Just like a forest
<p>Down To Earth finds out how analog forestry has created an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape in Sri Lanka</p>
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Only 72,000 acres under irrigation but user charges for 4.5 lakh acres
While only 72,000 acres is being irrigated in Doaba region but the department has been charging water user charges for 4.5 lakhs acres from the shareholders.
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Assam annual plan outlay fixed at Rs 9,000 crore
GUWAHATI: Assam
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Will water set you back a fortune now?
It is set to send ripples of another kind across Gujarat state, affecting a wide spectrum of people
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Growth Pangs
It is often said of statistics that it is the only science that enables different sets of experts using the same set of figures to draw different conclusions. So when the Naveen Patnaik Government recently presented its annual 340-page Economic Survey report in the Assembly to claim that the state's growth rate has overtaken the national average, the Opposition smirked.
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Food for Thought
Most people think there are two kinds of rice, a handful of coarse varieties and some refined versions like basmati. Wrong. There are actually thousands of indigenous varieties of rice, some of which could ensure permanent food security. Consider this. * Besariya is a traditional rice variety of Bihar that can survive rising flood waters by growing up to 24 cm a day.
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Grim scenario in Food Bowl of India forces govt to turn east
DoAC background note builds a case for promoting agricultural production in Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh
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Efforts on for new rice seeds
Scientists Work On Breeds That Can Resist Climate Change Researchers based at the Rice Research Station at Mankombu here are working on new hybrid derivatives of rice seeds, which could withstand the vagaries of climate change, salinity and waterlogging in eco-fragile regions like Kuttanad. A recent World Bank commissioned report had warned that the world was moving to a one degree celsius increase in mean temperature, and this would create extreme heatwaves and life-threatening rise in sea levels. The study also pointed out that coastal and wetland areas near the sea would be the most affected, creating havoc in the prevalent eco-system.
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Farming Needs Major Shift, Says FAO
World farming needs a
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Animal research: Agri scientists breathe easy
Clear winners in the activist-scientist war on animal experiments are agricultural scientists. It is estimated that over 50% of their experiments may no longer need the prior permission of CPCSEA.
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Chouhan presented Noor Jahan mangoes
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was presented mangoes of rare species by Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah on Monday.
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Storage of wheat at final stage in Hoshangabad
The work of storage of wheat procured under minimum support price scheme in the State has now reached in last phase. With maximum 7 lakh 31 thousand metric tonne procurement of wheat, Hoshangabad district is nearing the completion of task of storage of wheat in next couple of days.
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Discord over biotech authority Bill
BRAI will regulate research, transport, import, manufacture, use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology The tabling of the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill in Parliament has
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Assam tea set to get exclusive logo
Tea Board of India (TBI) is all set to introduce an exclusive Assam logo in the line of ISI mark to ensure that only quality Assam CTC tea enter the export market. The Assam logo would be introduced to put in place stringent quality mechanism system for the export market where Assam tea is facing stiff competition from those produced in Kenya and Sri Lanka.
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The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: An International Assessment
<p>The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity reports were born out of an initiative in 2007 to produce an analysis of the economics of biodiversity loss parallel to that of existing analysis of climate change. The reports do not preach to the committed environmentalist who already values nature.
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Prospects and policy challenges in the Twelfth Plan: A comment on the risks
<p>The article “Prospects and Policy Challenges in the Twelfth Plan” by Montek S Ahluwalia (EPW, 21 May 2011) offers a comprehensive overview of the subject, but what is missing is a discussion of the risks to the economy. An enumeration and discussion of the many risks that must be taken into account while framing the Twelfth Plan.
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Shah Canal finally commissioned, 93 villages of Indora area to benefit from the irrigation project
The construction of the Shah Canal, which will bring the state’s share of irrigation water from Pong Dam to farmers of Kangra district after a wait of about 40 years, is complete. Irrigation officials
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World Bank plans to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030
The World Bank gathered the might of the international community behind its audacious plan to eradicate extreme poverty within a generation. “This is it. This is the global target to end poverty,” said
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Climate change will spur droughts & hit food output: FAO
Climate change will cause more droughts and reduce food production, the United Nations
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Rs.78-crore development schemes for Thrissur
District panchayat approves annual Plan THRISSUR: Thrissur district panchayat will implement development schemes to the tune of Rs.78 crore this financial year. District panchayat president K.V.