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Environment Protection Training and Research Institute invites applications for various positions
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 05:35 PM

Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI)Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) was set up in 1992 as an independent registered society by the Government of Andhra Pradesh with assistance from the Government of India.

EPTRI is looking for the technical staffs, applications are invited from persons having requisite qualifications and experience for appointment to the following positions:

CEE invites applications for various positions based at Pune
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 05:28 PM

Centre for Environment Education (CEE)Centre for Environment Education (CEE), was established in August 1984 as a centre of excellence supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. CEE, a national institution with its headquarters in Ahmedabad, has a mandate to promote environmental awareness nationwide.

Goa youth convention on environment and development, Centre for Environment Education, July 19 – 20, 2011, Goa
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 04:36 PM

Centre for Environment EducationOrganizer:  Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Goa

Venue: Goa International Centre in Dona Paula, Goa

Description:

The event will be organised by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Goa, in association with the Goa Golden Jubilee Development Council and supported by the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Goa and the Goa International Centre, Dona Paula.

Save and grow - A policymaker’s guide to the sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production - FAO (2011)
This publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) titled “Save and Grow” is a guide for policymakers on the sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production. Save and grow says that while the Green Revolution led to a quantum leap in food production and bolstered world food security, intensive crop production has, in many countries, depleted agriculture’s natural resource base, jeopardizing future productivity.
Amir Kassam
Christian Nolte
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Kostas Stamoulis
Leslie Lipper
Linda Collette
Pasquale Steduto
Peter Kenmore
Toby Hodgkin
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 12:48 PM

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A comparison of PureIt and Swach water purifier brands - Guest post by Mrinalini Goswami
PureIT and Swach are two different water purifiers innovated and manufactured by Hindustan Unilever Limited and Tata Chemical respectively and marketed as low cost water purifier. This post compares the two purifiers against a set of featres
Mrinalini Goswami
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 11:59 AM

Guest post by: Mrinalini Goswami

Both the purifiers already have identified their space in the niche of household water treatment establishing themselves as competitive technologies. Brief highlights of both the purifiers are compiled in the table below:   

Why India's 'growth' focus is ignoring the food access question - Article from Infochange India
How much food will India need to grow to feed our population in 2011-12? How much in 2013-14? Will we need to import wheat and rice or will we be self-sufficient? Do we know the environmental cost of this self-sufficiency? Are we willing to bear it? These are the questions that the Government of India, its ministries and its planning agencies must find answers to before the start of the Twelfth Five Year Plan period, which is 2012-17.
Rahul Goswami
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 11:41 AM

Article and Image courtesy: Infochange India
Author: Rahul Goswami

Celebrating the fact that per capita agricultural income is increasing faster than overall per capita income, the government is targeting 4% growth in agriculture in the Twelfth Plan period. But this is a rosy view that does not stand up to scrutiny.

Why India's 'growth' focus is ignoring the food access question - Article from Infochange India

Corporate Disaster Recovery Network bags PC Quest Best IT Implementation Award 2011 for maximum social impact - Article from PC Quest
CDRN is an online portal that helps bring people together with the use of applications for supply-chain management, volunteer management and fund raising. By reducing the time and effort spent on sourcing funds and tools, it will increase the efficiency of relief work.
Shumpy Saini
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 10:45 AM

Article and Image courtesy: PC Quest
Auhtor: Shumpy Saini

An online portal that provides the right aid and resources to the right people at the right time when disaster strikes.

Corporate Disaster Recovery Network bags PC Quest Best IT Implementation Award 2011 for maximum social impact - Article from PC QuestWith a belief that those who serve people in need shouldn't have to sacrifice on the tools they use, Aidmatrix Foundation came up with CDRN. It's an online portal that helps bring people together with the use of applications for supply-chain management, volunteer management and fund raising. People can enter their needs, donations, products or supplies into the CDRN system, which is in turn accessed by a nationwide network of relief agencies, corporates, state Governments, federations, and PSUs. It allows donors to provide discounted pricing offers as well as donations directly to various relief agencies by viewing needs posted on the system.

"No full stops for this rainman" - Interview with Shree Padre, farmer, water journalist and rainwater harvesting "evangelist" based in Kerala (2007)
Surplus water and deficit water are like two sides of a coin, and the processes of managing “surplus” water could not just impact people living in the dry lands, but also offer some pointers for those working on issues of desertification and drought. The insights that emerge from Shree Padre’s quest to uncover scattered success stories, disseminate information or analyse success itself, reveal that the community can be both the driving force and the beneficiary of better water management.
Namitha Dipak
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 10:41 AM

Author: Namitha Dipak, Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan 


Shree Padre, farmer, water journalist, and rainwater harvesting “evangelist” based in Kerala, IndiaShree Padre, farmer, water journalist, and rainwater harvesting “evangelist” based in Kerala, India

Invitation to inaugural session of OFAI-Consultation on effective implementation of Organic Farming Policy in M.P, July 18 – 19, 2011, Bhopal
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 10:29 AM

Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)Organizers:

  • Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)
  • Madhya Pradesh’s  Organic Farming Association (MPOFA)

Venue: State Institute of Agriculture Extension Training (SIAET), Barkhedi Kala, Bhopal

Prospects and policy challenges in the Twelfth Plan - A comment on the risks in Economic and Political Weekly
This note is in response to the article “Prospects and Policy Challenges in the Twelfth Plan” by Montek S Ahluwalia (Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011)
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Y Venugopal Reddy
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 08:57 AM

 Dr. Y Venugopal Reddy begins by stating that the article offers a comprehensive, succinct and summary overview of the subject and is very useful as reference material. However, there is, a vital element that is missing in the analysis, namely, a discussion of the risks to the economy and economic agents. An enumeration and discussion of the many risks must be taken into account while framing the Twelfth Plan.

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