Rainfed areas in India account for more than two-thirds of the agricultural land. The post-Indepe... more Rainfed areas in India account for more than two-thirds of the agricultural land. The post-Independence agricultural development efforts generally overlooked these areas. But the past decade witnessed a qualitative and quantitative change in rainfed areas through various integrated intensive development programs and community participation. The main aim of the integrated watershed approach was to improve livelihood security in rainfed areas through sustainable agricultural transformation. The past performance of watershed development programs has been mixed, both satisfactory as well as unsatisfactory. But result from a meta analysis comprising 310 watersheds revealed that the mean benefit-cost ratio of watershed. program in the country was quite modest at 2.14. The average internal rate of return was 22%, which is comparable with many rural development programs. The watershed programs generated employment opportunities, augmented irrigated area and cropping intensity and conserved ...
One of the requirements of TRIPS Article 27.3(b) is that plant varieties should be protected eith... more One of the requirements of TRIPS Article 27.3(b) is that plant varieties should be protected either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or some combination thereof. The moot question is how plant variety protection could help ensure food security in developing countries? Research evidences from developed countries indicate differential impacts of plant breeders’ rights across crops. Increasing role of private sector in plant breeding was accompanied by appropriation strategies, and high level of market consolidation in seed industry resulted in higher seed prices. Though, rate of varietal release was increased but new varieties had a shorter life span. In case of developing countries, plant breeders’ rights facilitated access to improved foreign variety, in certain cases, but this contributed little to food security. Therefore, developing countries need to learn from such experiences and structure their PVP legislations in such a way which ensures food security and sust...
... groundnut in India Suresh Pal, Harbir Singh and Prasoon Mathur ... As a dynamic private input... more ... groundnut in India Suresh Pal, Harbir Singh and Prasoon Mathur ... As a dynamic private input marketing system takes hold in the country, many observers are redefining a facilitating role for the public sector in seed production (Jaffee and Srivastava, 1994). ...
Developments in the Indian seed industry and their impact on access and use of commercial seed by... more Developments in the Indian seed industry and their impact on access and use of commercial seed by farmers have been examined. Various types of seed systems such as hybrids, self-pollinated crops, vegetatively propagated crops, crops with high seed volume, etc have been analysed. It has been shown that the commercial seed markets for hybrids are well developed, but these need improving flow of information to farmers and effective regulation of unscrupulous traders, etc. There are significant changes in terms of seed regulations, management of GM crops and protection of intellectual property. Since all these regulations are mutually enforcing, there is a need for developing institutional capacity for their enforcement, as well as flexibility to learn from the experience for future adaptation. There is a lot of scope for strengthening the seed system of ‘orphan crops’, where there is no participation of the private sector, and the public seed system is facing several resource and i...
One of the main reasons that firms participate in alliances is to learn know-how and capabilities... more One of the main reasons that firms participate in alliances is to learn know-how and capabilities from their alliance partners. At the same time firms want to protect themselves from the opportunistic behavior of their partner to retain their own core proprietary assets. Most research has ...
Abstract This study examines the choices of modes of entry and exit in the process of new busines... more Abstract This study examines the choices of modes of entry and exit in the process of new business exploration. We find that exit mode choices are determined by a different set of factors from those that are important for the entry mode decision and the exit decision per ...
Rainfed areas in India account for more than two-thirds of the agricultural land. The post-Indepe... more Rainfed areas in India account for more than two-thirds of the agricultural land. The post-Independence agricultural development efforts generally overlooked these areas. But the past decade witnessed a qualitative and quantitative change in rainfed areas through various integrated intensive development programs and community participation. The main aim of the integrated watershed approach was to improve livelihood security in rainfed areas through sustainable agricultural transformation. The past performance of watershed development programs has been mixed, both satisfactory as well as unsatisfactory. But result from a meta analysis comprising 310 watersheds revealed that the mean benefit-cost ratio of watershed. program in the country was quite modest at 2.14. The average internal rate of return was 22%, which is comparable with many rural development programs. The watershed programs generated employment opportunities, augmented irrigated area and cropping intensity and conserved ...
One of the requirements of TRIPS Article 27.3(b) is that plant varieties should be protected eith... more One of the requirements of TRIPS Article 27.3(b) is that plant varieties should be protected either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or some combination thereof. The moot question is how plant variety protection could help ensure food security in developing countries? Research evidences from developed countries indicate differential impacts of plant breeders’ rights across crops. Increasing role of private sector in plant breeding was accompanied by appropriation strategies, and high level of market consolidation in seed industry resulted in higher seed prices. Though, rate of varietal release was increased but new varieties had a shorter life span. In case of developing countries, plant breeders’ rights facilitated access to improved foreign variety, in certain cases, but this contributed little to food security. Therefore, developing countries need to learn from such experiences and structure their PVP legislations in such a way which ensures food security and sust...
... groundnut in India Suresh Pal, Harbir Singh and Prasoon Mathur ... As a dynamic private input... more ... groundnut in India Suresh Pal, Harbir Singh and Prasoon Mathur ... As a dynamic private input marketing system takes hold in the country, many observers are redefining a facilitating role for the public sector in seed production (Jaffee and Srivastava, 1994). ...
Developments in the Indian seed industry and their impact on access and use of commercial seed by... more Developments in the Indian seed industry and their impact on access and use of commercial seed by farmers have been examined. Various types of seed systems such as hybrids, self-pollinated crops, vegetatively propagated crops, crops with high seed volume, etc have been analysed. It has been shown that the commercial seed markets for hybrids are well developed, but these need improving flow of information to farmers and effective regulation of unscrupulous traders, etc. There are significant changes in terms of seed regulations, management of GM crops and protection of intellectual property. Since all these regulations are mutually enforcing, there is a need for developing institutional capacity for their enforcement, as well as flexibility to learn from the experience for future adaptation. There is a lot of scope for strengthening the seed system of ‘orphan crops’, where there is no participation of the private sector, and the public seed system is facing several resource and i...
One of the main reasons that firms participate in alliances is to learn know-how and capabilities... more One of the main reasons that firms participate in alliances is to learn know-how and capabilities from their alliance partners. At the same time firms want to protect themselves from the opportunistic behavior of their partner to retain their own core proprietary assets. Most research has ...
Abstract This study examines the choices of modes of entry and exit in the process of new busines... more Abstract This study examines the choices of modes of entry and exit in the process of new business exploration. We find that exit mode choices are determined by a different set of factors from those that are important for the entry mode decision and the exit decision per ...
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