Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated 05.11.2024 dated 16/12/2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "The Last Feral Horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated November …
An investigation was conducted to evaluate the changes in soil quality over time under different systems of nutrient application in the erosion prone soils of rainfed areas of kandi belt of Jammu. The soils had been under three nutrient management systems, viz., nutrient application through inorganic, organic and integrated (organic+inorganic) …
The NRAA was set up to do precisely this in rain-fed areas, but inter-ministerial wrangling ensured this didn't happen Surinder Sud / New Delhi June 30, 2009, 0:41 IST The NRAA was set up to do precisely this in rain-fed areas, but inter-ministerial wrangling ensured this didn't happen. With as …
This article reviews work that had the objective of introducing agricultural technologies in a marginal dryland area, the Khanasser Valley, northwestern Syria. The highly variable rainfall is barely sufficient to support livelihoods in this traditional barley
A careful analysis of the computed Agricultural Development Indices for different districts of Orissa reveals that the four coastal districts (Balasore, Cuttack, Puri and Ganjam) and two districts of central table land area (Sambalpur and Bolangir) are agriculturally more advanced than other districts in the three reference years over three …
The article on water harvesting and artificial recharge in naturally water-scarce regions (30 August 2008) makes a number of assertions about small water harvesting systems that are based on faulty assumptions and inadequate information.
A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country. Speaking to senior officials and …
Rahi Gaikwad Poor infrastructure; dismal situation on power, irrigation fronts BJP promises to make Maharashtra free of load-shedding Marathwada has sizeable number of Dalits, Muslims Mumbai: The second phase of Lok Sabha elections is going to be a massive one for Maharashtra. Today (Thursday) the State will see 25 constituencies …
P. Sainath In Maharashtra, cotton has never received the support sugarcane has. It is grown in poor regions by dryland farmers with far less political clout than the Pawars of western Maharashtra. They called it White Gold. In 1972, you could buy 15 grams of gold with what you earned …
Progressive farmer of Vilathikulam shows the way TAKING STOCK: S. Raja Mohamed, Assistant Director of Horticulture, Vilathikulam, with a team of officials inspecting a papaya tree Jameen Karisalkulam in Tuticorin district. Tuticorin: Land and water could be used in a productive way to raise profitable papaya crop in dry areas …
A year ago, in this very column, I discussed the myopia of budget 2008, which did not touch upon events then beginning to unfold. Since then we have seen the world collapse and, perhaps, even change forever. First came the food crisis, early last year. As prices of daily bread …
The small farmers of Central Himalayan region are achieving high level of diversification through rotation of pure crops in space and time, and through mixed cropping systems. The system with a potential to feed the hill population and conserve natural resources, requires serious attention from the policy makers, to survive.
In 1999, Aspen and David Edge bought Semilla Besada, a 12 hectare farm in southern Spain, with the intention of re-establishing its family farming tradition. They faced various challenges: the dryland environment, lack of markets and little social support. However, through using various management and design tools, encouraging diversity on …
Can pastoral communities benefit from the cultivation of biofuel crops? Work carried out by SOS Sahel International U K to facilitate debate and understanding on the current biofuel boom in dryland Africa points to some interesting possibilities. At the same time many questions need to be answered before pastoralists can …
Bottlenecks of barren and dryland farming were discussed at a meeting organised on the university campus recently. The meeting was convened by the Department of Agronomy of the varsity under the directives of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Several scientists, progressive farmers from dryland areas, officers of the …
The spatial and temporal variability experienced in the weather conditions of a local area as well as the landmass on which they act makes the overall system highly dynamic and therefore complex to understand in terms of its water resources. Watershed management philosophy offers a great deal in handling these …
In this article the author reviews NREGA as it is unfolding in Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh thirty-eight lakh households have registered from employment covering thirteen districts. Of this about a third are yet to receive their job cards.
This report describes the way co-inquirers are working together in the drylands of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to produce social and ecological knowledge for sustainability and equity. Their collective and empowering experience is vividly captured in the videos which make up the Affirming Life and Diversity film …
In the drier areas of southern Africa, farmers experience drought once every two to three years. Relief agencies have traditionally responded to the resulting famines by providing farmers with enough seed and inorganic fertilizer to enable them to re-establish their cropping enterprises. However, because of the lack of appropriate land …
