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Sri Lanka’s unique geography and its distinct experiences with machine use in rice and field crop production offer valuable insights into different patterns of mechanization.
Africa has experienced a paradigm shift in mechanization in the past three decades. The “new paradigm” has also given rise to new challenges and policy issues.
Resource allocation for agricultural research in South Asia: Trends, challenges, and policy implications
Quantitative evidence presented in this report demonstrates that total public agricultural research and development (R&D) spending in South Asia has risen considerably since 2000.
Agricultural diversification in India
Performance of agro-industry in India
The way forward
Agricultural diversification in South Asia
Overview
When a basic needs approach began to be emphasized in development economics, Sri Lanka gained much prominence due to its long-standing involvement in broad social welfare policies.1 Long before the advent of the basic needs approach, Sri Lanka had