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- This article examines banana crop concentration in the Jalgaon district of India using quantitative and cartographic methods and compares the two techniques. The article was published in the Journal of Geography and Geology; Vol. 4, No. 2; 2012.
- Author
- Misrilal B Chavan; Shri Kailas S Nile
- Publisher
- Canadian Center of Science and Education
- http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jgg/article/view/17351
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- This case study evaluates the use of a computer-based tool, the Forestry Management Control System (FORMACS), to provide timely information to forest managers to enable them to monitor changes in resource conditions and design appropriate management interventions.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y9260e/y9260e00.htm
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- This report considers the potential of Concentrating Solar Thermal power (CST) to become an important renewable energy technology. It seeks to draw lessons from CST use in some developed countries and apply them to developing economies. The report provides an overview of the technology and covers: current financial and regulatory schemes; policy instruments used to promote CST in developed countries; renewable energy schemes supporting CST in developing countries (including India); and costs of CST schemes and potential for cost reduction. This report, no.70912, was published by The World Bank in 2012.
- Author
- Natalia Kulichenko; Jens Wirth
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9382
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- This article discusses the use, challenges and benefits of conservation tillage and zero tillage with reference to increasing productivity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Use of these technologies in India is mentioned briefly. The article was published in Development Outreach, a journal managed by the World Bank Institute, in October 2008.
- Author
- Irina Klytchnikova
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4563
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- Description
- This case study examines the criteria and indicators (C&I) approach for sustainable forest management as developed and applied in the Bhopal-India Process in India, including an overview of the forestry sector in India.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/k3896e/k3896e.pdf
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- This workshop discussed decentralisation and its relationship with other objectives such as sustainable agricultural and rural development, poverty and hunger reduction, natural resource management, access to support services for enterprise development and access to finance. The workshop was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 to 26 February 2004. This report of the workshop includes papers from countries including Bangladesh and India, regional papers, and conclusions and recommendations. This document, RAP Publication 2004/11 was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004. This section, part 1 of 2, contains the introduction and workshop summary, and country papers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Part 2 is also catalogued in the e-library.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/ad506e/AD506e00.pdf
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- Title
- Description
- This workshop discussed decentralisation and its relationship with other objectives such as sustainable agricultural and rural development, poverty and hunger reduction, natural resource management, access to support services for enterprise development and access to finance. The workshop was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 to 26 February 2004. This report of the workshop includes papers from countries including Bangladesh and India, regional papers, and conclusions and recommendations. This document, RAP Publication 2004/11 was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004. This section, part 2 of 2, contains country papers from Pakistan and Sri Lanka, regional papers, and annexes providing further details of the workshop, the inaugural address, the chairperson's address and the keynote address. Part 1 is also catalogued in the e-library.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/ad506e/AD506e01.pdf
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- Description
- This paper examines short-term measures adopted by some 81 countries from
Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean in response to rising food prices and assesses the implications of these measures for food security and poverty alleviation. Countries mentioned include India, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Malaysia. The paper was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2009.
- Author
- Mulat Demeke; Guendalina Pangrazio; Materne Maetz
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/ak177e/ak177e00.pdf
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- This policy research report examines developing countries' likely attitudes to international treaties regulating carbon emissions, concluding that the clear differences in the factors that determine likely negotiating positions are based on the country's vulnerability to climate change impacts and that the barriers in the transition to renewable energy are political and institutional rather than a lack of availability. Detailed tables of relevant data for the countries covered are also included. This report was published by The World Bank in 2007.
- Author
- Piet Buys; Uwe Deichmann; Craig Meisner; Thao Ton That; David Wheeler
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7500
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- Description
- This report assesses the viability of manufacturing straw-based densified total mixed ration blocks (DTMRBs) as a method of improving management of crop residues. It discusses this type of feed compared to conventional feeding in India, development of the technology, machinery needed and the process involved, securing biomass from the fields, brief account of the research in India on DTMRBs, advantages of this technology, economic and other benefits to the farmer, extent of use of the technology and densified straw based feed pellets.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2728e/index.html
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- This report reviews the practice of rice-fish farming in various countries, comparing the countries' practices to promote rice-fish culture in other parts of the world. It includes a brief history of rice-fish farming, a description of the different rice field ecosystems in which fish farming takes place, possible modifications of rice fields to incorporate fish culture, production systems, agronomic and aquaculture management, rice-fish production and yields, pest management, social and environmental impact of rice-fish culture, experiences of rice-fish farming in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, India and Bangladesh and prospects and program for the future. This report was published by the FAO in 2004.
- Author
- Matthias Halwart; Modadugu V. Gupta (editors)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/a0823e/a0823e00.htm
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- This report details the recovery framework for the districts affected by Cyclone Phailin which hit the coast of Odisha, India, in October 2013. It provides a detailed analysis of the affected sectors, the extent of the damages sustained, the reconstruction and recovery needs and the recovery strategy. This report was published by WorldBank in 2013.
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17608
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- Description
- This report examines groundwater use in India and considers the potential social and economic consequences of weak or non-existent groundwater management. The report was published by The World Bank in 2010.
- Author
- Sanjay Pahuja; Catherine Tovey; Stephen Foster; Hector Garduno
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2835
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- This report examines experience with the design and implementation of policy instruments to promote the development of renewable energy (RE) in a sample of six representative developing countries and transition economies that introduced renewable energy policy tools before 2005. The countries studied include India and Indonesia. This document is report no.70909, published by The World Bank in 2012.
- Author
- Gabriela Elizondo Azuela; Luiz Augusto Barroso
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9379
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- This study examined repayment of self-help group loans and sought to determine the effects of loan source, groups provision of public goods in the form of insurance substitutes, and exogenously-imposed management practices. It used data from 2,000 groups, federated in 299 village organisations (VOs) in a programme to deliver microcredit to poor rural women in Andhra Pradesh, India. This document, Policy Research Working Paper 4885, was published by The World Bank in March 2009.
- Author
- Klaus Deininger; Yanyan Liu
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4080
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- Description
- This strategy development workshop was held on 25-29 February 2008 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Papers from the workshop cover: learning from past experience and from successful and unsuccessful dairying initiatives; dairy markets and the facilitation of smallholder participation; and, the development of the strategy. It includes examples from India, Vietnam, the Philippines and Bangladesh. These proceedings, RAP Publication 2008/08, were published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2008. This section, part 1 of 2, contains an introduction to the workshop, papers on learning from past experience, and papers on smallholder participation. Part 2 is also catalogued in the e-library.
- Author
- Nancy Morgan (editor)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0281e/i0281e00.pdf
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- Title
- Description
- This strategy development workshop was held on 25-29 February 2008 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Papers from the workshop cover: learning from past experience and from successful and unsuccessful dairying initiatives; dairy markets and the facilitation of smallholder participation; and, the development of the strategy. It includes examples from India, Vietnam, the Philippines and Bangladesh. These proceedings, RAP Publication 2008/08, were published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2008. This section, part 2 of 2, contains papers on smallholder participation, papers on the development of the strategy, opening remarks and a summary of the field trip. Part 1 is also catalogued in the e-library.
- Author
- Nancy Morgan (editor)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0281e/i0281e01.pdf
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- This report attempts to introduce a prototype scoring system for the ecological status of rivers in India and to illustrate this system through its applications in the Krishna, Cauvery, Narmada, Periya and Ganga river basins in India. This report was published by IWMI in 2007.
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- Vladimir Smakhtin; Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam; Sandeep Behera; Archana Chatterjee; Srabani Das; Parikshit Gautam; Gaurav D. Joshi; Kumbakonam G. Sivaramakrishnan; K. Sankaran Unni
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.114
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- This document contains the proceedings of a workshop held to discuss ways to strengthen the ongoing genetic improvement and dissemination programs of member countries (including Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) and to develop additional programs for new species. It includes the papers presented, a summary of the small group discussions and country-specific action plans for selected species.
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/Development%20of%20Aquatic_1.pdf
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- This short article reports on a study which attempted to improve the success of a giant freshwater prawn hatchery through increasing the quality and quantity of broodstock by developing the broodstock near a hatchery to be used for seed production throughout the year. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2000.
- Author
- K. N. Mohanta
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/aq3.pdf
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- Description
- This report assesses the potential of India's industries to set up a manufacturing base to produce concentrated solar power (CSP) technology components and equipment. It examines CSP project prices and costs in India and the competitive positioning of local manufacturing in CSP technologies and discusses preparation of an action plan to stimulate local CSP technologies in India. This report was published by WorldBank in 2013.
- Publisher
- The World Bank
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17475
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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
- A Victor Suresh
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1444e/a1444e08.pdf
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- This note identifies the key elements of an effective disaster management system (risk identification, emergency preparedness, institutional capacity building, risk mitigation, catastrophe risk financing). It examines examples of disaster risk reduction initiatives
in three earthquake-affected regions: Los Angeles, California (United States); Marmara, Turkey; and, Gujarat, India; and summarises lessons learned. The note is Working Paper Series No. 13, one of a series of EAP DRM KnowledgeNotes on disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific. It was published by The World Bank in 2010. This note was prepared for the Government of China as part of a series of good practice notes on post-disaster recovery following the Wenchuan Earthquake that struck on 12 May 2008.
- Author
- Zoe Trohanis; Arish Dastur; Ting Xu; Dean Cira
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10124
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- Description
- This article describes the implementation of the Institution Village Linking Programme (IVLP) in Elamkunnapuzha, India, which assessed and refined the technologies of the coastal agro ecosystems. It also discusses the resulting yield and benefits. Particular emphasis was put on marginal and small farmers and women for poverty alleviation and equity. This article was originally published in in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2006.
- Author
- R. Sathiadhas; J. Joseph; S. Jerson
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2369.pdf
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- Description
- This report examines 53 cities in developing countries (including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, China and Indonesia) to determine the factors that drive the use of untreated wastewater and polluted water for irrigated agriculture. This report was published by IWMI in 2008.
- Author
- Liqa Raschid-Sally; Priyantha Jayakody
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.127
