Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saira Begum Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 28/11/2023. The matter is related to red category polluting units which are operating in the residential area of Gali Kuan Wali, Lal Darwaza, Sirki Walan, Lal Kuan, Delhi. As …
This case study documents insights on gender mainstreaming practices implemented in a large-scale agriculture development project with a climate change adaptation component in Western Province, Zambia. It describes the key gender issues in the project context, as well as the gender mainstreaming practices that are in place and have potential …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yesuraja Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 06/05/2015 regarding pollution caused by cashew nut processing unit, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. The Applicant has stated that there is emission of smoke which is polluting the …
Cashew is often regarded as 'poor man's crop and rich man's food' and is an important cash crop and highly valued nut in the global market. The area under cashew cultivation is the highest in India. However, it is not so in the case of productivity, processing and quality. In …
The cashew brought from Brazil to India by the Portuguese about 400 years ago. Initially it was cultivated to arrest soil erosion and sea winds, but later it became an important cash crop. In fact it was not Brazil but India, which made a commodity of international trade and India …
The Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation has taken measures to develop cashew cultivation in the Moneragala district, Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation Monaragala District assistant divisional manager L D Pathiranage said. The cashew plants are to be distributed under the Divi Neguma National Development Project which is monitored by the Economic Development …
Contrary to popular belief that trees fight pollution, several species of plants including cashew, tamarind, guava, mango, custard apple, gulmohar, banyan, sapota and jackfruit, are falling prey to heavy air pollution in the industrial city of Visakhapatnam. Researchers from the departments of chemistry, and environmental studies, GITAM University, Visakh-apatnam, have …
THE Supreme Court has turned down the request of pesticide manufacturers to allow them to export the pesticide stocks in India. The court had banned the sale, manufacture, use and export of the pesticide on May 13 on a petition by the youth wing of the CPI(M), the Democratic Youth …
Indian agriculture has been under stress quite for long time. Decline in public investment, poor extension net work, lack of marketing facilities, erratic input supply and others have all collectively contributed for decline or stagnant in Indian agriculture. Increasing use of synthetic inputs and non-judicial use of natural resources including …
India is largest producer, processor, exporter and second largest consumer of cashew in the world with annual production of 6,20,000 MT (Anon 2007). India processed about 1.18 million MT of raw cashew seeds through 3650 cashew processing industries scattered in many states of country provided employment to over 0.5 million …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes the shift in Indian government's position on on endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention and wants government to expedite the phase out as its health hazards are now known and accepted. See Also Document: Contact Group on new POPs SC-5 : Listing of endosulfan …
Guwahati, April 27: Gauhati High Court today deferred the hearing of a PIL submitted by Assam Enviro-Legal Protection Society, an NGO, alleging Rs 7 crore was misappropriated in 2008 in the name of cashew nut cultivation in Dima Hasao district, to next week. Justice Arun Chandra Upadhyay fixed the next …
Evidence is mounting on the ill-effects of Endosulfan sprayed on cashew plantations in Kasaragod district, even as the Union government continues to be ambivalent on the issue. A survey done by the Health Department has identified nearly 4,000 victims after screening 16,000. The household survey and the screening done in …
Report of the Community Based Study : Epidemiological study of health status of Population at Kasaragode District, Kerala. www.cseindia.org/userfiles/endo-study_brief.pdf
It has been more than a dozen years since health professionals in north Kerala started noticing unusual health disorders in the tracts where there had been aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan on cashew plantations. Surveys, studies and countless media reports have brought out the burden of endosulfan. The Government …
The Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
THE Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
Kanhangad: The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee would launch an indefinite hunger strike from February 19, raising demands like distribution of Plantation Corporation of Kerala's land to pesticide victims, rehabilitation of victims' families and writing off of their loans, among other things, its district convenor A. Kunhikrishnan said. Statement flayed He added …
June 24: Small and marginal farmers from SC and ST communities are going to raise horticulture crops, mainly cashew nut on assigned lands over about 4,000 acres, 1,000 acres in agency areas, under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NR-EGS) in East Godavari. Horticulture authorities target to raise several horticulture …
Last few days the markets have been flooded by the Goan delight, Mancurad mangoes but mango traders are not a happy lot. This season, they have not able to earn expected returns for two reasons. One, mango production has been less this year. There has been drop in the production …
