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Zero tillage in the rice-wheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic plains - A review of impacts and sustainability implications by IFPRI
Posted on 31 Oct, 2011 06:49 PMThis paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reviews the success of zero-tillage wheat in the rice-wheat systems of the Indo-Gange
Use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India - A selection of cases - ASCI and CISCO
Posted on 31 Oct, 2011 09:17 AMThis compendium published by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and CISCO presents selective cases on the use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India. The document includes the following chapters/sections:
Alternative national water policy - A critique - Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 30 Oct, 2011 04:04 PMThis article published in the discussion section of the Economic and Political Weekly is a critique of the National Water Policy: An alternative draft for consideration, proposed by Ramaswamy Iyer, published in the Economic and Political Weekly, June 25th 2011.
Sustainable resources management for food security and sustainable livelihoods - Action - A Newsletter of AFPRO
Posted on 30 Oct, 2011 07:46 AMThese technologies include soil and water conservation measures, integrated farming, diversion based irrigation systems, sustainable agriculture, tree-based farming to name a few.
Report of the committee on slum statistics/census - Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Posted on 29 Oct, 2011 04:12 PMThis report by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, is the outcome of the deliberations conducted by the committee on slum statistics/census constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the context of the realisation that there continues
Towards drinking water security in India: Lessons from the field – A report by Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 29 Oct, 2011 11:33 AMThis report by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank provides an account of the field level initiatives on drinking water security in India. The country faces many challenges in ensuring reliable, sustainable safe drinking water supply to rural households.
Though, in terms of provision of safe drinking water, more than 90 percent of the rural households have been covered, according to the NSSO 65th round survey 2008-09, much remains to be done to improve levels of service delivery, water quality and sustainability.
UNDP invites applications for Sustainable Development Prize 2012 – Apply by October 31, 2011
Posted on 28 Oct, 2011 01:08 PM
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) advocates for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the concept of human development and the need to empower women. Its series of global, regional and country-focused Human Development Reports are a powerful advocacy tool with a focus on people-centered, inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth.
An inventory of Greater Himalayan wetlands – A manual by ICIMOD
Posted on 27 Oct, 2011 03:00 PMThis manual by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) deals with an inventory of Greater Himalayan Wetlands and has been developed to assist governm
Decentralised treatment and recycling of domestic wastewater - An integrated approach to water management - A pilot project - CPCB (2008)
Posted on 27 Oct, 2011 10:32 AMThis report by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB) describes the various intervention measures chosen to reduce the ecological footprint of the Sangamam housing project at Auroville. These measures include water harvesting, recycling and waste management.
The need for a sound flood management policy and not another dam
Posted on 24 Oct, 2011 12:58 AMArticle Courtesy : Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO)
Author : Ranjan Panda
These large structural engineering solutions not only are obsolete but undermine the importance of ‘integrated flood management’. Time we grow up and design ways to live with floods again.