Agriculture

 Issues which history forgot

TODAY, the world seems to be divided into two groups: those who believe in the restrained use of natural resources as they are finite and those who hold that human technological intervention can

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29/06/1992
Harbans Mukhia
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Agriculture, Industry, Research, History
Agriculture

 Boom time for lab bloomers

India hopes to earn Rs 200 crore every year exporting flowers mass produced in laboratories

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29/06/1992
Rakesh Kalshian
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Agricultural Research, Floriculture, Science And Technology, Biotechnology, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Agriculture

 Figuring out natural costs

Many economists now argue that nature cannot be the provider of a perpetual free lunch. It's time to account for natural resource degradation while drawing up balance sheets

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29/06/1992
Robert Wilkinson
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Environment Economics, Agriculture, UNEP, World Bank, Deforestation
Agriculture

 Green revolution or less food?

Global warming, but so what? The data on its impact is still uncertain and contradictory. USA's Environment Protection Agency commissioned a study which involved 50 scientists from around the world

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Agriculture, Global Warming, Research, Scientists, Crops
Agriculture

 Sketchy estimates

The government is basing economic policies on rough calculations of the value of trees

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29/06/1992
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Environment Economics, Agriculture, UNEP, World Bank, Deforestation
Agriculture

 A test run

Norway's experience shows that resource accounting is not enough, political will to change things is just as imperative

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29/06/1992
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Environment Economics, Agriculture, UNEP, World Bank, Deforestation
Agriculture

 From Ram rajya to scientific farming

AFTER a decade of academic exercises, Indian planners have decided to incorporate the concept of agroclimatic regional planning in the Eighth Five-Year plan to ensure sustainable crop yields and

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
Anumita Roychowdhury
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Land Resources, Agriculture, Water Management, Sustainable Development
Agriculture

 Puffing to death

NEWS FOR smokers gets worse and worse. According to earlier studies, about one-fourth the number of regular smokers were expected to die of tobacco-related diseases. Latest estimates put the figure

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, Smoking, Science And Technology, WHO
Agriculture

 Fighting drought

The current drought has spurred Indian agricultural scientists to formulate guidelines for combating different rain scarcity situations -- when rains start late, when they are less than normal,

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Land Resources, Soil Resources, Agricultural Research, Watershed Development, Drought, Science And Technology
Agriculture

 High power batteries

THE GAS-guzzlers of today may speed their way to extinction as the electric car of the future changes to fourth gear. USA's Advanced Battery Consortium -- formed by Ford, Chrysler and General

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Automobiles, Battery Vehicles, Science And Technology, United States Of America (US)

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