicating little potential for absorption of additional labour in agriculture. …
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Agricultural Price Forecasting Using Neural Network Model: An Innovative Information Delivery System
Jha, Girish K.; Sinha, Kanchan - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2
present era of globalization, management of food security in the agriculture-dominated developing countries like India needs …
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Farmers’ Vulnerability to Rainfall Variability and Technology Adoption in Rain-fed Tank Irrigated Agriculture
Ashok, K.R.; Sasikala, C. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 25 (2012) 2
determinants of technology adoption in the rain-fed tank irrigated agriculture. Tank performance has been evaluated through … technologies in agriculture. …
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Measuring Weather Impact on Crop Yield Using Aridity Index: Evidence from Odisha
Paltasingh, Kirtti Ranjan; Goyari, Phanindra; Mishra, R.K. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 25 (2012) 2
incorporated in the model as increasing monotonic functions of yield. With evidences from Odisha, where agriculture is rainfed and … agriculture on rainfall in Odisha has declined slightly possibly because of the developments in irrigation and other facilities. …
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Analyzing Growth and Instability in Subsistence Agriculture of Odisha: Evidence from Major Crops
Paltasingh, Kirtti Ranjan; Goyari, Phanindra - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2013
The paper has analyzed the performance of agriculture in terms of growth and instability of yield, area and production …
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Energy Growth Linkage and Strategy for Meeting the Energy Demand in Indian Agriculture
Jha, Girish Kumar - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 26 (2013) 2013
in Indian agriculture will be double of the present consumption level (22 million tonnes of oil equivalent) for achieving …
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Economic Analysis of Transaction Cost on Kolaramma Tank Watershed in Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka
Lokesha, H.; Prakash, T.N.; Chandrakanth, Mysore G.; … - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 21 (2008) 2
The transaction cost incurred on the Kolaramma tank watershed in the Kolar district of Karnataka, with a geographical area of 6,570 hectares and covering 26 catchments has been found to be Rs 78,89,210. The decomposition of this transaction cost into information, contractual and enforcement...
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