-The Hindu Soil degradation can have irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health, which cannot be ignored Healthy soils are essential for our survival. They support healthy PLAnt growth to enhance both our nutrition and water percolation to maintain groundwater levels. Soils help to regulate the PLAnet’s climate by storing carbon and are the second largest carbon sink after the oceans. They help maintain a landscape that is more resilient to the...

-The Telegraph Research finds that 28 per cent children spend six hours or longer on digital devices New Delhi: Over a quarter of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years spend six hours or longer per day on smartphones or digital devices, according to a nationwide survey that experts say has deepened concerns about digital-era addictions. The survey, based on responses from 9,633 parents from 287 districts, has found that 28 per cent children...

-Financial Express Last year till mid-December, farmers were aware of future prices on commodity burse PLAtforms such as National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX). Two months after harvesting the kharif soyabean crop, Narayan Singh, a farmer from Nipaniya Baijnath village of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh, is still holding on to a chunk of the produce in anticipation of higher prices. In this kharif season, Singh harvested nearly 55 quintals of soyabean crop...

-Scroll.in Complex livestock production systems in countries like India safeguard entire economies, societies and ecosystems. Amid growing calls to “reboot food” and shift to PLAnt-based and lab-grown diets, world leaders failed to address the climate and livestock debate at COP27 – the United Nations 27th Climate Conference held in Egypt from November 6-20. Drawing from the report “Are livestock always bad for the PLAnet?”, published by the Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience or PASTRES...

-Down to Earth India’s tribal communities have been pushed away from alluvial PLAins and fertile river basins, into the harshest ecological regions, the report notes   India’s tribal communities form 8.6 per cent of the country’s population according to the 2011 Census. But they are at the bottom of the country’s development pyramid even after 75 years of independence, according to a new report released November 28, 2022. The Tribal Development Report 2022,...