India

 Carving oases in drought prone Kutch

The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable projects are solving water problems, soil conservation and dairy farming

Publication Date: 
30/08/1993
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Soil Resources, Dairy Development, Water Conservation, Drought, India
Environment

 Year long tenancies deter soil conservation

The present land tenure laws do not encourage the conservation of agricultural land and lead to fallow patches, as is evident from the condition of a typical watershed.

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
John M Kerr, N K Sanghi
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Semi-Arid Lands, Soil Resources, Land Degradation
India

 Rural priorities must be set by villagers

WHEN FORMER Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi announced the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY), he received more brickbats than bouquets from both the media and the intellectuals because they saw in it a populist

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Soil Resources, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Development, Rural Habitat, India
India

 Environet

This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. This time some information on interesting and useful publications and networks

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Basel Convention, Soil Resources, Water Conservation, Genetic Resources, Scientists, NGO, India, Ahmedabad (D), Toxic Wastes
Fri, 2014-10-03 (All day)

International Conference on "Development, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges", 03-05 October 2014, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India

India

 Losing ground

High rates of soil erosion trouble India

Publication Date: 
14/12/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, India, Maharashtra
Agriculture

 Soiled air

Satellite data shows greater role of soil in NOx emissions

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Resources, Agriculture, Soil Science, Environmental Science
Environment

 Boron suckers

Plants to clean up toxic soil

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
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Tags:
Pollution, Soil Resources, Technology, Research
Biodiversity

 Appalling ability

What makes a species invasive?

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
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Tags:
Ecosystems, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Pest Control, WTO, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, GATT, Research, Australia, New Zealand, India, Statistics
Biodiversity

 Better paranoid

Than regret loss that happens in millions

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Ecosystems, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Pest Control, WTO, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, GATT, Research, Australia, New Zealand, India, Statistics

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