productivity in India. The current paper is an attempt to understand the various regulatory provisions and subsidies which affect … the production and trade of rice the most important food crop in India and the world …Agricultural growth has been largely responsible for India's desire for long term food security for its rapidly growing …

in need could help Haiti become more self-sufficient by purchasing the entire Haitian rice crop over the next two years …. The paper finds that buying up all of Haiti’s rice should be close to the amount of food aid for rice that the … unable to compete with low-cost rice imports from the U.S. …

This paper deals with the quantification of GMO regulations on bilateral trade flows. A composite index of the … ‘complexity' of such regulations for sixty countries as well as an ‘objective' score for six GMO regulatory sub-dimensions has … been developed. Using a gravity model, we show how bilateral ‘similarity' in GMO regulations, affect trade flows for the …

The paper examines the impact of access to India's farm science centers (Krishi Vigyan Kendras, or KVKs) on … Agricultural Households conducted by India's National Sample Survey Office in 2013. Employing different matching techniques and … India's network of KVKs have been quite remunerative, as the benefit-to-cost ratio of expenditure on KVKs ranges from 8 to …

are to get benefits of market reforms. Eastern India has the potential to become a national leader in agriculture …

India has a very diverse geography and many aspects of this geographical landscape are tied to its economy. Natural …

Implementation of the project 'Addressing Barriers to Rice Seeds Trade between India and Bangladesh' (RISTE) has … from India, and three from Bangladesh) is premised on interactions of the project team with stakeholders engaged in rice … sharing and harmonisation of seed regulations and trade policy between the two countries.This set of seven case studies (four …

India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies …