Agriculture is the backbone of economies worldwide, feeding nations and fueling growth. Yet, its success hinges on a delicate balance of economic principles and effective management practices. Principles of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management is crafted to unravel this intricate relationship, offering a roadmap to understanding the forces that shape agricultural productivity and sustainability. This book takes you on a journey through the core concepts of agricultural economics, from the fundamentals of demand, production, and cost to the complexities of national income, international trade, and the Goods and Services Tax (GST). It delves into the laws of returns, input-output relationships, and the dynamics of supply and distribution, providing both theoretical insights and practical applications. With a focus on agricultural planning and development, it also addresses pressing global issues like population growth, economic systems, and balance of payments.
Agricultural Finance & Cooperation is an essential textbook that covers the complexities of contemporary agriculture by focusing on financial principles, fund procurement, and efficient utilization of funds, as well as cooperative approaches and the history of cooperation. This comprehensive guide is designed to equip students, educators, and practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the dynamic landscape of agriculture and agricultural finance.The book also discusses the background, function, and purpose of key financial institutions and rural development programs. With the aid of suitable examples, the financial and economic aspects of agricultural development plans, as well as their evaluation methodologies, are clarified. The book provides an in-depth description of farm financial analysis tools, their uses, and their various forms, supported by pertinent evidence. The textbook includes objective questions at the end of the appendices to assess students comprehension.This textbook is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying agriculture, financial management, agribusiness, rural development, and related fields. Additionally, it serves as an indispensable resource for agricultural professionals, extension officers, and anyone interested in the sustainable growth and development of agriculture.
Rajani: Songs of the Night (1916) is a poetry collection by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Published while Mukerji was a young student in California, Rajani: Songs of the Night is the debut collection of poems from the first Indian writer to gain a popular audience in the United States. Lyrical and romantic, Mukerji’s poems capture his commitment to beauty while maintaining his sense of isolation and exile as a young man living far from home. In “Bhikshu’s Song,” the collection’s opening poem, the poet greets a Buddhist monk at the door, returning in memory to his native Bengal. Repeating the Bhikshu’s mantra throughout—“Om Moni Padme Om!”—Mukerji allows himself to “drift with the stream / To [his] destination of dream.” An exile, Mukerji can only reach his homeland through memory and song, by infusing English meter with the sights and sounds of Bengal. “A singer that sings of sorrow; / Whose night knows no tomorrow; / [His] song finds its source / In its moonless immensity.” Although he never returned to his native country, Mukerji left an inspiring legacy through his literary achievement and unwavering commitment to Indian independence. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Dhan Gopal Mukerji’s Rajani: Songs of the Night is a classic of Indian American literature reimagined for modern readers.
In the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via abortion an "act of violence against women" and "unethical." At the same time, new developments in reproductive technology in the United States led to a method of sex selection before conception; its US inventor marketed the practice as "family balancing" and defended it with the rhetoric of freedom of choice. In Gender before Birth, Rajani Bhatia takes on the double standard of how similar practices in the West and non-West are divergently named and framed.Bhatia's extensive fieldwork includes interviews with clinicians, scientists, biomedical service providers, and feminist activists, and her resulting analysis extends both feminist theory on reproduction and feminist science and technology studies. She argues that we are at the beginning of a changing transnational terrain that presents new challenges to theorized inequality in reproduction, demonstrating how the technosciences often get embroiled in colonial gender and racial politics.
In the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via abortion an "act of violence against women" and "unethical." At the same time, new developments in reproductive technology in the United States led to a method of sex selection before conception; its US inventor marketed the practice as "family balancing" and defended it with the rhetoric of freedom of choice. In Gender before Birth, Rajani Bhatia takes on the double standard of how similar practices in the West and non-West are divergently named and framed.Bhatia's extensive fieldwork includes interviews with clinicians, scientists, biomedical service providers, and feminist activists, and her resulting analysis extends both feminist theory on reproduction and feminist science and technology studies. She argues that we are at the beginning of a changing transnational terrain that presents new challenges to theorized inequality in reproduction, demonstrating how the technosciences often get embroiled in colonial gender and racial politics.
A tender, beautifully illustrated story about a girl in America and her grandmother in India, whose love stretches between languages and cultures – and across the world.When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India and home. At first she feels lonely and out of place, but soon, despite a language barrier, she and Sita Pati are able to understand each other. They form a bond – looking at books together, making designs with coloured sand, shopping at the market, playing games, eating chapatis and sipping warm milk with saffron to bring sweet dreams. When it’s time to part, Jyoti doesn’t want to leave, but then she remembers that in Tamil, people don’t say goodbye, they say “I’ll go and come back.” Sure enough, the two reunite the next summer when Pati visits Jyoti in America, and it’s Jyoti’s turn to make her grandmother feel welcome. Can they create some special memories that will last until the next time they see each other?
Durch den Beitritt des Vereinigten Koenigreichs zu den Europaischen Gemeinschaften 1973 stellte sich - wie auch in anderen Mitgliedstaaten - die Frage, wie Kollisionen zwischen dem Gemeinschaftsrecht und dem nationalen Recht zu behandeln seien. In Grossbritannien erschwerten Besonderheiten des Verfassungsrechts eine schnelle, vorbehaltlose Integration. Insbesondere der fundamentale Grundsatz der Parlamentssouveranitat liess es lange Zeit fraglich erscheinen, ob das Vereinigte Koenigreich uberhaupt jemals den Erfordernissen der Gemeinschaft, in erster Linie dem Vorranganspruch des Gemeinschaftsrechts, gerecht werden koennte. Das Factortame-Verfahren Anfang der neunziger Jahre erwies sich diesbezuglich als Nagelprobe. Die Analyse der Entscheidungen und der seither ergangenen neueren Rechtsprechung zeigt: Letztlich folgen auch die britischen Gerichte den europaischen Vorgaben.
From Newbery Honor and Walter Award-winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent's Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their magic, and Sona hides her abilities lest they put her in danger.Then Sona discovers an orphaned wolf pup. She believes the pup, with its golden ears, might be related to one of the five sacred beasts of Devia, and she vows to keep it safe. That means bringing the pup in tow when Sona embarks on a perilous quest, along with a Devan boy, to secure the nectar of life for a loved one who has fallen gravely ill. On the journey, as Sona uncovers secrets about the Malechian empire and her own identity, she realizes that the fate of the sacred beasts, and the future of Devia, just might come down to her.This captivating fantasy novel by award-winning author Rajani LaRocca will sweep readers into Sona's quest across the land of Devia as she grapples with the lasting impact of colonial rule and learns to fight for what she knows is right.
From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their magic, and Sona hides her abilities lest they put her in danger.Then Sona discovers an orphaned wolf pup. She believes the pup, with its golden ears, might be related to one of the five sacred beasts of Devia, and she vows to keep it safe. That means bringing the pup in tow when Sona embarks on a perilous quest, along with a Devan boy, to secure the nectar of life for a loved one who has fallen gravely ill. On the journey, as Sona uncovers secrets about the Malechian empire and her own identity, she realizes that the fate of the sacred beasts, and the future of Devia, just might come down to her.This captivating fantasy novel by award-winning author Rajani LaRocca will sweep readers into Sona’s quest across the land of Devia as she grapples with the lasting impact of colonial rule and learns to fight for what she knows is right.