12 farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
Twelve more debt ridden farmers committed suicide in the last 24 hours in Vidharba.
Twelve more debt ridden farmers committed suicide in the last 24 hours in Vidharba.
<p><span id="itro1">The greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth says this new UNEP report & outlines actions and investments needed for a global ‘green
<p>Non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations from across the country, representing various constituencies and theoretical approaches, collectively welcome the effort of the Planning Commission of India to make the planning process more responsive to citizens’ concerns for the 12th Five Year Plan Approach Paper.
Mountain soils are the fragile foundations of ecosystems that ultimately provide water for more than half the world's population. A new FAO book offers technical insights on the sustainable management
Wetlands contribute to the livelihoods of millions of people but are threatened due to population pressure, unsustainable agriculture, exploitation of resources and upstream diversions of water. IWMI works to increase knowledge on the global extent of wetlands, the natural services they provide and how they can be used sustainably to reduce poverty in local communities.
Managing yields without pesticides
But it is better to take Andhra Pradesh as a challenge
This pamphlet titled `Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals India 2013’ has been brought out as a sequel to this Ministry’s `Millennium Development Goals India country report 2011’. It exhibits
The New Economic Development Policy, which addresses the problem of unproductive farming practices, and finding ways to augment the income of the common people thus placing Mizoram in the economic boom
The New Economic Development Policy, which addresses the problem of unproductive farming practices, and finding ways to augment the income of the common people thus placing Mizoram in the economic boom
Water is becoming a major point of contention in several Indian states. In the south agricultural and commercial crop production is suffering on account of acute water shortage. The storage levels in
Timor-Leste is a post-conflict country that gained its independence in 2002. More than 40% of its estimated population of 1 149 000 (2010) live below the national poverty line of less than US$ 0.88 per day, with 85% of them living in rural, and mainly subsistence agricultural areas.
Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries
Rankings are no pyramid; they are a ladder and there's room for only one at each rung. A historical advantage in infrastructure and its fields of gold may have kept Punjab on the top rung of the India Today State of the States study for long but Himachal has broken free to force a switch this year.
Tourism is an engine for jobs, exports, and investments. The tourism sector is also the largest, global, market-based contributor to financing protected area systems. Nature-based tourism (NBT) is a sub-component
Even as the Agriculture Ministry is working round the clock to bring on table the Food Security Act to fulfil the Congress-led UPA government
Analyses of in situ station data and satellite observations of precipitation of eastern and southern African nations viz., Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi,
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its third quarterly report on Saturday said that increased production of agriculture commodities would help reduce the current account deficit. THE DISAPPOINTING HARVESTS OF KEY CASH CROPS ARE PARTICULARLY TROUBLING FOR PAKISTAN: "The raise in the commodity production would not only raise farm incomes and help reduce poverty but would also help narrow the country's current account deficit through import substitution and higher exports, as well as help contain domestic inflation," the report said.
Lux Lakshmanan Food security in India is getting more and more dependent on annual monsoons. In a year of low rainfall, a large section of the people, especially those below the poverty line, have to depend on subsidised government food rations. If this situation continues, the country will be stressed for resources to provide food for the people.
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's directive towards convergence of NREGS with other agricultural and rural development schemes to minimise the impact of drought, the rural development ministry is planning innovation in the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY).