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Land degradation and trade liberalization: an Indian perspective

by Sanjib Pohit MPRA Paper No.44496, February 2013 This paper makes an attempt to use GTAP model to understand the interplay between the agricultural trade liberalization and land degradation in India. Like any other developing country, soil erosion happens to be one of the principal environmental problems caused by agricultural production in India. In this [...]

Land, People and Politics: Contest over Tribal Land in Northeast India

Editors: Walter Fernandes and Sanjay Barbora (2008) Land is the centre of most conflicts in Northeast India because of its importance in the life of the people of the region, particularly its tribal communities. It is also the resource most under attack, in the tribal areas in particular. This book is an attempt to understand the processes that result [...]

The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought Toward an Integrated Global Assessment

Ephraim Nkonya, Nicolas Gerber, Philipp Baumgartner Joachim von Braun,Alex De Pinto,Valerie Graw Edward Kato, Julia Kloos &  Teresa Walter IFPRI Discussion Paper 01086 May 2011 Attention to land degradation and environmental pollution has increased significantly in the past 25 years, largely due to greater levels of international cooperation and recognition that local changes in land [...]

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