An Eye on Methane: the road to radical transparency takes stock of progress harnessing an imminent data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction on a global scale. Credible data has the potential to deliver the transparency needed for rapid climate action, but only if reconciled, integrated and put into the …
In 2009, for the first time since the 1950s and the early stages of the Green Revolution, food security was taken seriously by policy-makers. There was substantial output from the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, and with studies by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences …
Africa missed out on the scientific breakthroughs that revolutionized agriculture in Asia. However, with locally developed and locally relevant technologies, a built-up human and institutional capacity, and supportive national policy and leadership, an African Green Revolution can be a reality.
It is now 42 years since the term "Green Revolution" was coined by Dr William Gaud of the USA to describe advances in production arising from productivity improvement. Even in 1968 I had concluded that if farm ecology and economics go wrong, nothing else would go right in agriculture. I …
India has made rapid progress in food grain production during second half of the 20th century in which Punjab has played a leading role. However, the growth rate in the state has slowed down over the years and now there is practically a plateauing of the productivity of wheat and …
CHENNAI: The father of the Green Revolution, C. Subramaniam, had the foresight to envision a second green revolution for the nation, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Wednesday.
Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly …
This study of the performance of agriculture at the state level in India during the post-reform period (1990-93 to 2003-06) and the immediate pre-reform period (1980-83 to 1990-93) shows that the post-reform period has been characterised by deceleration in the growth rate of crop yields as well as total agricultural …
The objective of this study is to prepare a medium-term strategy for the recovery and growth of the industrial sector in Punjab against the backdrop of resurgent growth in the Indian economy, the improved performance of the industrial sector generally across India, and the expanding opportunities offered by the greater …
CHANDIGRH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Sunday that his Government proposed to double agriculture production by 2020. Addressing farmers, agriculture scientists and industrialists after inaugurating Agriconclave and Agromax Haryana-2009 organised at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) at Hisar, he urged the scientists to provide latest …
Counter-terrorism cooperation at the bilateral, regional and global levels will be among the four or five "big ideas" that will define Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on November 24. Another element of the US-India 3.0 relationship will be an initiative to usher in …
The Green Revolution brought modern science to bear on a widening Asian food crisis in the 1960s. The speed and scale with which it solved the food problem was remarkable and unprecedented, and it contributed to a substantial reduction in poverty and the launching of broader economic growth in many …
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people--more than 80 percent of the world's population--have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in …
Jacques Diouf Riding on the momentum generated by the recent food crisis to focus on longer term challenges, some 300 top international experts will meet at FAO in Rome on October 12 and 13 to figure out how to make sure we have enough to eat 40 years from now. …
