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Not Available ; A field study on impact assessment of Frontline Demonstrations on productivity enhancement of cumin was conducted in Bheenjwadia village of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan by Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur during 2010- 11 to 2014-15. Yield attributes of both demonstrations and farmers practices were recorded and percent yield enhancement, technology gap, extension gap, technology index, were analyzed. The average five years data revealed that average yield of demonstration plots was obtained 519.60 kg ha–1 over the local check (412.80 kg ha–1) and there is an increase in average yield by 25.87 per cent. The gross returns, and B : C ratios on demonstration plot were higher 61787/ha and 2.26 respectively as compared to farmer's practices ( 49075 and 1.90). The study suggests that for strengthening linkages with line department and converging the demonstration with Government schemes for large scale adoption of farmers' fields. This can be a good option for enhancing farmers' income. ; Not Available

THE ASEAN NATIONS CONFRONT THE CLASSIC SECURITY DILEMMA OF SEEKING TO ENSURE THEIR INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL SECURITIES (LARGELY THROUGH ARMS PURCHASES), YET CREATING A REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF DECREASED RELATIVE SECURITY FOR EACH PARTY. PERCEPTIONS OF A DIMINISHED U.S. MILITARY ROLE IN ASIA, COUPLED WITH RISING FEARS OF ASIAN REGIONAL POWERS (JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, VIETNAM), LED ASEAN COUNTRIES TO INVEST HEAVILY IN MODERNIZATION OF THEIR ARMED FORCES. THIS SPIRALING EFFECT COULD CONCEIVABLY GENERATE A REGIONAL ARMS RACE, OR, CONVERSELY, THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION, COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE COLLECTIVE DEFENSE CAPABILITY. HOWEVER, THE ASEAN STATES HAVE REJECTED MILITARY ALLIANCE. NEVERTHELESS, PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ASEAN MARITIME COOPERATION. IN THIS MANNER, ASEAN WOULD BE ABLE TO ACT COLLECTIVELY AS A "MILITARY POWER," EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE DEVOID OF A FORMAL REGIONAL MILITARY STRUCTURE.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED IN THE SINGAPORE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE LATEST INNOVATION IS THE INTRODUCTION OF "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE (AMENDMENT NO. 2) BILL." THIS BILL WILL PERMIT THE APPOINTMENT OF NON-ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "NOMINATED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT."

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- FORWORD -- PREFACE -- Contents -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Telecom and Marginality: Modern Technology to Prevent Marginalization? -- The Future of Marginal Regions: Networking, Knowhow and Integration as Motors for Regional Development -- Rural Area Typology in Finland-Marginality within Rural Areas -- Uncultivated Fields in Finland and Their Utilization Possibilities from the Point of View of Rural Landscape Management -- Journeys to Work in Finland -- The Norwegian "Location Act"-An Example of the Use of Symbols in Regional Policy -- Societal Impact of Tourism: Empirical Evidence from Norway -- Towards a New Micro- and Macroregional Fragmentation in Sweden -- Developing Musical Life in a Swedish County -- Evaluating Marginality through Agriculture Indicators -- Evaluating Marginality through Demographic Indicators -- The Study of a Marginal Area in the Extreme East of the Pyrenees Mountain Range: The Case of Portbou (Girona, Spain) -- Farm Development Routes in a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area -- A Methodological Proposal for Farm Classification -- Tradition and Modernization in the Agricultural Development of a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area: The Role of Advisory and Extension Services -- Regional Development and Policy Response in the Czech Republic -- Technological Development and Territorial Marginalization -- Micro-marginality in Michigan: Recent Patterns and and Trends -- Winds of Change on the U.S. Great Plains -- Grazing on Public Lands: A New Mexico Case Study -- Grassroots" Economic Development at San Luis, Colorado, USA -- Local Government Restructuring in Tasmania: Community Response and Attitudes to Development -- Marginality and Tenure: The Fertile Crescent and Africa -- Relations between a Depressed District and an Innovative Agro-industry.

Contributed articles on various issues related to security and peace in South Asia