Innocent Farmers?
Title | Innocent Farmers? PDF eBook |
Author | M. Put |
Publisher | Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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This study contributes to the discussion on the effect of government versus NGO activities and is one of the first to compare different intervention strategies. Farmers cultivating the less-endowed dryland (not-irrigated) areas in India's risk-prone, semi-arid tropics, are confronted with the whims of nature like the unreliable monsoon and infertile soils. Most of them are resource-poor, owning small plots of land and having limited access to water for irrigation and capital, and cultivate low yielding crops. Hence, most farming households are not self-sufficient. The expectation that they would benefit from Green Revolution innovations, hardly materialized. In fact, having neglected dryland agriculture in its semi-arid tropics for decades, the Indian government implemented special projects to ameliorate the plight of these farmers only in the 1980s. In addition, various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) did the same. The present study compares the effects of two such projects: the World Bank financed Maheswaram watershed project implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government and a project implemented by a well-known NGO in that State, AWARE. Essential reading for the aid community, economists, agricultural planners, and anyone concerned with the future of Indian farmers.
Innocent Farmers? A Comparative Evaluation Into A Gover
Title | Innocent Farmers? A Comparative Evaluation Into A Gover PDF eBook |
Author | M. Put |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 1998 |
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Farmers' Guide
Title | Farmers' Guide PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 1080 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Farm Index
Title | Farm Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 556 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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The Farmer's Magazine
Title | The Farmer's Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 614 |
Release | 1871 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Reports
Title | Reports PDF eBook |
Author | New Jersey. State Board of Agriculture |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1012 |
Release | 1881 |
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Michigan Farmer
Title | Michigan Farmer PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 406 |
Release | 1852 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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