Resultados de búsqueda - "Punjab"

Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey 2012 (Round 1): Methodology and community characteristics por Nazli, Hina, Haider, Syed Hamza

“…The Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) conducted this Rural Household Panel Survey (RHPS) during March-April 2012 in three provinces of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, and KPK). The survey aims to provide the quantitative basis to identify and address the urgent economic policy priorities related to the implementation of the Planning Commission’s Framework for Economic Growth.…”
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Business and finance models for increased sustainability and equity of solar-powered irrigation in Pakistan: insights from the private sector por Akbar, Zain M., Ringler, Claudia, Hafeez, Mohsin

“…During fieldwork in Rahim Yar Khan and Okara districts, Punjab, and on the sidelines of Pakistan Water Week 2024, NEXUS Gains had the opportunity to speak with three solar-powered irrigation system providers to see how the Initiative’s research can support private sector actors and their clientele.…”
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Water markets in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia area: an answer to perceived deficiencies in canal water supplies? por Strosser, P., Kuper, M.

“…This paper presents the results of a study on water markets in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia Area, Punjab, Pakistan. The study stresses and quantifies the importance of water markets in the area. …”
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Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India: A regional synthesis por Erenstein, Olaf, Thorpe, W.R., Singh, J., Varma, A.

“…This report presents a regional synthesis of four scoping studies to assess croplivestock interactions and rural livelihoods in each of the four subregions of the Indian IGP: the Trans-Gangetic Plains (TGP: Punjab and Haryana), the Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, and West Bengal.…”
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Fundamentals of smallholder irrigation: the structured system concept por Albinson, B., Perry, C.J.

“…This study uses both farmer surveys and physical measurements to understand the impact RCTs have had on water use and water savings in the irrigated Rice-Wheat Zone of Pakistan's Punjab province. The findings show that field scale water savings achieved from RCTs is not necessarily equivalent to water savings at broader scales and may even result in an increase in overall water depletion.…”
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Water saving technologies: myths and realities revealed in Pakistan's rice-wheat systems por Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din, Turral, Hugh, Masih, Ilyas, Giordano, Mark, Masood, Zubair

“…This study uses both farmer surveys and physical measurements to understand the impact RCTs have had on water use and water savings in the irrigated Rice-Wheat Zone of Pakistan's Punjab province. The findings show that field scale water savings achieved from RCTs is not necessarily equivalent to water savings at broader scales and may even result in an increase in overall water depletion.…”
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Understanding agrarian impasse in Bihar por Kishore, Avinash

“…The key hypothesis of policy-makers during the 1980s was that raising tubewell density would trigger agrarian upsurge in Bihar as it did in Punjab, Haryana and western UP. The state did record high growth rates of cereal yields during the 1980s, higher than the national figures. …”
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Life at risk : hazardous child labour within agriculture in Sialkot, Pakistan por Nawaz, Muhammad Amjad

“…This study was conducted in the Union Council Dhilum Ballagun, Sialkot district in the Punjab Province of Pakistan; where many forms of child labour on farms is widespread. …”

Reproductive Biology, Sterility and Fertility Restoration, Breeding and Biotechnological Advances in Garlic: A Comprehensive Review por Dhall, Rajinder Kumar, Cavagnaro, Pablo, Malik, Geetika, Malik, Ajaz Ahmed, Rana, Neha

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Reforming educator accountability systems: Evidence from Pakistan por Asad, Saher, Habib, Masooma, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kosec, Katrina, Leaver, Clare, ur Rehman, Attique

“…While in neighbouring Punjab province, 97 percent of Grade 4 math students in rural primary schools can correctly answer a firstgrade question regarding which of 2 boxes has more objects in it, in study districts in KP, that share was just 43 percent.…”
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Picture Based Insurance (PBI) in India, 2016-17 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…During the winter (Rabi) 2016-17 season, a formative evaluation of PBI in Haryana and Punjab, India invited 750 wheat producers to take regular pictures of selected wheat sites throughout the cultivation season. …”
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Agriculture on the road to industrialization por Mellor, John W.

“…It includes case studies from Thailand, Punjab (India), the Philippines, Kenya, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Argentina.…”
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Bridging the incentive-cost gap: incentivizing sustainable crop residue management to address burning practices por Deepak Varshney, Ramsha Khan, Banerjee, Anurag, Chakraborty, Shreya, Kiran Kumara, T.M., Nain, J.S.

“…Crop residue burning (CRB) remains a major challenge in India, particularly in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, contributing significantly to environmental, public health, and economic issues. …”
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Low cost potato warehouse facility for Karnataka: a success story por Ali, S., Kumar, B.B., Kalleshwara Swamy, C.M., Kadian, M.S., Ramakrishna, B.V., Singh, B.P.

“…Seed imported from North India (Punjab) is very expensive and incur about 50% of total production cost and small and marginal farmers cannot afford to procure quality seed every year as no certified seed is being produced locally. …”
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Promoting sustainable agriculture through feed-in tariff policy in Pakistan: solar irrigation pumping for enhanced crop diversification por Junaid, Novaira, Akbar, Muhammad Zain, Shah, Azeem Ali

“…This project brief highlights sustainable irrigation methods along with the potential benefits of promoting solar-powered irrigation systems in Punjab, Pakistan. To promote the broad adoption of ecologically sustainable farming methods, the brief stresses the need to create a legislative framework that gives suitable incentives to farmers to improve their living conditions and increase the variety of crops they grow. …”
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Multinationals vs. cooperatives: The income and efficiency effects of supply chain governance in India por Vandeplas, Anneleen, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan

“…Relying on a unique set of household‐level data from the state of Punjab, we study the biggest dairy company in the world (Nestlé) in India and compare its vertical spillover effects on upstream suppliers to other market channels (informal sector and cooperatives). …”
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Analyses of selected heavy metals and Aflatoxin M1 in milk for human consumption in Jhang City, Pakistan por Younus, Muhammad, Abbas, Tariq, Rafique, M. Kamran, Said, Mohammed Y., Aslam, Muhammad, Zafar, Mujahid.

“…A screening survey was conducted during 2012-2013 to determine concentrations of Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), and Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in unprocessed, non-branded liquid milk available at conventional milk shops in Jhang city of Punjab. For the heavy metals men-tioned above, samples were also collected directly from dairy herds near a wastewater drain in suburbs of the city. …”
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Participatory varietal selection in high-potential production systems por Witcombe, John R.

“…This collaborative research is conducted by the Centre for Arid Zone Studies, UK; Local Initiatives in Biodiversity Research and Development (U-BIRD), Nepal; the Gramin Vikas Trust, India; and the Punjab Agricultural University, India. The justification for participatory rescarch on varietal selection in marginal areas is reviewed .and then compared to the needs of high-potential production systems (HPPSs). …”
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Adoption of food safety practices in milk production: Implications for dairy farmers in India por Kumar, Anjani, Wright, Iain A., Singh, D.K.

“…The study is based on the cross section primary data collected at the farm level in 3 states of India, namely, Bihar, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, in the year 2007. These states capture the geographical and institutional diversity of milk production and marketing in the country. …”
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Outmigration and labor mobility issues and policies in Nepal por Kharel, A., Sugden, F., Gupta, S.

“…Nepal’s labor migration history dates back to the colonial period in India when Nepali youths were recruited in the army of the East India Company in the early 19th century, and even prior to this period, Nepali men served in the army of Shikh ruler Ranjit Singh in Punjab (included territories of present-day India and Pakistan). …”
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