-IndiaWaterPortal.org The Chauka system, the traditional water harvesting system of Rajasthan can not only provide a sustainable way to manage water resources in water stressed regions, but also support livelihoods through development of pastures. Over 55 percent of India’s population relies on groundwater for irrigation, water for cattle, domestic consumption, and industrial use making India the world’s greatest groundwater extractor, surpassing the USA and China combined. This paper titled 'Assessment of traditional rainwater...
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Sri Lanka crisis: Why more countries are facing similar economic turmoil -Darpan Singh
-IndiaToday.in The economic crisis is not limited to Sri Lanka. From Europe to Asia to Africa, many emerging economies are slipping into chaos. Here is the why and what next. Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have said they will resign for an all-party interim government to take over. Thousands of demonstrators entered the palaces of both men in Colombo over the weekend as the bankrupt island nation...
More »As farm debt drives Punjab farmers to suicide, loan waiver demand set to gain momentum -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu Farmer outfits in Punjab say they will be forced to start an agitation against the State AAP government if a complete farm loan debt waiver is not announced shortly A recent study on farmers’ suicide in Punjab by Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has revealed that in six districts of the State, as many as 9,291 farmers have died by suicide between the years 2000-2018 and around 88% of the...
More »Empty stomachs today, sick workshops tomorrow: The need for nutrition NOW -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all PLAtes by 2030 The world is hungry and those who get to eat are not eating healthy, leading to wider prevalence of malnutrition — undernourishment, particularly. About a tenth of the world’s population lacks proper nourishment, the latest United Nation State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World...
More »Deaths by Suicide Among Farmers in Punjab Signal the Dire Need For Reform -Darshan Pal
-TheWire.in A recent report on farmer suicides in Punjab reveals the circumstances which lead farmers and farm labourers to take their own lives, debunks popular myths regarding the same, and points to policy measures needed to tackle the problem. Suicides are a sign of a deep crisis in a society. And in Punjab’s so-called ‘agriculturally developed society’, suicides of farmers and farm labourers have been taking PLAce unabated for the last two...
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