Energy

Biofuel potential in Southeast Asia: Raising food yields, reducing food waste and utilising residues

Southeast Asia has considerable resources to produce liquid biofuels sustainably, using biomass feedstocks that would not cause carbon-dioxide emissions or interfere with food supply.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2017
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tags:
Biofuel, Crop Residues, Agriculture, Biomass, Biodiesel, Asia
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution caused due to crop residue burning, 03/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 03/05/2017 regarding air pollution caused due to crop residue burning. Joint Director, Agriculture shall submit an affidavit on the number of Happy Seeders (Happy Seeder is a tractor-mounted machine that cuts and lifts rice straw, sows wheat into the bare soil, and deposits the straw over the sown area as mulch.) purchased.

Judgement Date: 
03/05/2017
Tags:
Crop Residues, Biomass Burning, Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Punjab, India, Air Pollution Control, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana
Air Pollution

Cleaning Delhi's air: implementation action plan

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has recently published an Implementation Action Plan to tackle Delhi’s air pollution.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2017
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Vehicular Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Crop Residues, Fly Ash, Air Pollution Control
Climate Change

Climate smart agriculture: are we poised to outsmart climate change impacts?

Despite the spectacular success of the green revolution and achieving self-sufficiency in food production, there are increasing concerns on sustaining the pace of agricultural growth to feed the large population of our country. Lack of yield breakthroughs, deteriorating soil health, groundwater depletion, declining size of operational holdings and labour shortage are some of the prime reasons for slow growth of agriculture. (Editorial)

Original Source

Publication Date: 
10/03/2017
B. Venkateswarlu
Current Science
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5
891-892
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Food Security, Rainfall Pattern, Soil Erosion, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Mitigation, Crop Residues
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding crop residue burning, 07/03/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 07/03/2017 regarding crop residue burning in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and NCT Delhi.The states would take clear instructions and place on record the effective steps that each one of them is taking to prevent crop residue burning in the coming harvesting season.

Judgement Date: 
07/03/2017
Tags:
Air Pollution, Crop Residues, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution resulting from crop residue burning, 06/01/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 06/01/2017 regarding air pollution resulting from crop residue burning.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2017
Tags:
Biomass Burning, Crop Residues, Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Patiala (D), Karnal (D), Haryana, Punjab
Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment on impact of pollution, 12/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment on impact of pollution, 12/12/2016.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Crop Residues, Parliament, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution due to Burning of Paddy Stubble, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution due to Burning of Paddy Stubble, 29/11/2016. Burning of paddy stubble has been banned in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Agriculture, Delhi, Farmers, Crop Residues, Parliament
Agriculture

Prospects for livestock-based livelihoods in Africa's drylands

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2016
Cornelis de Haan
The World Bank
Tags:
Livestock, Drylands, Agriculture, Africa, Ecosystems, Climate Change, GDP, Green House Gases, Crop Residues, Biomass, Grazing Lands
Energy

Techno-economic assessment of biomass pellets for power generation in India

Biomass pellet production has increased considerably in recent years, mainly due to the demand created by policies and bioenergy-use targets in the European Union (EU). Global biomass pellet production was 24.1 million tonne (Mt) in 2014.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2016
Pallav Purohit, Vaibhav Chaturvedi
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Biomass, Electricity, Crop Residues, India, Agriculture, Wastelands, Biomass Trade, Renewable Energy

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