Instability in Indian Agriculture in the Context of the New Technology
Instability in Indian Agriculture in the Context of the New Technology

Author: Shakuntla Mehra

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780896290266

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Extract: This report analyzes the processes that might result in more or less instability of yields for individual crops; for the same crop produced in different regions and in different seasons in the same region; for foodgrains generally in different regions of the country; or for farms of different sizes. Because the new crop technology has made an important contribution to the growth of yields per hectare, and because the new technology itself has made the greatest headway in irrigated areas, the obvious question is: has seed-fertilizer technology increased yield variability, and, if so, has this added variability been confined only to unirrigated areas?

Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India
Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India

Author: J. S. Sarma

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780896290846

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Trends and changes in foodgrain production; Input use and production behavior; Trends and changes in per capita consumption of foodgrains; Scenarios for the year 2000.

Sustaining Rapid Growth in India's Fertilizer Consumption
Sustaining Rapid Growth in India's Fertilizer Consumption

Author: Gunvant M. Desai

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 0896290328

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Research report on obstacles to and agricultural policies for sustained growth rates in fertilizer consumption in India - develops profiles by food crop based on surveys conducted between the early 1950s and the mid-1970s. Bibliography, statistical tables.

Agriculture and Economic Growth in an Open Economy--the Case of Argentina
Agriculture and Economic Growth in an Open Economy--the Case of Argentina

Author: Domingo Cavallo

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780896290372

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Research report on the role of the agricultural sector in overall economic growth in Argentina from 1940-1971 - explains the econometric model used for analysing the functoning of a market economy; studies effects of trade liberalization, exchange rate policies and domestic taxation, public investment and Terms of Trade, production functions, consumer expenditure, etc. Bibliography and graphs.

The Effects of the Egyptian Food Ration and Subsidy System on Income Distribution and Consumption
The Effects of the Egyptian Food Ration and Subsidy System on Income Distribution and Consumption

Author: Harold Alderman

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780896290464

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Research report on the effects of the Egyptian food rationing and food subsidy systems on income distribution and consumption - using household survey data explains distribution and food security; examines household expenditure, protein consumption, level of nutrition and percentage calorie deficiency; analyses system of income transfer and interaction with farm crop production and marketing; gives statistical analysis of choice between cooperatives and open market. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.

Constraints on Kenya's Food and Beverage Exports
Constraints on Kenya's Food and Beverage Exports

Author: Michael Schluter

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780896290457

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Research report on obstacles to food and beverage exports from Kenya - explains role of the agricultural sector in exports, as well as research method; makes a market study in petroleum exporting countries; examines potentials of coffee, tea, livestock, sugar, maize, pulses and horticultureal cash crops; discusses marketing problems, the economic policy of food exports and economic implications for Kenya's development policy. Bibliography and graphs.

The Effects on Income Distribution and Nutrition of Alternative Rice Price Policies in Thailand
The Effects on Income Distribution and Nutrition of Alternative Rice Price Policies in Thailand

Author: Pras?n Trairatw??rakun

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780896290471

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Introduction; Rice price, poverty, and income distribution; The response of paddy supply to price changes; The effects of rice price changes on the rural farm wage rate; The effects of rice price changes on the calorie intake of consumers; The effects of rice price changes on the calorie intake of paddy farmers; The effects of rice price changes on incomes and food consumption of low-income people.

The Food Stamp Scheme in Sri Lanka
The Food Stamp Scheme in Sri Lanka

Author: Neville Edirisinghe

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780896290594

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The policy change; Price subsidy and food stamp benefits; The beneficiaries; The effect on fiscal costs and income distribution; Patterns of food consumption and nutrition before and after the subsidy program change; Inflation and the real value of food stamps; Impact of food stamps on nutrition and cost-effectiveness; The nutrition of children and income transfer.