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Agriculture continues to be an important sector fuelling economic growth. Rapidly changing climate is already affecting the production of food and feed, industrial crops, livestock, and seafood. In developing countries like India, agriculture and allied sectors contribute significantly to the gross domestic product. Therefore, evolving strategies to sustain a stable growth of the farming sector is essential for feeding a growing population and poverty alleviation ...
This book makes a comparative study of the socio-economic profiles of the tribes in the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Looking into the various facets of their way of living, it examines the effectiveness of tribal development projects in the both the states based on several parameters, including work participation rate, literacy, housing and access to portable water, incidence of diseases and nature of employment.
It highlights that Gujarat has fared ...
Achieving excellence in the fast changing global scenario of business and world economic structure demands deeper insight into the quality management practices. To survive in this competitive and challenging global business arena one needs to adopt quality management strategies that incorporate the best global practices. An attempt has been made in the present book to focus on quality aspects and solutions that can enhance global business excellence.
In this insightful book, Jagmohan recounts the moments of triumphs and tragedies which he came across during his long and eventful date with Delhi’s development, from Jawaharlal Nehru’s time till date. His narration and analysis of these moments in the context of larger forces that have remained embedded in the post 1947 India, bring under sharp focus a number of fundamental questions that need in-depth consideration of national leadership of all hue ...
This book includes the basics and published and unpublished data on thermal properties, density-porosity-permeability, electrical properties, seismic properties, magnetic properties and natural radioactivity at NTP and for some properties at elevated temperatures for crust-mantle rocks and minerals with special reference to Deccan Basalts, their units, measurement techniques, co-relation with other geophysical parameters and applications. The writing of the book ...
This first volume of Astadala Yogamala is' a unique book. It is part of a large project being undertaken to gather all the material in the form of lectures, articles, interviews, question & answer sessions, and teaching courses that have been given by Yogacarya B.K.S. Iyengar.
The works have undergone extensive editing all of which has been overseen by B.K.S. lyengar, bringing the wealth of his extensive experience to the subject.
This volume, as well as all ...
With escalating poverty, rising individualism, outright destruction of social security networks and diminished civil liberties across the world many professionals appear to be settling down for individual fixes rather than system overhauls . Social work has a rich history of community development, yet seems to be a semi-passive spectator to the growing listlessness in our communities. Fuelled by the elites, government and agencies the models of community ...
Agri-business organizations and the contracts therein tend to be complex as they require close coordination between isolated agricultural farms in the backward linkage component, on the one hand, and agro-processing and marketing operations in the forward linkage component, on the other. These organizations have undergone further changes in their structure and functioning under pressure of liberalization and globalization, while taking advantage of the ...
This edited book is the outcome of the International Conference on ‘China in Indian Ocean Region’, held on 13th–14th November 2014, organized by UGC Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Indian Ocean, third largest ocean in the world surpasses the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as the world’s largest and most strategically significant trade corridor. Indian Ocean Region (IOR) which is surrounded by Africa, Asia and ...