Economic liberalisation targeted programmes and household food security

"Although there is little consensus on the impact of trade liberalization on poverty and food security, it is nevertheless widely acknowledged that there is a need for governments to establish safety-nets to guard against any potentially harmful effects on the poor and vulnerable sections of society. Against this background, programs aimed at achieving food security and reducing poverty gain increased importance in the reform era. This study aims to evaluate several such programs that are currently in place in the country from the point of view of their impact, efficiency and financial sustainability. The purpose is to determine how these programs may be improved and propose appropriate policy options for reform, while also keeping in mind the new challenges that might lie ahead. Specifically, the study evaluates the Public Distribution System (PDS), Public Works Programs, and certain food-based direct intervention programs such as the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Program (TINP), with a view to suggest how they can be made more cost effectiveness and better targeted." From Author's Executive SummarySafety nets ,

Effects of Brand Local and Nonlocal Origin on Consumer Attitudes in Developing Countries

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International linkages in bank lending and borrowing markets: Evidence from six industrialized countries

This study employs cointegration analysis to examine the long-run relationships in Prime and CD rates across the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France and the UK. The nature and strength of the results are found to be contingent on the time periods investigated. While we are unable to reject the null hypothesis of noncointegration for the January 1972-December 1979 interval, there is substantial evidence of cointegration for the more recent January 1980-October 1989 interval. These results are indicative of a pattern of increasing integration among the international bank lending and borrowing markets, coinciding with the trend towards the globalization of banking activity. The evidence from the error correction model suggests that the US and Germany are the dominant countries in the bank lending and borrowing markets. The Prime and CD rates for these countries are seen to cause (in the Granger sense) the rates of other countries.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Studies on Pearl Millet-Based Intercropping System under Rainfed Condition of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Aim: The aim of the study is to ascertain the response of pearl millet under intercropping system with pulses and their ability to produce higher yield under intercropping conditions. Study Design:  The study was carried out in Randomized block design (RBD). Place and Duration of Study: The field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2023-2024 at Karunya Institute of technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Methodology: The experiment was laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. It consisted of eleven treatments comprising of pearl millet as main crop and pulses viz., blackgram, greengram, redgram, cowpea and bengalgram as intercrops. Pulses were intercropped with pearl millet in replacement series of 4:1 and 6:1 row proportion. Results: Significantly higher plant height (186.03cm), dry matter accumulation (7386kg/ha), grain yield (2493 kg/ha) and B:C (2.50) ratio was recorded in pearl millet + blackgram (4:1). Further pearl millet equivalent yield (PMGEY) (2711.1 kg/ha) and Relative Crowding Coefficient (RCC) were higher in pearl millet with blackgram 4:1 ratio and Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) were higher in pearl millet + redgram at a ratio of 4:1. Conclusion: These results confirmed that, pearl millet + blackgram 4:1 intercropping system may be suggested to get greater net return and B: C ratio

Effects of Brand Local/Non-Local Origin on Consumer Attitudes in Developing Countries

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Dielectric properties of polycrystalline Cu-Zn ferrites at microwave frequencies

The real dielectric constant epsilon `' and complex dielectric constant epsilon `' of Cu(1-x)Zn(x)Fe(2)O(4) have been measured at room temperature in the high frequency range 1MHz to 1.8 GHz. At low frequencies the dielectric loss is found to be constant up to 1.4GHz and there is a sudden rise at 1.5 GHz. A qualitative explanation is given for the composition, frequency dependence of the dielectric constant and dielectric loss of Cu(1-x)Zn(x) Fe(2)O(4). These are correlated with the W-H plot which gives the information about change in the average crystal size and strain of the samples. The micro-morphological features of the samples were obtained by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The micrograph shows that the increase of the Zn content in Cu ferrite increases the grain size. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved