2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
Participatory rural appraisal techniques and a survey of 100 households were used to evaluate livestock production, and pastoral development of the Maasai in Mara. It was observed that patterns of land-use have principally changed from nomadic pastoralism to sedentary pastoralism, agropastoralism, and, in some cases, pure cultivation.
Since the end of World War II, the world
The first detailed study of measles outbreaks in Nepal indicates that the infection is continuing to cause high numbers of illness and deaths in areas of the country ravaged by conflict in the past. High coverage with the measles vaccine must be maintained in these areas to reduce deaths, reports a WHO bulletin.
<p>An assessment of the water quality of Mahanadi and its distributary rivers and streams, Atharabanki river and Taldanda Canal adjoining Paradip was studied in three different seasons namely summer, premonsoon and winter.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-26-0-000-09-Web/JHE-26-3-000-09-Abst-PDF/JHE-26-3-153-09-1887-Samantray-P/JHE-26-3-153-09-1887-Samantray-P-Tt.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
<p>The impacts of climate change are expected to be generally detrimental for agriculture in many parts of Africa. Overall, warming and drying may reduce crop yields by 10</p> <p><strong><a href="http://pressroomilri.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/croppers-to-livestock-keepers-paper_final.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
Forty nine per cent companies were not doing any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities 1,000 Indian companies have been rated for CSR by Karmayog, a group of Mumbai-based citizens, non-profits and corporate houses CSR activities undertaken by 51 per cent of the companies mainly included education, healthcare and rural development 49 per cent received the lowest score of
It is presumed that remarkable increases in cotton productivity in India have come about through bacillus thuringiensis cotton and that this approach therefore must be replicated in other crops.
This paper examines whether the wheat market is integrated across states in India, and concludes that the market is integrated in the long run. This long run integration, however, does not come from the free flow of goods across states in the country, but from the sharing of similar production technologies by farmers across states.
Nagaland is all set to prepare its first district level human development reports (HDR) since it becomes mandatory for each State to review millennium development goal set by UNDP.
Bidis and smokeless tobacco are the cheapest, least taxed and most commonly used tobacco products in India. They are highly addictive and high in carcinogens. They cause a broad spectrum of diseases; yet awareness about their ill-effects is low. Smokeless tobacco products containing arecanut, e.g. gutka and mawa, are especially addictive and carcinogenic.