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Impact of Water Management on Agricultural Production
This paper explores the impact of water management on output, labor, and capital growth for an agriculture-based developing economy like Pakistan. According to empirical findings, capital stock and labor force in the agriculture sector significantly affect output growth. Improvement of capital stock...Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009) -
Book Review | Voices from the Forests: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming edited by Malcolm Cairns
Voices from the Forest provides a robust defense against the largely undeserved bad reputation associated with shifting cultivation that has persisted for almost a century. Bringing together the best of science and farmer experimentation, the book illustrates the enormous diversity and dynamism of...Volume 5 Issue No. 2 (December 2008) -
Determinants of Crop Choices by Bangladeshi Farmers: A Bivariate Probit Analysis
Using a bivariate probit model, the study jointly determines the factors underlying the probability of Bangladeshi farmers adopting a diversified cropping system and/or modern rice technology. Results reveal that the availability of irrigation is the single most important determinant of the decision...Volume 5 Issue No. 1 (June 2008) -
NARES Capacity in Relation to International Treaties and Conventions on Intellectual Property Rights, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Plant Genetic Resources Management
Significant developments in the scientific front and international policy arena have affected the use and exchange of genetic resources, and the management of intellectual property. These developments are now reshaping public agricultural research and development (R&D) in developing countries...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
The Ecological and Economic Aspects of the Multifunctional Role of Agroecosystems
Current perceptions about agriculture-based systems are rooted in an assessment of their negative and positive externalities, as well as their tremendous influence in the cultural and religious values of communities. Among the emerging concerns is how to integrate this view of the multi-faceted...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
Biodiversity Research for Sustainable Development: Can It Be Achieved?
Biodiversity is said to be the "heart of sustainable agricultural systems." Biodiversity research is envisioned to provide a better understanding of development issues so that better policy responses, management practices and actions will ultimately redound to a better quality of life for all...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
Rural Poverty in Southeast Asia: Issues, Policies, and Challenges
Economic growth among Southeast Asian countries during the last 25 years has averaged at five percent per year and has been accompanied by a decline in the relative importance of agriculture in the national output and employment. The response of poverty to this growth and structural transformation...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
Reconceiving Food Security and Environmental Protection
The twin issues of food security and environmental protection for the remainder of the century will be defined by expectations that the population will continue to grow to 11 billion, mainly in less developed countries (LDCs), as well as by human behavior. This paper considers conventional analyses...Volume 1 Issue No. 2 (December 2004) -
China's Agricultural Research System and Reforms: Challenges and Implications for Developing Countries
The expansion of the real output of major food and agricultural productions in China ranks as one of the nation's great achievements. Publicly funded agricultural research has been key to the impressive performance (Huang et al. 2003). Expenditures grew rapidly from the early 1960s to the middle...Volume 1 Issue No. 1 (June 2004) -
Rural Institutions, Agricultural Development, and Pro-Poor Economic Growth
According to conventional wisdom, the ideal form of pro-poor economic development is through investment in agriculturally-led growth. In the early stages of growth, increased production decreases food prices and shifts out the demand for labor. Inasmuch as poor households disproportionately consume...Volume 1 Issue No. 1 (June 2004)