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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “a narayanamoorthy”
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  • Farm Income in India

    Myths and Realities

    by A. Narayanamoorthy ...
    The Green Revolution resulted in spectacular advancements in Indian agriculture. Having achieved food security for its citizens, the country has now become a net exporter of different agricultural commodities. But sadly, this does not reflect the real state of the Indian agricultural sector. In truth, our farmers are plagued by crop failures, poor income, and indebtedness. Such is their misery ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Micro Irrigation Systems in India

    Emergence, Status and Impacts

    Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, A. Narayanamoorthy, P K Viswanathan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book takes stock of micro irrigation systems (MIS), the technological intervention in India’s agricultural and water management sectors, over the past couple of decades. Based on empirical research from the major agriculturally dynamic states, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the book provides a nuanced understanding and objective assessment of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus

    Lessons from India for Development

    Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, Nitin Bassi, A. Narayanamoorthy, M.V.K. Sivamohan ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
    It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required. This "nexus" is now the focus of major attention by researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.In this book, the authors show how these issues are being addressed in India as part of its ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Irrigation Future of India

    Development, Resource and Policy

    by A. Narayanamoorthy ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims to bring forth and address the major issues confronting the irrigation sector of India and also to suggest policy pointers to sustain it. As the policy and reform canvas is large for a huge and diverse country, this book has particular focus on the most important and immediate issues and future options. The chapters not only focus on new research, in-depth analysis and technical ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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    Pathways for Enhancing Farmers’ Income, Nutritional Security and Sustainable Food and Farm Systems

    Edited by Ramesh Chand, Pramod Joshi, Shyam Khadka ...
    Series series India Studies in Business and Economics
    This open access book brings together varying perspectives for transformational change needed in India’s agriculture and allied sectors. Stressing the need of thinking for a post-Green Revolution future, the book promotes approaching this change through eight broad areas, indicating the policy shifts needed to meet the challenges for the coming decade (2021-2030).The book comprises of ten ... Read more

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  • The Violence of the Green Revolution

    Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics

    by Vandana Shiva ...
    Series series Culture of the Land
    The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement—unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating ... Read more

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  • Landscapes of Loss

    The Story of an Indian Drought

    by Kavitha Iyer ...
    WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada - a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region - has seen a surge in farmer suicides.At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Are SDGs a Myth?

    Industrial Development and Water Pollution in India

    by Neeru Bansal, R. Parthasarathy ...
    Series series Towards Sustainable Futures
    This book discusses the continued emphasis on development gains in India’s national policies and its quest to meet sustainable development goals. It offers an analysis of the laws and infrastructure for environment protection in the country and their ineffectiveness in dealing with the water pollution which has had dire consequences on India’s ecological landscape.The book, while highlighting the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development in India

    Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production

    Edited by Koichi Fujita, Tsukasa Mizushima ...
    Series series Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
    This book explores and interrogates the food–water–energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India’s economic development.The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies on irrigated agriculture. Part 1 focuses on the historical development of agriculture and social change ... Read more

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  • Taming the Anarchy

    Groundwater Governance in South Asia

    by Tushaar Shah ...
    In 1947, British India-the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh-emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed canal irrigation infrastructure. However, as vividly illustrated by Tushaar Shah, the orderly irrigation economy that saved millions of rural poor from droughts and famines is now a vast atomistic system of widely dispersed tube ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • A Frayed History

    The Journey of Cotton in India

    by Uzramma, Meena Menon ...
    Once the envy of the world for its quality and variety, Indian cotton today is mired in uncertainty and despair. Though India is the largest producer of cotton, its farmers are trapped in debt, and thousands choose to kill themselves than face an ignominious fate. Handloom weavers, once proud standard-bearers of the country's artisanal heritage, are barely able to scrape together a living. To make ... Read more

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  • Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Farmer Incomes in Bihar

    Edited by Bhaumik, Sankar Kumar ...
    Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Farmer Incomes in Bihar discusses the performance of Bihar's agriculture sector in recent times and the multifarious challenges it is facing. The book explores future possibilities from the perspectives of raising agricultural productivity and farmer incomes and attaining inclusive growth. Given that doubling farmers' incomes in India is the declared agenda ... Read more

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