Amita Bhaduri

Advancing people-centric early warning systems

A case study on the scope and challenges of impact-based forecast and warning services for hydro-meteorological hazards in India Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 2 weeks ago

Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (Image: ICIMOD/Jiten; Flickr Commons)

What factors hinder the uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices among women?

Policy and implementation gaps in reaching women farmers with climate-smart agriculture practices Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 2 weeks ago

There is a need to enhance extension services to women (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Evaluating the stability of ESG-driven indices in turbulent markets

ESG investing: A path to stability and profitability Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 3 weeks ago

Weathering the storm and predicting future returns (Image: Mike Langridge)

Prioritise conserving peri-urban wetlands

Study reveals a decline in wetland areas, notably in peri-urban zones, driven by changing land use patterns Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 3 weeks ago

Wetland ecosystem's health is significantly correlated with land transformation (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Experts stress responsible land use for India's renewable energy potential

Meeting Paris Agreement targets: Challenges and solutions for India's renewable energy expansion Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 3 weeks ago

Socio-ecological conflicts hindering the rapid deployment of renewable energy in India (Image: Rawpixel)

Photoessay: Water insecurity among hill tribes of Tripura

A tale of sacred springs and broken promises Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 3 weeks ago

Hill tribe women persistently stage road blockades for the third time, demanding access to clean drinking water, while the promises made to them remain unfulfilled. (Image: Thomas Malsom)

Weather-related natural disasters likely to impact sustainability initiatives

Honeywell’s environmental sustainability index, a quarterly index reveals a growing number of organisations globally are boosting annual sustainability investments by at least 50%, and are optimistic about achieving short- and long-term objectives Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 4 weeks ago

Environmental Sustainability Index gauges movement in corporate sentiment and investment on the sustainability front. (Image: Needpix)

Factors affecting the adoption of IoT in the agri-food domain

IoT in the agri-food supply chain helps measure and monitor sustainability indicators like crop productivity, fertiliser usage, and water efficiency Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

Agriculture IoT with rice field background (Image: Rawpixel)

Integrating climate-resilient strategies: NGT takes action on sinking Indian islands

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

Climate-resilient island management (Image: PxHere; CC0 Public Domain)

Empowering Indian agriculture: Upstream startups and farmtech innovations

India briefly overtook China in agrifoodtech investment, while Southeast Asia demonstrated significant potential with $1.7 billion in funding Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

Investment in upstream innovations in Asia-Pacific region – those for the farm and primary production of novel foods – increased 24% year-over-year (Image: CIAT/Neil Palmer)

A new UN University report highlights the peril of irreversible tipping points for both people and the planet

Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023: The looming threat of irreversible tipping points Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

The risk tipping point is when an ecosystem loses key species that are strongly connected, triggering cascading extinctions of dependent species, which can eventually lead to the collapse of an entire ecosystem. (Image: UNU)

Switching crops in India's food bowl benefits water sustainability

Farmers' input, subsidies, incentives, and promotion through PDS could enhance the adoption of alternative cereals. Future policy framing should consider subsidies, irrigation efficiency, yield gap, and technological improvements. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

(Image: Balaram Mahalder; Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

Beneath the surface: A journey into Kolar’s water management

Kolar's water saga: A quest for access, equity, and sustainability Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

Catchment and bed area of the tank (Image: Anshul Rai Sharma)

Women: The harbingers of change, not silent sufferers

Women have often led the acts of resilience, and transformation, batting two warfronts at once, calamities and gendered social restrictions. It becomes important to explore, highlight, and reiterate their accomplishments as the changemakers, and not as the passive recipients. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago