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 …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has decided to promote non-paddy crops in highlands while continuing with the emphasis on paddy cultivation as part of its strategy to usher in the second
BHUBANESWAR: Green revolution is imperative for Orissa. This is evident from the yield gap the State has with the national average, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He was delivering inaugural address at a State-level workshop on
Increased use of fresh water supplies in agricultural and non-agricultural activities in the past few decades has caused an alarming rate of groundwater depletion in many regions of the world. This threatens the sustenance of crop production and the ensuing food security. There is an urgency to look for measures …
Aizawl: Mizoram Agriculture Minister H Liansailova on Thursday said the state government was aiming to achieve an agricultural revolution with the ambitious New Land Use Policy (NLUP) to boost the state's economy. ''We need to revolutionise our agriculture to boost the state
Jeffrey SachsComplexity and unsolved problems are at the very heart of the sustainability challenge, and at the very heart of M.S. Swaminathan's thinking and essays.In 1798, Thomas Robert Malthus offered the piercing insight that geometric population growth would inevitably outstrip food production, leaving society destitute and hungry. Since that time, …
This paper attempts a decomposition analysis of Poverty scenario in UP during 1993-94 and 2004-05. It was found that poverty has decreased but inequality has increased between these years. The main problems in the state are stark inter-region and intra-region differences. A positive observation is that the poorest region in …
India would adopt the Chinese model for ushering in the second Green Revolution which would obviously take place in eastern India, according to Agricul-ture Minister Sharad Pawar. Pawar
Anju Agnihotri Chaba Since the advent of the Green Revolution popularised use of excessive irrigation and fertilisers in India in the 1960s, biodynamic farming, an advanced form of organic farming, had largely faded into oblivion. Biodynamic farming, a return to natural farming free from the use of pesticides and chemicals, …
Sandip Das New Delhi: As part of its ongoing efforts to bring second green revolution in eastern India through rice, the biggest foodgrain grown in these states, the central government would hold its first-ever major conference on agriculture in eastern states in Kolkata next month. The two-day long conference to …
As efforts to mitigate climate change increase, there is a need to identify cost-effective ways to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Agriculture is rightly recognized as a source of considerable emissions, with concomitant opportunities for mitigation. Although future agricultural productivity is critical, as it will shape emissions from conversion …
One of the key demands of the Right to Food Campaign for the National Food Security Act is to re-introduce nutritious millets to government food programmes like the public distribution system. Millets like bajra, jowar, kodo, kutki and ragi among hundreds of other varieties have sustained communities for close to …
Indian agriculture was mostly organic before the advent of the Green Revolution. However, the widespread adoption of nutrient-responsive and high-yielding varieties greatly promoted the use of inorganic fertilisers, weedicides and insecticides. The compulsion to grow more for food security has led farmers to overlook food quality norms and an indiscriminate …
This report prepared by the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management assesses best available science on the environmental and resource impacts of production and consumption. The assessment report identifies priorities amongst global consumption activities, industrial sectors and materials from primary industries in terms of their environmental impacts and their resource …
