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Water.org invites applications for South Asia Regional Director based at India
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 05:43 PM

Water.orgWater.org, a non-governmental organization working to solve the global water and sanitation (WSH) crisis, seeks an experienced, innovative Regional Director to lead its professional South Asia team in India.
Dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning, River Research Center, 9-11th August 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 05:15 PM

Organisers: 

River Research Centre, Kerala
Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, New Delhi
Gomukh Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, Pune, Maharashtra
Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh
International Rivers, South Asia office, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Career Upliftment Program for Academics (CUPA)
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:39 PM

Career Upliftment Program for Academics (CUPA)The aim of this program is to provide an overview of both the theoretical and practical aspects of conventional and advanced technologies to the practitioners/educators for a better understanding and growing ability of applying knowledge.

The module specifically targets professionals in companies, consulting agencies, ministries, education and research institutes having BTech degree from AICTE approved institute.

A late twentieth century folk tale - How rainwater harvesting creates a river in Alwar, Rajasthan
The Alwar district of Rajasthan had become a desolate scene in the mid-1980s. A "dark zone". And sand had replaced water and trees. Then a group of volunteers led by Rajendra Singh took the cue from an old man. They started making johads, earthen dams that impound rainwater. By the hundreds. The result was a miracle, a river, the Arvari.
Soumitra Dey
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:30 PM

Video courtesy: Soumitradey

 

 
A late twentieth century folk tale - Part 1

Introducing a new farming technique (SRI) in the Gangetic plains,Bihar
Nagasubramanian works for the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), a non-denominational, non-government development organization working in Gujarat since 1984. AKRSP (India) works as a catalyst for the betterment of rural communities by providing direct support to local communities to enhance their livelihood and develop models for sustainable natural resource management and human resource development. Its operations in Bihar were started in mid-2008 and in this narration; Nagasubramanian shares his experience of promoting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) among the farmers in Bihar during the initial phase.
Nagasubramanian G
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:19 PM

Article and Image courtesy: BodhiCommons
Farmers groups conserve traditional rice varieties in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh
The Bastar region was once famous for over 20,000 rice varieties. These are now under threat. Dharohar Samiti, a farmer's organization is working to promote agro bio-diversity conservation and secure livelihood and nutrition to farmers.
ENVIS Centre Department of Environment (Government of Tamil Nadu)
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:17 PM

Farmers groups conserve traditional rice varieties in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh is traditionally known as the Rice Bowl of India. Over 20,000 rice varieties have been recorded in the region. These are a result of centuries of rice farming by indigenous communities through selection and adaptation to a variety of soil, water and micro-ecosystems conditions including predators.

Today these varieties are being lost with market forces promoting so called high-yielding varieties and synthetic fertilizer and pesticide-based agriculture that focuses only on yield, as well as the general but incorrect perception of traditional varieties as low yielding. There has also been tremendous loss of traditional knowledge associated with traditional agro-ecosystems and production practices.

Climate change hits food production
Researchers from Stanford University studied global production of four major crops, maize, wheat, rice and soybean. The results of the study are presented in this article
Indu Mathi S
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 03:10 PM

Article and Image courtesy: Down To Earth
Author: Indu Mathi S

Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean.

Estimated impact of climate change on crop production during 1980-2008. Negative values indicate climate change reduced yieldsEstimated impact of climate change on crop production during 1980-2008. Negative values indicate climate change reduced yields

There have been many indicators that global warming could be hurting the world food production, lowering yields and increasing prices. Turns out the warming of the planet over the past three decades has already led to a measurable reduction in crop production of wheat and maize.

Economic and Political Weekly 2011: Review of Agriculture (June 25 - July 8, 2011)
Review of AgricultureHalf a century ago, scholars first noticed that small farms in India demonstrated a higher per acre productivity than large farms. In the 21st century these farms still produce more per acre than large farms. We should be looking at making the most of the higher agricultural productivity on small landholdings.
Where earlier seed varieties were seen as a crucial input for Indian Agriculture, it is now water that has become a critical resource because of its over-exploitation and wasteful use on crop land. In the search for better ways to harvest and use water resources, there has been tendency to hark back to the past and look at small and localized systems, but we forget that the demographic settings then were different and we do not acknowledge the fact that the institutional settings of the time made for inequitable access.
AS the government grapples with modifying the 2002 National Water Policy, an independent effort is made to formulate a draft that looks at water use in all areas in a holistic manner. These and other articles in this review look at different aspects of Indian Agriculture.
Gautam Pingle
R S Sidhu
Sukhpal Singh
A S Bhullar
Arun Chaturvedi
N G Patil
S N Goswami
J Challa
P K Joshi
Prabhakar Tamboli
Ramesh Chand
P A Lakshmi Prasanna
Aruna Singh. K Palanisami
Kadiri Mohan
Shri Krishan
Ramaswamy Iyer
K R Kakumanu
S Raman
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 02:25 PM

 

Issue: VOL 46 No. 26 and 27 Jun 25 - July 08, 2011

Review of Agriculture

Irrigation in Telangana: The Rise and Fall of Tanks

Gautam Pingle
Training program on ‘Domestic wastewater treatment & reuse’, Centre for Science and Environment, September 28 – October 1, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 02:24 PM

Centre for Science and EnvironmentOrganizer: Centre for Science and Environment

Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College, Centre for Science and Environment 38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, (Near Batra Hospital), New Delhi

Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules (2011)
One of the major provisions under the new Rules is the explicit recognition of the role of waste pickers.
Ministry of Environment and Forests (Government of India)
Posted on 28 Jul, 2011 08:21 AM

This document  on the Ministry of Environment and Forests site includes the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules replaces the earlier Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules,1999 (amended in 2003).
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