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1. to calculate water productivity- http://save-the-rain.com/world-bank/ 2. land use calculator- http://www.lianpinkoh.com/luc/ 3. Immigrants moving money- http://www.torre.nl/migrantsmovingmoney/

Image via Wikipedia Treadle Pump - Micro irrigation technology - TP is basically an appropriate technology in rural areas where farm holdings are very small. Technology should be viable in terms of socio-ecoomic features of the farm household. Generally, the top down approach of government without concerning micro level intricacies hardly able to realize the targeted impact. Small farmers means- they have small investment capacity their risk bearing capacity is very weak they live in geographically difficult area less educated poor access to information   poor access to market Thus, agricultural development programs should consider the real situation of rural farm household under which they are operating the farm business. R ural development programs should be compatible in terms of farmers physical and human resource endowments. The most important part is their institutional capacity build-up. Only focusing on commodity does ...

Agricultural subsidies Ploughing on The rich world's farmers are still reaping handsome subsidies Source: www.economist.com FARMERS are getting by with fewer subsidies in many countries around the world compared with 20 years ago. Yet subsidies still accounted for more than three-quarters of farmers’ incomes in Norway, Switzerland and Iceland between 2007 and 2009. And farm subsidies in the EU made up a slightly greater proportion of farmers' incomes in 2007-09 than two decades beforehand. OECD countries spent $253 billion on farm subsidies in 2009—22% of gross farm receipts, the first increase since 2004. High agricultural commodity prices ensured payments slid, and reach a record low in 2008. Last year, this trend reversed as commodity prices fell.

http://www.r-project.org/  free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, different kinds of analyses can be done, can use as a calculator http://statgen.ncsu.edu/qtlcart/WQTLCart.htm  for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in cross populations from inbred lines. http://folk. uio.no/ohammer/past/ : easy-to-use data analysis package with many features including diversity index, multivariate, parsimony etc. https://www. uni-hohenheim. de/plantbreeding /software/ : For genetics and plant breeding related experiment http://faculty. vassar.edu/ lowry/tabs http://faculty. vassar.edu/ lowry/tabs.html : Statistcial tables http://evolution. genetics. washington. edu/phylip/software.html : More than 100 software for phylogenetic study http://www.statsoft .com/textbook/stathome.html .html : Electronic statbook

CAP: The concept of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) emerged after Second World War with the objective of securing domestic production. The creation of a common agricultural policy was proposed in 1960 by the European Commission. It followed the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, which established the common market. The CAP combines a direct subsidy payment for crops and cultivated land with price support mechanisms, including guaranteed minimum price, import tariffs and quotas on certain goods from outside the EU. European farmers responded Image via Wikipedia quickly to the high domestic prices created through such protection measures. This was further supported by increasing agricultural productivity through development of new technologies in the 1960s and 1970s. The consequence was that the European Union switched from net food importer to net food exporter in the late 70s. With the continuation of such policy, production increased significantly and later EU disposed su...

Yarshagumba, known as Cordyceps Sinensis , is a wonder of nature which is believed to be a cure for sexual impotency and considered as a Himalayan Herbal Viagra. Yarshagumba is found at an altitude above 4000 meters in the highlands of Nepal , Tibet and Bhutan . In Chinese medicine, it is used as an aphrodisiac (sex stimulant) and treatment of ailments from fatigue to cancer. Yarshagumba is a type of fungus which grows on Thitarodes caterpillar larva that feeds underground on the roots of trees and shrubs. Once infected, the body cavity of the larva fills with fungal mycelia and grows out killing the host. A finger like mushroom grows out from the larva above the ground during the spring and summer. This fungus-caterpillar is popularly known as Yarshagumba. Every year during May and June, thousands of villagers from remote areas risking their own lives head for high mountains to collect cordyceps or yarsagumba or yarchagumba. It is estimated that one villager can earn up to Rs. 2,500...