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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2013
    India, Southern Asia

    Agriculture is the largest global user of biodiversity. Over-reliance on a handful of crops puts global food security at great risk especially in the context of climate change. Selected and used by generations of farmers, agricultural biodiversity contributes to reducing malnutrition, alleviating poverty and combating climate change challenges. This diversity has been in decline for decades and is now in danger of disappearing and efforts needed to conserve them using both ex situ and in situ approaches.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    Studies from nine states indicate that adoption of micro-irrigation (MI) technologies - drip and sprinkler systems - has a positive impact in terms of water saving, yield and income enhancement at farm level. However, the overall impression among the farmers is that MI is capital intensive and suited only to large farmers who have Access to capital and technical knowhow. As such, only 12.2 percent of potential drip irrigation area and 7.8 percent of potential sprinkler area is covered in the country with large variations across states.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    India, Asia, Southern Asia

    This Working Paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2009 to 2012. Agriculture accounts for 21% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Madhya Pradesh and state agriculture contributes substantially to India?s total annual wheat, pulses and soybean production. While the incidence of poverty has declined, it remains well above the national average of 21%.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Italy, Greece, Iran, India, Asia

    Saffron production is confined to a limited geographical area in the State. Saffron has traditionally been associated with the famous Kashmiri cuisine, its medicinal values and the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir. Its role in enriching the local cuisine, its medicinal value and its use in important religious rituals is well known. However, Saffron production is currently suffering on several counts, especially those relating to productivity as well as post harvest management. This has resulted in lower production and poor quality.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    India, Iran, Asia

    One of the legacies of saffron farming practice for centuries in and around the Pampore Karewas of Kashmir in India is that this ancient farming system continues to inspire family farmers and local communities through their livelihood security that it provides for more than 17,000 farm families. Kashmiri village women contribute to this agriculture heritage site through traditional tilling to flower picking over 3,200 hectares dedicated to the legendary saffron crop cultivation at Pampore.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    India

    The note examines the transfer of
    knowledge from one generation to the next, and from country
    to country, through trading ties, and social interactions
    which has raised knowledge sharing activities within Africa,
    and elsewhere. Such activities have reinforced the
    universality of indigenous knowledge, and, despite
    geographical differences, the note looks at the Sodic Lands
    Reclamation Project in India, as a good example of

  7. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    Using recent advances in modeling
    climate-related risks and adjusting state of the art
    catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought, the study
    conducts an innovative long-term assessment of drought risks
    in Andhra Pradesh, India, and suggests strategies to reduce
    their impact, under several economic, drought management and
    climate change scenarios. The analysis deepens an
    understanding of climate risk adaptation strategies,

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This study by the World Bank indicates that forests offer vast potential for poverty reduction and rural economic growth in India while also supporting critical national conservation goals. An estimated 275 million people in rural areas depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods. Forest dwellers, which include a high proportion of tribals, are among the poorest and most vulnerable groups in society. The government of India has adopted Joint Forest Management as a principal approach for community-based forestry.

  9. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    India

    Irrigation has made a major contribution
    to poverty reduction in the past decades, enabling higher
    yields and better nutrition. Despite these achievements,
    large-scale irrigation schemes have usually yielded low
    returns and attracted negative publicity because of their
    adverse environmental and social impacts. As a result, the
    Bank has largely switched its support for irrigation away
    from new construction toward rehabilitation and policy

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This paper uses data from the 61st Round
    of the National Sample Survey to understand the employment
    outcomes of Dalit and Muslim men in India. It uses a
    conceptual framework developed for the US labor market that
    states that ethnic minorities skirt discrimination in the
    primary labor market to build successful self-employed
    ventures in the form of ethnic enclaves or ethnic labor
    markets. The paper uses entry into self-employment for

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