This report from WASSAN provides details of workshops organised by People's Science Institute (PSI) in October 2006 as a first step towards sharing the experiences of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to develop professional capabilities in the field of SRI method of paddy cultivation.
Drought is a natural disaster. Nearly 200 million ha land in India in 135 districts of 13 states are severely affected by drought four times in every 10 years.
Better water management in agriculture will go a long way in improving our crop productivity and thereby total output to feed the masses, not only of India but also of other parts of the world.
This working paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies informs that the increase in the demand for water in all sectors especially in agriculture, and dwindling nature of the per capita availability of its supply in recent decades has induced scientists and researchers to focus their attention more on efficient use of available water. However, informed discussion of the problem and its solutions is impeded by the lack of adequate and reliable knowledge of how much water is used, where, for what purpose and how efficiently. This paper is a modest attempt to fill this gap.
Data indicates that approximately 20 percent of the shallow tubewells in Bangladesh exceed the standard and 10000 to 30000 people have been diagnosed with arsenicosis to date
"Battle for work", is a cover page article from the magazine Frontline (Vol. 26 :: No. 01, Jan 03 - 16, 2009 Issue), on how the NREGA is making a difference to the lives of the rural poor, in an unprecedented achievement in the history of social security in India.
The developed countries (known in Climate Change parlance as Annexe 1 countries), have taken greater responsibility for mandated GHG cuts. Hence, developing countries like India were not too bothered about climate change, its impact, and what needed to be done. But in the long term, especially as in the case of a large country like India, a large population would increase consumption exponentially as it developed.
This paper published in the journal Development explores the impact of new institutions in participatory water management such as Pani Panchayat (PP) in Orissa in the context of equity and access to water, transfer of property rights and handling water conflicts.
This paper provides an overview of civil society engagement and spread of SRI in India. Examining why civil society contribution has been important for SRI dissemination and adaptation in India, and what civil society organisations bring to the SRI agenda., The paper suggests that recognising this and understanding the changing dynamic of state civil society relation is critical for SRI uptake.
The IPCC is a scientific body; the information it provides with its reports is based on scientific evidence and reflects existing viewpoints within the scientific community.
"Water: the hidden export", is a report by Shama Perveen, written in August 2004, on the concept of virtual water. The author argues that this concept must be seriously considered in India, because when water intensive commercial crops are grown in water scarce areas and the produce exported, it amounts to a virtual export of water, even as water availability in the home country becomes scarcer.