Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the … link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. The study attempts to simulate the … tankbased agriculture in a downstream village. …

of income per capita. Nevertheless, economic growth has resulted in a burgeoning middle-class. India's agriculture sector … Indian agriculture. The evolution of India's major agricultural policies is then described, and new policy directions and …With a population of about 1.1 billion, India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by …

households in the context of India. An attempt has also been made to analyze this issue for different regions of India to provide … agricultural technologies on farmer household welfare is measured by per capita consumption expenditure in rural India. To realize … expenditure in rural India. From a policy point of view, there is a need to take institutional measures that help small and …

Over 250,000 farmers have committed suicide in India since the mid-1990s. Studies – both case studies of states and at … farmers. Most of the farm suicides have, however, taken place in five of India’s 28 states, suggesting that adverse financial … agriculture to create dire economic conditions that facilitated farm suicides in some Indian states. …

More effective taxation of agriculture is central to the development issue. An OLS cross-country regression across … developing countries shows that every one percent increase in the share of agriculture in value addition lowers the tax/GDP ratio … argue that agriculture can become possible, if never easy, to tax if it is attempted at the lowest, local level of …

necessary for all life on earth. Competition among agriculture, industry and cities for limited water supplies is already … constraining development efforts in many countries including India. As populations expand and economies grow, the competition for … agriculture for jobs, food and income (some 55 percent of all wheat and rice output is irrigated). Over the next 30 years, an …

This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention … households who are poor, and iii) rural households who are undernourished. The paper then singles out five disconnects in India …