http://ras.org.in Free web building ArticlesMadhura Swaminathan and Vikas Rawalhttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dcaThere is a misconception in the literature that income distribution in India is less unequal than, for instance, China or the countries of Latin America. This misconception is based on a comparison of like with unlike. Studies of income distribution for most countries are based – as they should be – o...Haruka Yanagisawahttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=b6d767d2f8ed5d21a44b0e5886680cb9From the end of the nineteenth century, despite the decline in village common land, which had previously supported agrarian production, South Indian farmers managed to maintain agrarian productivity, and partially succeeded in raising it. They did so by resorting to more intensive methods of production, based on the wider use of commercially availa...V. Surjithttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=182be0c5cdcd5072bb1864cdee4d3d6eThis paper discusses changes in agricultural production conditions over the last nine decades in Palakurichi village. The village is in the Thanjavur region of Cauvery delta and is historically known for its prosperous rice production systems. The specific focus of the paper is on how developments in irrigation facilities and technology resulted in...R. Ramakumar and Pallavi Chavanhttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=f7177163c833dff4b38fc8d2872f1ec6Aparajita Bakshihttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=b53b3a3d6ab90ce0268229151c9bde11S. Viswanathanhttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=3295c76acbf4caaed33c36b1b5fc2cb1Parvathi Menonhttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=28dd2c7955ce926456240b2ff0100bdeYoshifumi Usamihttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=93fb9d4b16aa750c7475b6d601c35c2cR. Ramakumar and Karankumar Rauthttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=3fb451ca2e89b3a13095b059d8705b15Vidarbha is a region in which, historically and in the contemporary period, the share of agricultural workers in the working population has been among the highest in the country. This paper discusses the ways in which changes in production conditions between the 1960s and 2000s in one western Vidarbha village – Dongargaon – influenced (a) the n...M.S. Swaminathan, David A. Andow, RonaldJ. Herring,
Suman Sahai, K.R. Kranthi, S.Ramachandran Pillaihttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=8725fb777f25776ffa9076e44fcfd776Madhura Swaminathan and Vikas Rawalhttp://ras.org.in/index.php?Article=ed519dacc89b2bead3f453b0b05a4a8bThis note examines costs and returns from the cultivation of different types of cotton in a rainfed village in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. While the pros and cons of GM cotton are extensively debated, there are only a few empirical studies on the economic performance of Bt cotton, particularly under rainfed conditions. The results fr...