Disasters aren't always inevitable. Scientific perspectives when used to formulate policies, could help with being better prepared and also reducing the damage and devastation.
Area- and crop-customised agro-advisories in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, have helped farmers deal with weather-based events and minimise their related losses.
The theme of World Toilet Day this year is 'Equality, dignity and the link between gender-based violence and sanitation', all things that should hit us hard in India.
