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Call for papers - Is 'malnutrition' about food - Conference organized by the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (RICE),Sitapur, UP, August 2-3, 2013 - Submit by March 31, 2013

Posted on 03 Dec, 2012 11:03 AM

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Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery-Roundup of the week's news (October 22 - 28, 2012)

The news this week informs of the new social forestry policy in Maharashtra, illegal mining in Goa and the use of sewerage water to grow vegetables in Bangalore

Rina Mukherjee

Posted on 29 Oct, 2012 10:36 AM

Maharashtra mulls new social forestry policy in non-forest areas to improve greenery

Remembering Verghese Kurien- an article by Tushaar Shah in Economic and Political Weekly

In this article, Tushaar Shah remembers Verghese Kurien and his remarkable contribution in forming the dairy cooperative, Amul, India's most trusted and loved brands

Tushaar Shah

Posted on 24 Sep, 2012 06:25 PM

India's dairy cooperatives today present a rare success story. This story is best represented by Amul which is today one of India's most trusted and loved brands, and also one of its most valuable, comprising a Rs.12,000 crore farmer-owned business.

"Is the present planning commission threatening India's food security", Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi, September 21, 2012, Trivandrum

Posted on 19 Sep, 2012 11:30 PM

Organiser: Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi

Venue: Fourth Estate Hall,
Press Club
Trivandrum

"Kund - Etijyomoyer jaler etijyo" - Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra’s book by Nirupama Adhikari, about the kunds of Rajasthan

The book describes the ideas and principles that lie behind the legacy of conserving water in an environment bereft of this precious natural resource. A review by Rina Mukherjee.

Anupam Mishra

Nirupama Adhikari

Posted on 19 Sep, 2012 03:20 PM

Rainwater harvesting is the new buzzword for a world wracked by climate change and increasingly limited stores of fresh water. But in rain-starved Rajasthan, communities have been harvesting water for ages.

Dr Anupam Mishra’s booklet , “Kund - Etijyomoyer jaler etijyo”, a Bengali translation of the original in Hindi, describes the ideas and principles that lie behind this legacy of conserving water in an environment bereft of this precious natural resource.

GM crops are just not the right solution for our country, says a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture

While the battle against Genetically Modified (GM) food rages in India, an unequivocal stand has been taken by the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture

Basudeb Acharia

Posted on 19 Sep, 2012 12:31 PM

The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, in its August 2012 report has recommended a total ban on the field trials of all GM crops. The report titled “Cultivation of genetically modified food crops – Prospects and effects” is based on views and suggestions on the subject from the various stakeholders.

Market integration and price transmission in India: A case of rice and wheat with special reference to the world food crisis of 2007/08- A paper by Food and Agriculture Organization

This paper sheds light on the significant role played by rice and wheat in the Indian economy and its food security policy

Posted on 07 Sep, 2012 09:53 PM

This paper by Food and Agriculture Organization sheds light on the significant role played by rice and wheat in the Indian economy, its food security policy and the specific policy measures that were taken during the global economic crisis of 2007/08.

"Living with floods" – A film by Sanjay Barnela and Samreen Farooqui, about Nav Jagriti's work with farmers in flood-affected Saran district in North Bihar

This award-winning documentary takes a look at the serious situation created by the North Bihar region's rivers bursting their banks almost every year

Sanjay Barnela

Samreen Farooqui

Posted on 29 Aug, 2012 08:20 PM

A story of an innovative farmer in Vijayapura - Wastewater reused to grow fodder and even vegetables

This video tells the story of a farmer in Vijayapura who uses wastewater to grow vegetables and fodder

Zenrainman

Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 04:32 PM

Farmers near the small town of Vijayapura are faced with a decline and disappearance of groundwater. Bore-wells as deep as 1100 feet have gone dry. Apart from the great loss in money that they face they also have no livelihoods to eke out a living. Some innovative farmers have started to use the towns waste-water to grow fooder and even vegetables.

In pursuit of energy efficiency in India’s agriculture - A working paper on fighting free power in India

While about 70% of Indian electricity is carbon-based, a quarter of the nation’s consumption goes into extraction of groundwater for irrigation

Ashwini K Swain & Olivier Charnoz

Posted on 20 Aug, 2012 11:17 AM

This working paper published in Agence Française de Développement (AFD) informs that while about 70% of Indian electricity is carbon-based, a quarter of the nation’s consumption goes into agriculture, to extract groundwater

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