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Irrigation
Go organic and triple your profits
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 07:15 PMKalaivani, a single mother of three, took to farming after the loss of her husband almost two decades ago. Since then, she has grown all the crops on her farm without using chemical or synthetic pesticides or fertilisers. Over the last few years, she has focused her time and energy in growing organic cotton.
![Cotton picking in progress at Kalaivani's farm (Source: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc09519.jpg?itok=aViSKalw)
An organic manure factory for Rs. 800 only
Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 01:22 PMNitrogen and phosphorus are essential for plant growth – that is common knowledge for farmers. Cow dung contains nitrogen – that is also common knowledge for farmers. Then why is it that many farmers look for costly solutions rather than use the abundant cow dung they have in their farms as manure? Luckily, one farmer did think of this.
![Alagesan with the barrel used to ferment cow dung](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/alagesan.jpg?itok=0U8-N-zo)
Amritsar - the pond of nectar
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 02:27 PM“PAWAN GURU, pani pita, mata dharti mahat” (air is teacher, water is father and earth our mother) - thus goes the closing line of the Japji Sahib given by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev. It holds special significance for Amritsar, the holy city, which boasts of the Harmandar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple).
![The holy sarovar around the Golden Temple](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc01970.jpg?itok=aiqUHjsg)
Sowing the seeds of change
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 07:53 PMTill a few decades ago, most people in India grew vegetables and fruits in their own gardens. Then something changed. We shifted from 'farming for food' to 'farming for money'. The start of the ‘green revolution’ meant that production increased but so did the farmer's dependency on chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides.
![Garden irrigated by a single pot of water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sow_1.jpg?itok=Q0JMpFQD)
Call for Abstracts - International workshop on 'Climate Change Impact and Societal Adaptation', Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer,November 6-8, 2013
Posted on 05 Aug, 2013 09:16 AMOrganisers
Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Rajasthan & the Swedish Meteorology and Hydrology Institute, Sweden
About the workshop
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Applications invited for ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2013 for journalists from Northeast India
Posted on 05 Aug, 2013 08:07 AMOffered by
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
About the Fellowship
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Call for abstracts - International conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2013), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram , October 3-5, 2013
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:16 PMOrganisers
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala
Theme of the conference
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Making leaders out of farmers
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 10:37 PMThe 1972 drought in Maharashtra affected several villages and talukas. Farmers in Purandhar taluka in Pune district decided to get together and discuss how to improve their situation so that they would not be as severely affected by poor rainfall in the future. Thus was born Pani Panchayat.
![Farmers sharing priceless info Source: Hamsa Iyer](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/100_2673.jpg?itok=VN_-qR00)
Touched by very little water
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AMAuthor and conservationist, Anupam Mishra has spent decades promoting water conservation and management. Through his travels across various states of India, he has been studying and teaching the time-tested techniques of rainwater harvesting.
![Kunds and tankas have been used to collect water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kunds.jpg?itok=7cWwToz3)