Industry

 Gujarat faces forced land aquisition in name of industrialisation

Gujarat has received encomiums from many quarters for its rapid industrialisation. Industries have mushroomed all over the state, thanks to investment campaigns like

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Farmers, Conflicts, Economic Development, Industry, Panchayats, India, Gujarat
Mining

 In court

Mining firm Acquitted: On April 24, 2007, Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, and one of its executives were acquitted of charges related to dumping unsafe levels of toxic

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
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Wetlands, Mining, Canal Irrigation, Waste Disposal, Farmers, Mexico, Toxic Wastes
Agriculture

 Erratic weather hits Bangladesh's <i>boro</i> rice

the boro rice crop in three low-lying northeastern districts of Bangladesh has been hit hard due to erratic weather conditions, which has necessitated change in sowing pattern. The crop, grown

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Mostafa Kamal Majumdar
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Agriculture, Rice, Farmers, Bangladesh
Agriculture

 Australian farmers oppose carbon tax to check GHG emissions

Australian farmers have opposed a carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions and announced their support to prime minister John Howard's national emissions trading scheme. In a submission to

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Environment Economics, Agriculture, Eco Tax, Emission Tax, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Farmers, Australia
Industry

 Nandigram and CPI M 's insensitivity to rural sector

the massacre at Nandigram came as a shock to most. In retrospect, though, it needn't have. cpi(m)'s unrelenting drive to industrialise and urbanise West Bengal has had the makings of a disaster for

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Nuclear Power, Farmers, Conflicts, Economic Development, Industry, Human Rights, Political Parties, Politics, India, West Bengal
Agriculture

 No state support to Zimbabwe's A2 farmers

Harare has announced it will discontinue support to new black commercial farmers when the next summer season commences. The decision comes in the face of an economic meltdown. According to a

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
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Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Agriculture, Farmers, Landless, Subsidies, Africa, Zimbabwe
Industry

 Agriculture: Don't fix is the government's fix

It can be said that Union budget, 2007, is high on symbolism and intent. Most people in and close to power acknowledge that something is spoiling booming India s party price rise, agricultural

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Wheat, Legumes, Food Policy, Food Prices, Water Management, Trade, Economy, Farmers, Rural Development, Economic Development, Finance, Subsidies, Exports, Imports, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Industry, India
Agriculture

 Sri Lanka grapples with elephant human conflict

Yala, January 25, 2007: Sri Lanka's only known crossed-tusk elephant in the wild, known locally as Dalaputtuwa dies of paralysis caused by gunshot wounds in the periphery of a highly protected

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Tharuka Dissanaike
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Agriculture, Farmers, Conflicts, Elephant, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Services, Industry, Life Science, Sri Lanka
Agriculture

 Government's agri research set up is undemocratic

Kavitha Kuruganti I was at the Indian Social Science Congress recently, presenting a paper on genetically engineered crops, raising questions on technology decision-making in Indian agriculture

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Benefit Sharing, Patents, Information, India
Industry

 Update

West Bengal industrialisation plans on hold as centre reviews SEZs The West Bengal government's industrialisation ambitions received a series of setbacks in the past month with the Union government

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Land Resources, Singur, Development, Farmers, Economic Development, Industry, Auto Industry, High Court, Political Parties, Politics, India, West Bengal

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