Industry

 Why do farmers have to die?

The agriculture minister told parliament last week that 100,000 farmers had committed suicide from 1998 to 2003, a period for which his government had data. This means 45 farmers killed themselves

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Inputs, Cotton, Farmers, Subsidies, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
India

 No pesticides

Farmers can save crops without pesticides. And they can earn more in the deal. sopan joshi records a great change sweeping through Andhra Pradesh. It’s called non-pesticidal

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Pesticides, Natural Pesticides, Pest Control, Rice, Cotton, Oilseeds, Farmers, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh
Energy

Dead cows move trains

If ever a good Hindu should want to take the train between Linkoping and Vastervik in Sweden, it might be best not to think it runs on dead cows

Publication Date: 
22/05/2006
Sanjay Suri
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biodiesel, Biofuel, Waste To Energy, Energy, TERI, Sweden, Brazil, India, Andhra Pradesh
Mining

 Up against uranium

Andhra government rides roughshod over people s views

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
S Ramakrishna
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Uranium, Andhra Pradesh
Climate Change

 Business as usual

ITC s CDM project

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
UNFCCC, Forests, Afforestation, Eucalyptus, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Tribals, Andhra Pradesh, Khammam (D)
India

 Private affairs

The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry cii the grouping of the large and most powerful industries was convening a meet on forests. The purpose, said the invitation which reached us by chance ,

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
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Land Degradation, Forest Resources, Forest Policy, Afforestation, Forest Products, Trees, Subsidies, Industry, Public Sector, Private Sector, India, Andhra Pradesh
Wildlife

 On its last legs

A rare bird versus a canal

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Endangered Species, Wildlife, Birds, Sanctuaries, Andhra Pradesh
Wildlife

 UPDATE

The Supreme Court (SC) and the National Wildlife Board will decide the fate of the Andhra Pradesh government's proposal on the Polavaram Dam Project. The state government had asked for permission to

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
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Dams, Wildlife, Andhra Pradesh
Agriculture

 Nothing new

High end technology dominates 93 rd Science Congress

Publication Date: 
14/02/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Rural Development, Private Sector, Science, Technology, Andhra Pradesh
Agriculture

 South Asia

FISHING LICENCE: Fisher folk associations in Sarawak are up in arms over the renewal of foreign chartered vessel licences in the state, claiming the government broke a promise made to them by the

Publication Date: 
14/12/2005
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Land Ownership, Agriculture, Fisheries, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh

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