First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Rs 60,000-crore waiver a hoax, says BJP
QUESTIONING the UPA government's commitment to farmers and the revival of the agricultural sector, the BJP said that the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver was a
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A lesson in the latest in farming technology
Coming right out of the agrarian crisis that has rocked their homeland, six farmers from Vidarbha, the eastern region of Maharashtra which has been in the spotlight for a spate of farmer suicides in r
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States seek rethink on mineral policy
The Chief Ministers of five mineral-based States on Saturday demanded a rethink on the New Mineral Policy while charging that the document, in its current form, favoured foreign direct investment and
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THE BATTLE FOR HABITAT - Both tigers and indigenous peoples need the forest
A century ago, the feudal species made a fetish of tiger shooting.
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Celebrating 50 years of spearheading agri-education
Much of what Indian agriculture is today is due to the work of state agriculture universities and deemed agriculture university like the Delhi-based Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI).
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India headed for food shortages?
Output Not Growing Any More, Per Capita Production Down To 70s Levels.
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We Need Another Revolution
Focus on agriculture to reduce poverty
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Last Days of the Rickshaw
Among the great cities of the world, Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal and the home of nearly 15 million people, is often mentioned as the only one that still has a large fleet of hand-pulled rickshaws. April 2008
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The mean world of climate change
<p>The Prime Minister has released India’s national action plan on climate change. For those engaged in the business of environment and climate, the plan may offer nothing new or radical. But, as I see it, the plan asserts India can grow differently, because “it is in an early stage of development”.
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The just framework for climate
<p>Let’s cut to the chase. If we are serious about climate change then we have to be serious about changing (drastically) the way the world generates and uses its energy. But even as the rich world talks glibly about ‘decarbonisation’ of its economy it has done precious little to reinvent its energy system and to wean itself from its fossil fuel addiction.