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Compilation: Resources on NREGA from the Right to Food Coalition
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 12:15 PMThe Right To Food Coalition website has many resources on NREGA and includes:
Government of India's national action plan on climate change (NAPCC)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 12:08 PMThis would lead to a drastic increase in GHG emissions. There is the need to make a choice for a low-carbon path, even if there is no mandated reduction in GHG emissions.
Resource on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 12:06 PMThis includes articles, background papers, photo slideshows and Down To Earth magazine coverage of issues realting to the NREGA.
Remediation of arsenic for agriculture sustainability, food security and health in Bangladesh
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:44 AMArsenic (As) in groundwater is a major health concern in Asia and the risks from using shallow tube wells (STWs) for drinking-water are well- known. At present, twelve countries in the Asian region have reported high As levels in part of their groundwater resources.
Pani panchayat in Orissa: The practice of participatory water management
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:32 AMThis paper, published in the journal Development argues that new policy interventions such as Pani Panchayat in Orissa, India ignore the local socioeconomic contexts and fail to ensure co
Jai SRI': Celebrating civil society involvement in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:17 AMSRI is an agroecological innovation that emerged as a civil society innovation and has since captured the imagination of thousands of farmers across the world, including India.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Constituents, working groups and compilation of resources relating to the IPCC
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:58 AMWhen climate change was first posited as "real" people all over the world realized that this issue encompasses the inter linkage of several other issues. The scope and magnitude of the consequences of climate change are also very far reaching.
Water as the hidden export: Exploring the concept of virtual water for growing intensive commercial crops in water scarce areas
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:51 AMClick here to read more: Read the report
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice: A subsidiary body to the UNFCCC
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:37 AMSome of the issues the SBSTA is currently dealing with are land use, land-use change and forestry, adaptation, mitigation, research, systematic observation and bunker fuels.
Extensive online resource base on the System of Rice Intensification: Homepage on the CIIFAD website
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:31 AMThe site has sections detailing the methodology of SRI, its advantages, origins, current status in countries across the world, videos, articles, research papers, extension information, conference outputs, discussion communities, update series, newsletters and more.
See the homepage: Here