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India over-reporting green cover, study finds -Jayashree Nandi

-The Times of India   NEW DELHI: On World Environment Day, this could be worrying news for the new environment minister. A study by forest researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) has concluded that India could be grossly "over-reporting" its forest cover. The researchers say that the existing forest cover, in reality, may be what the Forest Survey of India had reported back in 1997. This is because, they say,...

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Agroecological approach for sustenance -Andrea Stone

-The New York Times     Small-scale farmers in the developing world, using low-tech sustainable Agricultural techniques, may just hold the key to ensuring global food security, writes Andrea Stone The challenge is huge but the solution may be small, very small. Faced with global warming and a population that will swell to 9 billion by 2050, a growing number of experts say that the way to feed the masses as climate change makes...

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Can India Reform Its Agriculture? -Ashwini K Swain

-The Diplomat   Climate change is stressing an already struggling farm sector, but there is a way forward. Over the last decade, India's official position in global climate negotiations has been one of opposition to Agricultural mitigation. At Doha (COP18), India joined other developing countries in demanding that any talk about agriculture must be in the realm of adaptation, not mitigation. India considers the farm sector out of bounds with respect to emissions...

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MP registers record agriculture growth at 24.99% in 2013-14

-PTI   Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh registered a record growth at 24.99 per cent in FY 2013-14 in the agriculture sector, including animal husbandry. The agriculture growth rate was 20.16 per cent in 2012-13 and 19.85 per cent in 2011-12 in the state, according to an official release issued. "Madhya Pradesh has created history by posting the highest ever Agricultural growth rate. As per the advance figures for 2013-14 released by Central Statistical Organisation...

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Indian Agriculture: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives -Srijit Mishra

-Yojana Journal   The summer of 2014 got drenched with the elections euphoria, but for Indian agriculture all eyes are set on the prospects of a good monsoon. Is there a possibility of an El Nino? Will it lead to a drought like condition and have an adverse impact on Agricultural production? How will this impact hose dependent on agriculture for their livelihood? What about farmers' suicides? These questions remind us of...

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