Changes in India’s seed regulations during the 1990s favored the growth of privately- as compared to publicly-funded sectors.
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Local seed systems and village-level determinants of millet crop diversity in marginal environments of India
In the subsistence-oriented, semi-arid production systems of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, India, the environment is marginal for crop growth and often there is no substitute for millet crops.
Comparing farm and village-level determinants of millet diversity in marginal environments of India
"The purpose of the research paper is to characterize biological diversity related to millets in the semi-arid regions of India at various spatial scales of analysis (e.g., farm household versus community levels) and place that evidence in a broad
On farm conservation of rice biodiversity in Nepal: a simultaneous estimation approach
Impact of global warming on Chinese wheat productivity
Climate change continues to have major impact on crop productivity all over the world.
Participation of local people in water management
"In the early 1990s, Thailand launched an ambitious program of decentralized governance, conferring greater responsibilities upon sub-district administrations and providing fiscal opportunities for local development planning.
Recent water sector reforms, increased scarcity and vulnerability of existing water resources, combined with declining public funding available for large-scale infrastructure investment in the sector have led to an increased awareness by the Gover
Public spending in developing countries
The objective of this paper is to review trends in government expenditures in the developing world, to analyze the causes of change, and to develop an analytical framework for determining the differential impacts of various government expenditures
Notwithstanding the ambiguous research and productivity promoting effects of plant variety protections (PVPs), even in developed countries, many developing countries have adopted PVPs in the past few years to comply with their Trade-Related Aspect
Impacts of agricultural research on poverty
Impacts of agricultural research on poverty
"The study attempts to measure the total benefits from rice varietal improvement research in China and India using variety adoption and performance data over the last two decades.
India’s plant variety and farmers’ rights legislation
The demand for extending intellectual property protection to agriculture in developing countries has met with counterclaims for granting farmers’ rights.
Rice research, technological progress, and impacts on the poor
"This case study builds on an ongoing large-scale quantitative research project undertaken by BIDS/IRRI since 1987 originally in 64 unions from 57 districts of the country.
An integrated economic and social analysis to assess the impact of vegetable and fishpond technologies on poverty in rural Bangladesh
This study examines the poverty reduction implications of the introduction of three different agricultural technologies by government and NGOs in three rural sites across Bangladesh.
Agricultural research and urban poverty in India
Using a similar analytical approach to a study in China, this paper analyzes the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty reduction in India. State level data from 1970 to 1995 were used in the empirical analysis.
Local governance and public goods provision in rural China
In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed.
Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
As the goals of international agricultural research move beyond increasing food production to the broader aims of reducing poverty, both agricultural research and studies of its impact become more complex.
Why TVES have contributed to interregional imbalances in China
The major objectives of this paper are to shed some light on the mechanism that generates interregional economic imbalances among communities in rural China.
This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty.