Soil atlas of Asia
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and FAO's Global Soil Partnership collaborated with experts from across Asia and other regions to produce the first-ever Soil Atlas of Asia. The aim of the
Soil Salinisation
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Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): a potential salt-tolerant, highly remunerative medicinal crop for remediation of alkali soils
Alkali lands in India occupy about 3.8 m ha. Due to poor physical properties, excessive exchangeable sodium and high pH, most of these lands support a poor vegetative cover. These lands are reclaimed using
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Hyperspectral remote sensing: opportunities, status and challenges for rapid soil assessment in India
Rapid and reliable assessment of soil characteristics is an important step in agricultural and natural resource management. Over the last few decades, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) has emerged
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Responding to rising sea levels in the Mekong Delta
Vietnamese communities in the Mekong Delta are faced with the substantial impacts of rising sea levels and salinity intrusion. The construction of embankments and dykes has historically been the principal
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Comparative metabolite profiling of two rice genotypes with contrasting salt stress tolerance at the seedling stage
<p>Rice is sensitive to salt stress, especially at the seedling stage, with rice varieties differing remarkably in salt tolerance (ST). To understand the physiological mechanisms of ST, we investigated
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Evolution of physiological responses to salt stress in hexaploid wheat
Hexaploid bread wheat is generally more salt tolerant than its tetraploid progenitor. However, the physiological bases and the relative contributions of immediate effects of polyploidization and subsequently
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on decline in agricultural land, 25/07/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on decline in agricultural land, 25/07/2014.
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Unfair shares: How coal mines bought the Hunter River
The expansion of coal mining in the Hunter Valley and the increase in the number, area and depth of surface mines has changed the landscape as well as the economic and social character of the region.
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on granting Environmental Clearance (EC) to expansion of Pipavav Port dated 22/08/2013
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter Gau Raxa Hitraxak Manch and Gauchar Paryavaran Pouchav Trust Rajula Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2013 regarding granting Environmental
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"Peak farmland" is here, food crop area to fall - study
The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak and an area more than twice the size of France can return to nature by 2060 due to rising yields and slower population growth, a group of
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Participatory action research on climate risk management, Bangladesh
The rural populations of southern Bangladesh are some of the most vulnerable communities in the world to the future impacts of climate change. They are particularly at risk from floods, waterlogged soils,