In India, approximately 60% of the cultivated area in India is rainfed. Out of the total net sown area of 141.0 Mha, rainfed area accounts for 85.0 M.ha spread over 177 districts. Rainfed areas contributes 44% of the total food grain produc-
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Community Seed Banks to Community Seed Enterprises: experiences from Centre for Sustainable Agriculture Seed is one of the most critical input in farming. Earlier farmers used seeds saved from their own produce. With changing times, they have gradually become dependent on seed
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Andhra Pradesh has the dubious distinction of being the home for ‘Farmers’ Suicides’ in India. Out of the 2 districts identified by Planning Commission and the Prime Minister’s Relief scheme as districts being under serious agrarian distress, 16 are in Andhra Pradesh.
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G.V. Ramanjaneyulu and V. Rukmini Rao argue that the Indian agrarian crisis is due to lopsided policies in technology and support to farmers, faulty regulatory and market systems. Experiences with scaling up an ecological model of pest management in agriculture in Andhra
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Insect populations like all animal populations are gov- erned by their innate capacity to increase as influenced by various abiotic and biotic factors. The changes caused by the natural evolutionary forces are accelerated with the human in- terventions. After the changes like
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Dr. G. V. Ramanjaneyulu, and Dr. T. A. V. S. Raghunath[1] Insect populations like all animal populations are governed by their innate capacity to increase as influenced by various abiotic and biotic factors. The changes caused by the natural evolutionary forces are
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Non Pesticidal Management Learning from Experiences Peer reviewed article in Book ‘Integrated Pest Management-Innovation Development Process edited by Rajendir Peshin and Ashok Dhawan Published by Springers
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