-Grain.org "We take care of the cow and the cow takes care of us," says Marayal, a farmer in Thalavady, Tamil Nadu. Her two cows produce 6 to 10 litres of milk a day, which she sells for 30-40 cents per litre. Across India, there are millions of backyard dairy farmers like Marayal. Each owning just one or two cows, these farmers supply millions more families and hundreds of thousands of informal...
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India’s SO2 emissions up by 71 per cent in 5 years, shows US study -Aparna Pallavi
-Down to Earth 'CPCB underestimating pollution from coal-fired thermal power plants' Data released by NASA's Aura satellite calls into question the veracity of Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) claim made in 2012 that the mean sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in India decreased in 2010 as compared to 2001 level. A new study led by Zifeng Lu of Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, USA, based on images...
More »Paddy farmers can now opt for SRI and get Rs 10,000 per hectare
-The Navhind Times To give a boost to the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation in the state, the government has come... PANAJI: To give a boost to the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation in the state, the government has come up with a promotional incentive scheme wherein Rs 10,000 per hectare will be provided to farmers opting for the method to cultivate rice. "An incentive...
More »How to feed nine billion people, and feed them well -Zareen Bharucha
-The Conversation Resource-intensive agriculture, despite its productivity, nevertheless has failed to feed the world's current population, never mind the nine billion people expected by 2050. This system that currently fails both people and planet is ripe for revision. We need to be more ambitious, to go beyond simply producing more. We need to produce more of what's good - not just cereal staples, but nutrition-dense foods - in ways that can prevent...
More »Kejriwal effect on red beacons -Abhinav Garg & Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Admi Party's rejection of the "VIP culture" and its trappings and the public sentiment it has drawn, seems to have forced a rethink on use of red beacon. The central government is considering pruning the list of those eligible to use red beacon on their official vehicles, source said. However, there is also an opinion that the government shouldn't act in haste...
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