...Shadman Zafar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the complex relationship between agricultural input subsidies and environmental sustainability in India. It specifically looks at how fertilizer, power and irrigation subsidies affect the environment and compares how much...

... of disasters on farm income. More importantly, the study also analyses the effect of diversification on farm income by farm class to see where the benefits of diversification are concentrated. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a linear model, in which agricultural income is expressed...

... on seeds from media sources, an extremely low number. There is certainly scope for increasing the outreach of these channels that are much more important for spread of agricultural technology in a fragmented society. Originality/value – This paper is an attempt to come up with an empirical strategy...

... and industrialists over time. Design/methodology/approach – The authors develop a two-sector model of growth with agriculture and manufacturing in which land is an essential input to production in both sectors. Industrialists buy land from farmers and deals include R&R payments. Individuals live for one...

... to households whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. To avoid competition with the agriculture labor market, NREGS is meant to be implemented primarily during the agricultural slack season. This would help in poverty alleviation and smoothing consumption of rural labor households...

..., such as agriculture. Véronique Gille can be contacted at: veroniquegille@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 This process is considered of major importance for India because, as mentioned by the World Bank: Education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty...

... at: stefan.ambec@toulouse.inra.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Natural resources Regulations Common‐pool natural resources Quotas Welfare Fairness Fisheries Environment Agriculture Political economy of growth and development Income and wealth distribution Since at least...

... transmitted to other non‐food items” (Government of India, 2000, p. 3). It can be easily concluded that the view in policy circles is that inflation in India is driven by supply shocks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 India Fiscal policy Monetary policy Inflation Agriculture...

... for majority of the contract growers. The table also shows that only 58 per cent of contract growers (as opposed to 75 per cent of independent growers) had a background in agriculture related activities in terms of their previous occupation. Examples of previous non‐agricultural background for a contract...