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Rural Challenges Case Studies from South India /
India is the planet's biggest producer of over 22 different cash crops, making its agricultural economy the second largest in the world. Why then does most of its rural population live below subsistence level, relying on foreign NGOs for aid? This program looks at reasons why working villagers...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English Multiple |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2011]
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| Series: | Superpower India.
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Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | India is the planet's biggest producer of over 22 different cash crops, making its agricultural economy the second largest in the world. Why then does most of its rural population live below subsistence level, relying on foreign NGOs for aid? This program looks at reasons why working villagers remain in poverty, including government policies that direct funding away from development and towards the urban business boom. Viewers meet several struggling families and learn how microcredit programs are helping them boost their household income. |
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| Item Description: | Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 22, 2011. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. 10 & up. |
| Language: | Portions in other languages with English subtitles. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Title from distributor's description. |