Climate Change

The potential for scale and sustainability in weather index insurance for agriculture and rural livelihoods

Extreme weather events and natural disasters such as drought or floods can have a devastating impact on food security as well as the social and economic development of rural households. In recent years, an increasing number of initiatives have tested weather index-based insurance to help manage these risks in agriculture.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
& et al, P. Hazell, J. Anderson, N. Balzer
IFAD
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Agriculture, PepsiCo, Contract Farming, Natural Disasters, Extreme Weather Events, Insurance, Disaster Management, Rural Development, India, Rome, Developing Countries, & et al, IFAD, P. Hazell, J. Anderson, N. Balzer, Climate Change
People

Anarchism or revolutionary Marxism?

Commentators and politicians have romanticized, eulogized and demonized

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Arindam Sen
Seminar
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607
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Tags:
People, Farmers, Landless, Conflicts, Rural Development, Politics, India, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Naxalites, Rural Poverty
Economy

Statistical abstract of Gujarat state 2009

The publication "Statistical abstract of Gujarat state 2009" attempts to present latest available statistical data in the formats as recommended by the working group appointed by the Central Statistical Organisation, Government of India.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Economy, Gujarat, Statistics, Forests, Mining, Education, Health, Electricity, Fisheries, Rural Development, Agriculture
Animal Care

Unpacking a poultry myth

Recent evidence from India suggests that rearing indigenous poultry rather than focusing on commercial breeds that give a higher yield can significantly contribute to the self-sufficiency and cultural wealth of rural communities

Publication Date: 
28/02/2010
Mamta Dhawan, Lucy Maarse, Ugo Pica-Ciamarra
Leisa India
12
1
30
Tags:
Poultry, Animal Breeding, Animal Care, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari, Jhabua (D), Madhya Pradesh, Animal Diseases, Women, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development
Economy

MP Budget focuses on rural roads

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Budget for 2010-11 was presented in the Vidhan Sabha here on Thursday with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan calling it a

Publication Date: 
26/02/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Economy, Rural Roads, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Development, Madhya Pradesh, Budget
Economy

Call for inclusive development and... copper-bottomed plan

Survey suggests freeing food & fertiliser subsidies; relies heavily on fiscal measures to counter food inflation and tones down focus on supply logistics. Says overall economic growth should be gauged by the per capita income of the poorest and the pace of growth of that income

Publication Date: 
26/02/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Prices, Development, Economy, Rural Roads, Rural Development, Bharat Nirman
Poverty

Farmers protest on Feb 26

Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha is holding a protest, against

Publication Date: 
24/02/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Farmers, Rural Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Panchayats, Karnataka
Habitat And Urbanisation

Rural roads scheme hits govt bump

With the government walking a tightrope to control fiscal deficit, it has scaled down the budget allocation for yet another flagship scheme. The United Progressive Alliance

Publication Date: 
23/02/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Roads, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Ministry Of Rural Development
Habitat And Urbanisation

Milestone payment, bundling to attract pvt funds in road projects

THE government is looking to build rural roads in the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode to boost investment by building in ways to make the projects commercially viable, a government official told ET.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Roads, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Development, India
Environment

GBA warns of mass stir if ESZs are not frozen

Demanding freezing of all eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) till the new Regional Plan 2021, the Goa Bachao Abhiyan(GBA) today threatened to launch mass agitation from March 4 against the government

Publication Date: 
22/02/2010
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Environment, Rural Development, Goa

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