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- This report explains the state of sustainable buildings and the construction industry in India including best practices, successes, barriers and recommendations for further implementation towards mitigation of climate change impacts. This report was published by UNEP in 2010.
- Author
- Priyanka Kochhar
- Publisher
- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/pdf/SBCI_State_of_play_India.pdf
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- This study assesses whether universal primary education can be achieved by 2015 by analyzing education policies and financing patterns in the largest low-income countries that are furthest from achieving universal primary education. It identifies a new policy and financing framework that could accelerate global progress in primary education. This study was published by WorldBank in 2003.
- Author
- Barbara Bruns; Alain Mingat; Ramahatra Rakotomalala
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15121
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- This study explores the theory and practice of the adaptive management method of water resource management based on a detailed field study of the development and use of water resources for irrigation in the Lower Bhavani Project in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This study was published by IWMI in 2009.
- Author
- Mats Lannerstad; David Molden
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.128
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- This case study presents a forest rehabilitation initiative in the tropical dry forests in north-western India, highlights an indirect approach for assessing forest degradation, identification of forest rehabilitation objectives and targets and illustrates lessons learned for future forest rehabilitation in dry land forests. This study was published by FAO in 2009.
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- Michael Kleine; Ghazala Shahabuddin; Promode Kant
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/k7176e/k7176e00.pdf
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- The challenges addressing agricultural engineering are addressed in this workshop. The papers cover a range of topics and countries and are accompanied by summaries of the key issues identified. Papers include: "Linking global markets"; "Optimizing land and water use - the role of equipment and input supply"; "Local design capacity building applied to small-scale food-processing equipment: a strategic way for adding value for producers"; "A competency-based qualification programme in automation technology and process control applied to agro-industries in developing countries"; "Product development systems for agrifood innovation in transition and developing countries"; and, "Study of resource recycling based sustainable agricultural development in Thailand: Thai-Japanese joint venture agribusiness". This document, Agricultural and Food Engineering Technical Report 5, and the Proceedings of an FAO Workshop held at the CIGR World Congress on Agricultural Engineering Bonn, Germany, 56 September 2006, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007.
- Author
- Brian G Sims (editor); Josef Kienzle (editor); Roberto Cuevas (editor); Gavin Wall (editor)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1249e/a1249e00.htm
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- This report evaluates the current use of microirrigation technologies in Maharashtra and Gujarat in India as a method of saving water in irrigated agriculture and averting potential water shortage crises, a strategy to increase farm incomes and reduce poverty and a method of enhancing the food and nutritional security of rural households through an increase in the area of cultivation, better crop yields, enhanced output quality, early crop maturity and reduced cultivation costs. This report was published by IWMI in 2005.
- Author
- R. E. Namara; B. Upadhyay; R. K. Nagar
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.094
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- This report summarises the current status of aquaculture assessment tools (AATs) in the Asia and Pacific region through a selection of country case studies focusing on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Each case study examines the application of existing aquaculture assessment tools in the country, including issues and constraints and recommendations for improvement. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
- Author
- Miao Weimin; C. V. Mohan; Wyn Ellis; Brian Davy (editors)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3438e/i3438e00.htm
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- This report examines the performance of primary agricultural credit cooperatives in three districts in Andhra Pradesh, India, following the recent microfinance crisis, and finds a lack of training among the management that it recommends be improved to prevent an increase in government role in the supply of credit that may undermine the culture of repayment. This report was published by The World Bank in 2011.
- Author
- Jordi de la Torre; Xavier Gine; Tara Vishwanath
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3570
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- This report provides an introduction to the importance of agriculture and the growth of public and private agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific regions and discusses risk management and the role of agricultural insurance, agricultural insurance provision, public sector support for agricultural insurance, small farmer agricultural insurance initiatives and options and recommendations for government support to agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific region. This report was published by FAO in 2011.
- Author
- Charles Stutley
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2344e/i2344e00.htm
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- Description
- This study of the dairy industry in India examines the structure of the dairy sector, the role of dairy cooperatives, the impact of the dairy industry on smallholders and rural development, and lessons that can be learnt from the industry. It is one of a series of studies of the dynamics that have led certain industries to grow rapidly, which seek to draw lessons on how to support positive patterns of change. This document, Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Working Document 21, was published by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007.
- Author
- O P Sinha
- Publisher
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap299e/ap299e.pdf
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- Description
- This study of the soybean industry in India examines the structure of the soybean sector, marketing and commercial viability, the impact of the growth of the soybean industry on farm households, sustaining and improving commercial viability and farmers income, and lessons that can be learned from the industry. It is one of a series of studies of the dynamics that have led certain industries to grow rapidly, which seek to draw lessons on how to support positive patterns of change. This document, Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Working Document 20, was published by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007.
- Author
- Ramesh Chand
- Publisher
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap300e/ap300e.pdf
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- Description
- This is one of two case studies of aquaculture in India from a series of individual country case studies which, together with synthesis papers and the report of a workshop, provide a detailed overview of feed and fertiliser use in sustainable aquaculture development in developing countries. The full report, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.497, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
- Author
- S Ayyappan; S Ahamad Ali
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1444e/a1444e07.pdf
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- This report attempts to estimate the social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: urban air pollution, inadequate water supply and indoor air pollution as well as four natural resource damage categories: agricultural damage, rangeland degradation, deforestation and natural disasters. The report provides estimated costs in Rupees for all of the above categories. This report was published by The World Bank in 2012.
- Author
- Muthukumara Mani; Anil Markandya; Aarsi Sagar; Elena Strukova
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12065
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- Description
- This volume provides papers on the following themes: industrial policy and development; social capital, institutions, and development; financial crisis and regulation; the road to a sustainable global economic system; and innovation and competition. Many of the authors draw upon lessons learned from the experience of Korea and other East Asian countries and their responses to the financial crisis of the late 1990s. The volume includes selected papers and keynote addresses from the 2010 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), a forum for discussion and debate of important policy issues facing developing countries. It was published by The World Bank in 2011.
- Author
- Justin Yifu Lin (editor); Boris Pleskovic (editor)
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2555
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- This study provides an overview of the global packaging industry, assesses the status and trends of food packaging in developing countries and identifies some food packaging solutions in developing countries.
- Author
- Nerlita M. Manalili; Moises A. Dorado; Robert van Otterdijk
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3684e.pdf
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- This document reports on the regional consultation of the proposed voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land attended by representatives from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam which was held to assess regional priorities and issues to be considered when the guidelines were drafted.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/ak802e/ak802e00.pdf
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- This report examines school-to-work (STW) information bases, a set of policies and practices for collecting information about the skills needed by employers and about the types of employment found by technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates. It studies the school-to-work transition process in nine countries, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002166/216661e.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the first goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of education and care in early childhood, and identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002171/217145e.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the second goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all children to have access to and to complete free, compulsory, good quality primary education. It also identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002212/221200E.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the third goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all young people and adults having the opportunity to gain the knowledge and develop the skills to develop their capacity to work, participate in society and continue learning. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/efa/Publications/EDN_G3_Web_FINAL.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fourth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002184/218428E.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fifth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education and achieving gender equality in education. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219185E.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the sixth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of improving the quality of education so that all achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219186E.pdf
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- Description
- This report reviews the current features of examinations and the current practices in public examinations taking place in countries in the Asia-Pacific region with recommendations for future improvement. Its recommendations focus on assuring integrity of assessments, reducing examination pressures, catering for an expanding and more diverse student candidature, assessing a wider range of curricular objectives and assuring quality and gaining public confidence. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
- Author
- Peter Hill
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001878/187826E.pdf
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- Description
- This report examines measures that may contribute to increased access to secondary education in Asia and the Pacific, analysing the coverage of secondary education in Asia and the Pacific, reviewing major inequalities that exist in access and coverage and identifying factors that limit the access of primary school graduates to secondary education. This report was published by UNESCO in 2010.
- Author
- Francoise Caillods
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001900/190007e.pdf
