Amita Bhaduri

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 5 months 2 weeks 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 5 months 2 weeks 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 5 months 3 weeks 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 5 months 3 weeks 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 5 months 3 weeks 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 5 months 3 weeks 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 5 months 3 weeks ago

Women as trailblazers: Resilience, transformation, and breaking barriers on dual fronts (Image: ILRI/Mann; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems

A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 4 weeks ago

Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)

Climate change coping mechanism discovered in humble algae

A breakthrough in ocean life's response to climate change and its potential impact on biotechnology Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 4 weeks ago

Kelp makes a beautiful canopy over an understory of calcareous red algae beneath the waves at Cape Solander in southern Sydney (Image: John Turnbull; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)

Sustainable solutions in focus

10 policy briefs launched at a workshop by TATA Trust and The Nature Conservancy Centre based on a series of on-groundwork across environmental and developmental issues Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

The Nature Conservancy is working to protect ecologically important areas across boundaries—so that they can be preserved for future generations (Image: Gayatri Priyadarshini; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

National Green Tribunal issues notices for non-compliance with river cleanup orders

Policy updates this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

River Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Mirza, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

Shaping the future of clean energy manufacturing

India’s clean energy manufacturing sector performing well in terms of supplier ecosystem, collaborations and partnerships: KPMG study Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

Woman barefoot solar technician (Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/Department for International Development; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

Interlinking rivers can influence the dynamics of the Indian summer monsoon

Recent study highlights the need for careful consideration of ecological sustainability and water demands in large-scale hydrological projects Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

River in India (Image: Rishav Saha, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

India's rivers: From conservation movements to legal personhood

While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

River quality deteriorates as demand for hydropower to support economic growth continues to expand. (Image: Yogendra Singh Negi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

Assessment of segregated greywater in rural Indian homes

Household habits, activities, and wastewater source all have a significant impact on the characteristics of greywater. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 1 week ago

Greywater filtration (Image: Karen Blakeman; Flickr Commons - CC0 1.0 Universal)

Government of India launches AI Chatbot to revolutionize farmers' support

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

The Indian government introduces an AI Chatbot to transform support for farmers: A significant stride for the PM-KISAN scheme (Image: Freepik)

Bridging disparities: India's hydropower dilemma

Hydropower in India: Navigating the currents of opportunity and adversity Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is built across the Chenab River at Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir (Image: ICIMOD)

Building capacities for natural resource stewardship

Empowering village community facilitators to manage natural resources: The journey of a woman community facilitator in Meghalaya Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

Breaking Barriers: Women Leading Natural Resource Management in Meghalaya (image: FES)

How internal migration can work more productively for fishers

New research from University of East Anglia, UK highlights the criticality of women’s contributions, both direct and through their social reproductive and networking activities, in achieving wellbeing and sustainability outcomes
Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

Family networks improve outcomes for internal migration of small-scale fishers in India (Image: PxFuel)

From boom to prudence: Analysing the rise and fall of investments in Indian agri-tech start-ups

Investment trends and emerging themes in India’s agricultural technology sector Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 3 weeks ago

The use of drones for monitoring rice crops (Image: CIAT/NeilPalmer)