Reference No: CMA0463Pages: 4Published on: 11, December, 1978
Abstract: Terraced cultivation has been conceived of as an alternative to shifting cultivation in the hills. The case deals with one such experience in Meghalaya. Facts collected by an independent research agency have been summarized to provide a basis for discussion-whether the effort is in the economic interests of the jhumias ... More
Reference No: CMA0606TECPages: 23Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Discusses the importance of agro-processing and its relationship with agricultural and industrial sectors in the course of economic development. Provides a basis for discussing questions like why developing agro-processing industries are crucial to the economic development process of developing countries; and what could be done to accelerate their development. ... More
Reference No: CMA0623TECPages: 52Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Agriculture concerns practically the entire biomass-plants, animals, insects, micro-organisms. All these organic matter contain carbon and hydrogen and frequently nitrogen and phosphorous. Application of science and technology for converting the biomass in numerous products had a snowball effect on the process of industrialization and economic development. The process is already ... More
Reference No: CMA0636Pages: 25Published on: 1, January, 1987
Abstract: This is a comprehensive case for teaching the applications of all important concepts in financial and economic analysis of an agro-industrial project. The brackish water aquaculture development project consists of four components: 1) site selection for and construction of and management of ponds in each site; 2) site selection for and construction ... More
Reference No: CMA0632Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1986
Abstract: A minor irrigation project has been proposed for Dangri watershed area in Haryana. The case discusses the socio-economic and administrative profile of the area and identifies the need for installation of shallow tubewells by individual farmers. It also describes the financial environment and the likely impact the proposed investment would ... More
Reference No: CMA0651TECPages: 32Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Raises issues concerning our economy; discusses the key constraints, including physical and institutional, faced by the agricultural sector; and throws light on the regional aspects in the development of agriculture. It then studies the growth of agriculture in the last three decades vis-a-vis all important economic indications like national product, ... More
Reference No: CMA0655TECPages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: This paper deals with various technical, economic, social, and organizational issues in land and water management. Various problems like soil erosion, alkalinity and salinity, droughts and floods, water-logging, etc. have been discussed. The watershed concept has been described to provide a setting for managerial alternatives. The discussion on policy environment ... More
Reference No: CMA0672TECPages: 7Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: Financial tasks on a farm have strong links with production, marketing, and consumption. Since production, marketing and consumption decisions are based on expectations which are uncertain, management decisions have to take into account financial risks that might result from such uncertainties. These risks may have more pronounced effect in case ... More
Reference No: CMA0488Pages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case opens by highlighting that over 2,27,000 hectares or 59 per cent of the total forest land in Tripura supports less than twenty trees per hectare and is, thus, utilized. The Tripura Forest Development and Plantations Corporation has prepared a project to place 5,200 hectares of this land under intensive management. The ... More
Reference No: CMA0493TEC Pages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Some concepts which form an important part of the forestry jargon have been explained. These include afforestation and reforestation, pure and mixed plantations, normal and abnormal forests, conservation and production forestry, social forestry, upset price, and major and minor forest products. In the context of these working concepts, the note ... More
Reference No: CMA0489Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case is based on an on-going project for raising coffee and rubber plantations over 8,000 hectares in one of the states in North-Eastern India. Besides others, the major objective of the project is to wean the shifting cultivators away from their age old profession which is considered to be socially ... More
Reference No: CMA0554Pages: 35Published on: 1, January, 1981
Abstract: This is a chapter of a proposed book on management in agricultural system. It discusses the concept of agribusiness and gives a comparison of agribusiness between developing and developed countries. In the end it discusses a case study of agricultural system in India with special emphasis on agribusiness. ... More
Reference No: CMA0538(C)Pages: 39Published on: 1, January, 1981
Abstract: This case deals with the sub-project of establishing rubber processing factories in the cooperative sector in Kerala to improve the economic conditions of small farmers. It shows how project management becomes helpless as action is delayed by authorities which have entered into an agreement with the World Bank. It also ... More
