Global Value Chain Linkages of Manufacturing Export Firms: A Study of The Kannur Home Textile Industry

The literature on the involvement of developing countries in trade has focused on the effects of different aspects of globalization on firms, regions and countries. The study attempts to examine how an export based industry, locallyembedded and originated on the basis of regional strengths has been inserted into the global trade framework. Though the unit of analysis is the manufacturing export firm in the region of Kannur, it represents the entire home textile export industry from the state of Kerala, as close to 90% of fabric exports in home furnishing material, textiles for upholstery and decoration and stitched or fused, and branded made ups are from the region. From a global perspective, how developing countries face newer trade restrictions and overcome non quota barriers by firm and region specific activities within a value chain framework is a major research area, which has already contributions from the Ludhiana woolen cluster (Tewari,1999 ) and the Tirupur cluster in India (Cawthorne, 1995). The study contributes to the value chain literature by examining the governance and upgrading as well as how firms benefit from linkages. India has a number of export oriented agglomerations or regions where firms have been serving export markets for many years. In many cases it is no longer the supply side policy actions that determine how they are able to penetrate new markets or expand existing market share. Based on this study it becomes possible to understand how the global value chain operates in these different industries to examine whether there is a danger of immiserisation of growth or low road growth

Problems And Prospects Of Marketing Indian Cardamom At Home And Abroad

The main objective of the study has been to analyse the marketing problems of Indian cardamom at home and abroad and examine possible courses of action which would lead to increased consumption of cardamom, both within India and abroad. This has been done in the context of the anticipated increases in the Indian and world supply of cardamom. Field studies were undertaken to understand the cost of production of cardamom and cost of export. This study was also directed at examining how far price fluctuations in cardamom can be controlled in the Indian context, so as to have a reasonable and stable income for primary producers which will ensure adequate encouragement for higher production and better export earnings.

Home gardens and Dioscorea species – A case study from the climatic zones of Sri Lanka

Home gardens are considered as vital units for enhancing food security particularly in developing nations of South Asia, such as Sri Lanka. Although the yam crop Dioscorea spp. constitute a popular but still minor component in Sri Lankan home gardens, they have the potential of producing large quantities of edible material with minimal inputs. However, their real value in South Asian home gardens is not yet reported. Hence, this study was carried out to get insights into home garden characteristics, gardener demography as well as current management practices within 300 Sri Lankan home garden systems that are located along a climatic gradient. By using interviews and field observations, gardeners, who cultivated in particular Dioscorea species, were studied within 10 of the 25 administrative districts distributed in the wet, intermediate and dry climatic zone of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, current management practices of yams cultivation were analyzed on local scale and compared afterwards with management recommendations published in the year 2006 by the Department of Agriculture. Dioscorea species were found in a majority of home gardens, especially in wet and intermediate zones of Sri Lanka. D. alata was the most prominent species and was managed at a subsistence level and not as per recommendations developed by the Department of Agriculture. Our results revealed that Dioscorea alata is an essential component of Sri Lankan home gardens in rural areas and can yield substantial quantities of edible tubers with low input, especially during times of food scarcities, and has therefore the potential to enhance food security and rural development.

Ethnic minority parents' and teachers' orientation on collaboration between home and school : strategies and contexts

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Ser dona, ser home en relació de diferència = Ser mujer, ser hombre en relación de diferencia

Moltes dones, després de portar anys de pràctica política de relació entre dones, i essent conscients del guany que per a les nostres vides ha suposat el pensament de la diferència sexual, sentim la necessitat i també el desig d'obrir un intercanvi, una relació de pràctica política des de la diferència, també, amb homes. Fonamentalment, començant amb aquelles relacions rellevants que esculli cada dona: de vegades és la parella, de vegades és un amic, de vegades és un company de feina, de vegades es un company amb qui compartir un projecte de millora de la ciutat, etc. Els fruits de la pràctica política d'entre-dones són i han estat immensos per a moltes, perquè hem pogut desplaçar-nos del que ens ve donat i començar un gest simbòlic nou, nomenant des de nosaltres el món i la relació que desitgem amb ell. Així, hem pogut nomenar també de pou la relació amb l'altre sexe, -mes enllà de la contraposició dialèctica que mira la relació entre els sexes com una oposició jeràrquica-, partint de l’existència d'un món habitat per homes i per dones; partint que és possible obrir la relació de diferencia entre sexes

Perception of personal identity at home

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Postgraduate Demonstration Skills

A PowerPoint presentation used to support a skills development session for postgraduate students who wish to act as demonstrators in lab and workshop sessions.

Un cal.ligrama i un tango per a l'home llagosta.

Resumen tomado de la publicación. Contiene fotografías, letra y partitura de canción, dibujos y caligrama

INFO2009 - Security Issues in home computing

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PGR Tracker Demonstration for Students

This short video is a demonstration of the University of Southampton's Post Graduate Research (PGR) Tracker software that PGR students use for recording and tracking their post graduate progression milestones and training. Click on the 'Download' link to watch the video with a clearer image.

PGR Tracker Demonstration for Supervisors

This short video is a demonstration of the University of Southampton's Post Graduate Research (PGR) Tracker software that supervisors use for tracking and recording their post graduate student’s progression and viewing training records. Click on the 'Download' link to watch the video with a clearer image.

Evidence of demonstration of personal attributes for CV preparation

This document contains a list of personal attributes which you will need to be able to demonstrate throughout your career. You will also be able to prepare for creating a CV by beginning to evidence your personal attributes and the description of the circumstances in which the attributes were demonstrated in a tabular form.