An increase in population, unplanned expansion in the command area of the river Bhavani in Tamil Nadu and the growing domestic and industrial demand for water have intensified competition among water users in the river basin.
Conditions of water scarcity have been aggravated in Vadali village of Gujarat due to the persisting differences between higher castes, chiefly the ahirs, and those lower in the hierarchy such as the kolis and other dalit castes. Power relations are linked to social and economic hierarchy and the issue of resource inequity must be tackled through policy and advocacy measures.
The conflict over the use of the waters of the Panchna dam for the Keoladeo National Park, in which upstream farmers in the command area of the dam have staged protests, is about rapidly decreasing water supply amidst a growing number of users.
<p>This paper has three parts: </p> <ul> <li> The first, an analysis of 192 news reports in a Marathi daily, Deshonnati, cites 320 cases of farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra reported during
kiocl's fate sealed: The Supreme Court on November 29, 2005, dismissed a petition by the Kudremukh Shram Shakti Sangathan (KSSS) seeking a review of the court's judgement, which ordered the
Exim Bank's latest study titled 'Vanilla and its Potential in India" observed that with certain policy intervention by Government of India and with more and more private and public partnership, India can emerge as significant player in the global vanilla industry.
Eminent agricultural scientist and chairperson, National Commission for Farmers NCF , <font class='UCASE'>M S Swaminathan</font> talks to <font class='UCASE'>Sourav Misra </font> on agricultural research, the role of the public and private sector in I
Recent events reinforce the view that the ambitious trade liberalisation agenda that developed countries, primarily the U.S. and the E.U., have tried to realise through the WTO is a non-starter. It is
Survey on how much farmers can spend
Till the mid 1970s, oils extracted from indigenously grown oilseeds constituted the major chunk of our edible oil consumption.
"Rainfall and floods are annual features in many parts of the country. Instead of thinking on interlinking of rivers only during flood and drought, it's time we implement this programme with a great sense of urgency. We need to make an effort to overcome various hurdles in our way to the implementation of this major project. I feel it has the promise of freeing the country from the endless cycle of floods and droughts.'<br> <b>
Farmers's wisdom of soil taxonomy and fertility management dynamics is based on trial and error, problem solving and group approach to manage the natural resources. The farmers' knowledge of defining the soil taxonomy and fertility management practices is compatible to their adaptive skills and rich source of location-specific ecological information.
Cotton farming provides livelihood for many million smallholders in developing countries. Over the last decades, many cotton farmers have been facing declining cotton yields despite increasing application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Increased input costs and decreasing marginal returns have lead many cotton farmers into indebtedness.
On August 26, 2005, Brazil announced a sharp decline in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest area within its territory, and the government lost no time in taking credit for the feat. Between August
A sinister syndrome
As Parliament mulls the Seeds Bill 2004, there is intense opposition to it. It’s likely the government will redraft it. <font class="UCASE">sopan joshi</font> and <font class="UCASE">sourav mishra</font> read between the lines
Rajasthan police kills more farmers demanding water, this time in Tonk district
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a method of paddy cultivation, though some consider and treat it as a technology. SRI method totally deviates from the traditional way of cultivating irrigated paddy over centuries and hence it has different water saving capabilities.
Punjab peasantry is in the clutches of severe indebtedness. To overcome the problem of debt trap, effective measures should be taken by the government, social organisations and farming community. The government should exercise a strong check on the activities on non-institutional credit agencies and provide institutional credit facilities to the farming community at low rates of interest with easy repayment facilities. The co-operative sector should be developed/strengthened in the state.
One of the serious and unrelenting problems faced by the Indian farmers households has been indebtedness. Despite substantial improvement in agricultural output as well as distribution of credit through institutional sources since the introduction of the new agricultural technology, indebtedness among the farmers households is found to be widespread even today.
