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This book examines the successful private, public and civil society
models of agriculture value chains in India and addresses relevant
challenges and opportunities to improve their efficiency and
inclusiveness. It promotes the value-chain approach as a tool to
improve access to finance for small holder farmers and discusses
the possible structure of and regulatory framework for the
'National Common Agricultural Market'- a term that featured in the
Indian Finance Minister's 2014-15 budget speech, and which is aimed
towards standardizing and improving transparency in agricultural
trade practices across states under a single licensing system. The
book deliberates on the potential of developing innovative
financial instruments into the value chain framework by supporting
tripartite agreements between producers, lead firms and financial
institutions. Its fourteen chapters are divided into three
parts-Agriculture Value Chain Financing: Theoretical Framework,
Agriculture Value Chain Financing in Cases of Select Commodities;
and Institutional Framework for Agriculture Value Chain Financing.
Since the concept of value chain financing is being considered as a
future policy agenda, the book is of great interest to corporations
dealing with agricultural inputs and outputs; commercial, regional,
rural and cooperative banks; policy makers; academicians and NGOs.
This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems
during the next ten to twenty years. The dynamics in the agrifood
sector is explored in the context of the overall economy, taking
into account agricultural and trade policies and their impacts on
national and global markets. The contributors draw on qualitative
and quantitative approaches, using both a national model - to focus
on urban-rural relations and income distribution - and an
international model to focus on patterns of economic growth and
international trade.
Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges,
and Policy Options is based on agricultural extension reforms
across five South Asian countries, reflecting past experiences,
case studies and experiments. Beginning with an overview of
historical trends and recent developments, the book then delves
into country-wise reform trajectories and presents several cases
testing the effectiveness of different types (public and private)
and forms (nutrition extension, livestock extension) of extension
systems. Further, the book provides a comprehensive overview of
challenges and constraints faced in formulating and implementing
reforms, tying the results into a concrete set of lessons and
highlighting areas that require further research. In addition, the
book discusses how a major aspect of agricultural development is
the productivity increase from the knowledge base of farmers, and
how translating research results into a knowledge base for farmers
requires designing and implementing well-functioning extension
programs.
In the recent few years the dwindling population of tiger has drawn
the attention of not only the conservationist but also all the
publics. However in spite of high efforts by the people still the
tigers are in threatened conditions. To protect these critically
endangered species, first we need to preserve their ecosystem,
which can be done timely, cost effectively through geospatial
technology. This book explains utility of remote sensing and GIS
technologies along with ancillary information in developing habitat
predictive models for tiger and its prey species. Time series
satellite data, field based habitat parameters, landscape metrics
and ancillary information have been used to model the habitat
suitability of tiger, anthropogenic pressure on its habitat and
habitat shrinkage in Plamau Tiger Reserve (PTR) of central India.
This book will be helpful for wildlife managers, conservers and
researchers.
This book addresses some key strategic questions related to
agriculture in the context of major contemporary developments and
emerging challenges in Nepal such as the changing role of
agriculture with economic growth, structural transformation in
reducing poverty, improving nutritional outcomes, and addressing
the challenges of climate change. The book also suggests policy
measures to improve the delivery of critical inputs and services
and ensure the participation of marginal and smallholders in
high-value chains. Further, it discusses how the new federal system
and governance structure will affect the delivery of agricultural
technology and services. The book is divided into five parts. Part
I discusses macro-issues in the agriculture sector, while Part II
focuses on agricultural productivity growth and its main drivers.
The third part explores diversification in the agricultural and
non-agricultural sectors by farmers and other rural people for
livelihood improvement, while the fourth part deals with
agricultural trade and marketing issues, highlighting policy
implications and recommendations in the areas of immediate focus
and further research. Lastly, Part V addresses institutions and
governance issues, which are vital for agricultural development. In
the final chapter, the editors summarize and synthesize the book's
main findings and develop a policy agenda for addressing the many
challenges faced by the agriculture sector in Nepal, so as to make
it more productive, competitive, sustainable, and inclusive. The
book offers a rich source of analytical information on various
aspects of agricultural development in Nepal and will be of immense
value to policymakers, development partners, civil society,
students, and those interested in the economic and agricultural
development of not only Nepal, but also other developing countries.
Pro-poor opportunities are rapidly unfolding in South Asia, spurred
by new lifestyles and tastes, stimulated by increasing incomes,
spreading urbanisation, and expanding globalisation. Dietary
patterns are changing of both the poor and the rich, as well as
rural and urban consumers, from staple foodgrains to
high-value-commodities such as fruits, vegetables, milk, meat,
eggs, and fish. The real challenge is how to grab these
opportunities to alleviate poverty and improve quality of life,
particularly for smallholders. This book, comprising contributions
by experts from various countries, provides a range of information,
analysis, and the beginnings of pathways to accelerate agricultural
diversification and facilitate inclusiveness of small holders
through correcting incentives, evolving institutions, and
developing infrastructure.
A fundamental requirement of Agenda 21 of UNCED is to support
sustainable development while safeguarding the Earth's environment.
This requires optimal management of natural resources which depends
on the availability of reliable and timely information at the
global, national, regional and local scales. One such technology,
"Geoinformatics", consisting of Remote Sensing (RS), Geographical
Information System (GIS), and Global Positioning System (GPS) is
source of reliable and timely information needed for natural
resource management, environmental protection and addressing issues
related to sustainable development. It offers a powerful tool for
resource assessment, mapping, monitoring, modelling, management
etc. It is also capable to make use of recent developments in the
digital integration of human reasoning, data and dynamic models.
These tools have been available for past three decades. Many
institutions and organisations are carrying out various research
and operational applications of direct relevance particular to
natural resource management. However, there are still limitations
in understanding the underlying science and research elements, as
there are larger questions of capacity building to use
geoinformatics in natural resource management and associated
sustainable development applications. These programs also find gaps
between the theoretical concepts and the operational utilisation of
these tools. This could be solved by providing wide range of
applications and prospective potential of this technology to the
students and research community in this area. "Geoinformatics for
Natural Resource Management" contains chapters written by noted
researchers and experts. The focus emerged with filling a gap in
the available literature on the subject by bringing together the
concepts, theories and experiences of the experts in this field.
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