Introduction The Indian textile industry is one the largest and oldest sectors in the country and among the most important in the economy in terms of output, investment and employment (E). The sector employs nearly 35 million people and after agriculture, is the second‐highest employer in the country. Its importance is underlined by the fact that it accounts for around 4 % of Gross Domestic Pro...

Agricultural development can contribute significantly to peace by raising incomes and employment, thereby reducing the social frustrations that give rise to violence. Agricultural growth also generates revenues for governments, allowing them to redress the grievances of disadvantaged populations. In this way, growth can be made more equitable, an effect that is enhanced if inequalities in acces...

The Forest Service, the largest agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has traditionally used the expression "community stability" to describe its rural development policy. That has meant growing and harvesting trees following principles of "sustained yield" so that local industries (and the employment they generate) can be supported over long periods of time. In recent years, however, e...

1. Introduction As one of the basic drives of globalization, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is playing an active role in the economic development of NIEs. For instance, in China 2004, fixed assets investment, industry value added, and export of FDI firms accounts for 12%, 28%, and 57% of nation's total amount. 24 million employees are hired by FDI firms which accounts for 10% of all non-agricu...

In order to manage regional water resources efficiently and sustainably promote the rational utilization of resources, it is necessary evaluate water-supply benefit reasonably. On basis emergy theory, this paper constructs water-supply-benefit model economic (industry, agriculture, tertiary industry) social (domestic, employment security, entertainment, scientific research) systems. Taking Xi’a...

the main objective followed in this study was to identify and analyze the barriers hindering entrepreneurship in the course of pursuing higher agricultural education. the type of the research was a survey one with the statistical population of the study being consisted of graduate students in agricultural colleges of tehran. the statistical sample comprised of 250 students was selected through ...

went out immediately after. He kept all he earned and was the envy of his fellows. In this unassuming way was started a system of training through employment out of our hands. It was, however, in Agriculture that daily licence had its main development before the Second World War and here it appears too, to have arisen somewhat casually out of a social contact with a neighbouring "gentleman farm...

Changes in national forest areas during 1990-2000 are contrasted with other variables to 12 illustrate correlations and provoke discussion about possible causes. Twenty-five 13 statistically-significant correlations (including rural population, life expectancy, GDP, 14 literacy, commerce, agriculture, poverty and inflation) are illustrated and a statistical 15 model suggests that good governanc...

Most of the statistics needed for national planning are derived from large scale sample surveys with households as reporting units both in the developed and developing countries. Examples of these surveys are Income and Expenditure, Employment, Food consumption and Nutrition, Agriculture, Health, Education, Establishment, etc. The required information on these topics is obtained from the select...