Narpat Jodha is Senior Research Associate at ICIMOD, Kathmandu. He has earlier worked in the international agricultural research centres such as ICRISAT, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Africa) and at the World Bank. He has been a consultant to various international agencies including the World Bank, FAO, UNEP etc., and worked on the Editorial Boards of nearly half a dozen national and international journals. He is also a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Science. Rucha Ghate is Director (Projects) of SHODH, a research institute based in Nagpur, India. She is...