Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to discharge of wastewater by the municipality of Belpahar on the applicants land. The affidavit filed by the District Magistrate, Jharsuguda, May 14, …
Conventional cooking stoves not only consume a lot of fuelwood, they also produce considerable smoke. Any village woman who uses such a stove will tell you that it's a big nuisance. Now this problem has been solved by the Bangalore-based Centre For Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas …
Farm forestry was promoted in India in the late 1970s to produce fuelwood for rural consumption. The program was immensly successful in the green revolution region in the early 1980s, but farmers produced wood for markets, and not to meet local needs. This market orientation of farmers was recognized in …
IN A PROGRAMME conducted by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat in Maharashtra, farmers all over the country collected some 365 local varieties of rice in as many days. As many as 325 of these were not documented in the 60,000-long official list of the rice plant (Oryza …
ABOUT 60 km from the historical town of Bijapur is a latter-day human-made wonder - the Chikka- padasalagi barrage. This half-km long dam on the River Krishna is testimony to the collective will and undaunted efforts of the people from 21 villages around the Jamkhandi taluk of Karnataka's Bijapur district. …
Pest and pest management by vegetable growers were evaluated by interviewing and close monitoring of randomly selected 204 farmers over a period of one and half years. Two villages selected namely Kolabissa and Marassana located about 45 km from Peradeniya, practiced intensive mixed cropping of vegetables, Study showd that 95.6% …
Not raising diesel prices would harm economy much more' The government has finally taken the bold step to hike diesel prices as well as limit subsidy on cooking gas. This is the highest ever diesel price hike that makes the fuel dearer by Rs 5 without value added tax. At …
The International Conference on Strengthening Climate Justice Initiatives: Livelihood Challenges at local level with a focus on Farmers, organized by the Nirma University will take place from 8th November to the 9th November 2014 at the NIRMA University in North Gujarat, India. The conference will cover areas like Climate Change …
The International Conference intends to provide a platform to deliberate upon the issues with regard to livelihood challenges faced by farmers due to climate change and their possible solutions through legal framework, government policies, local initiatives and technology.
Agricultural Engineering is becoming increasingly important to make Indian agriculture a sustainable, profitable and competitive enterprise through engineering interventions of farm mechanization, value addition and energy management in production and post-harvest operations. The conference will cover emerging research and new engineering solutions for food production and related activities, as a …
Farmers and other villagers affected by the proposed 6000 MW nuclear power plant at village Mithi Virdi in Bhavnagar, Gujarat took out a massive rally on 23 Sep 2013 and presented this memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. “Not here, not anywhere; not in any country in …
Behind an unmarked door in a Lima suburb, Javier Wong is planning a revolution in more than just stir-fry cooking. In fact the very future of food - and farming - is being re-imagined here in a city where nobody dined out 20 years ago, where there is no national …
In Food or Fuel, the second episode of the Future Food series, Kenyan Farmer and campaigner, Moses Shaha is cynical about ‘biofuels’, energy extracted from crop plants. He journeys through southern Kenya where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, to understand if this biofuel crop is a threat to farmland …
In Big or Small?, Future Food travels to the American mid-west to meet Vietnam veteren and farmer, Ron Meyer. When he isn’t farming his 400 acres and 40 cattle, he is battling big agribusiness, which is squeezing small farmers out of the Nebraska Plains. Ron fears that if the small …
Nigerian Minister for Agriculture, Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina believes it is his job to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria – and he’s determined to overcome the obstacles to Nigerian self-sufficiency in food production. He has also provoked a debate - on a globalized planet should countries like Nigeria really …
Social media agency, Resonance is based in Shanghai’s trendy French concession area. The metropolis is also a draw for a new generation of young Chinese who are leaving rural areas in droves to live in the cities. So if the young are leaving the land who’s now going to grow …
This 2-minute video on the theme of this year’s World Food Day illustrates how vitally important family farmers are, in terms of food production and the safeguarding of our natural resources
Government's crop insurance scheme is under the scanner after Centre for Science & Environment analysis claimed that insurance companies made profits worth 10,000 crore whereas 70% farmers are still waiting for their claims. On Reality Check we debate whether Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna is insurer's gain and farmers loss. …
CSE: 90lakh farmers get cropes insurance out of 3 crore. A farmer in Mathura received a waiver of 1 Paisa on Interest in the loan by the government of India. Time 06:40 to 09:15.
As COVID-19 cases surge daily, another monster readies itself to attack the respiratory system. Scientists fear a double whammy once air pollution starts spiraling. Research shows that air pollution may turn mild covid infections into acute cases.
