Agriculture

Depleting farmlands need attention

ACCORDING to various reports as published recently in the national media, the dwindling size of farms, rise in landlessness and depletion of farmland are posing formidable threats to agriculture besides increasing poverty in the country. The average farm size has come down to less than 0.6 hectares and the percentage of landless people stands at 58.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Environment, Agriculture, Economy, Urbanisation, Housing, Poverty, Bangladesh
Wildlife

Vulnerable vultures

Rapid urbanization, destruction of habitat and rampant use of pesticides are some of the factors affecting the population of scavenging birds---------

Vultures in the sky are disappearing very fast. According to statistics of the Bombay Natural
History Society, the vulture population has declined by more than 99% and is declining at a rate of more than 40% annually.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Sahara Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Urbanisation, Vulture, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Assam, Haryana, West Bengal
Health

Indigenous health part 2: the underlying causes of the health gap

In this Review we delve into the underlying causes of health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and provide an Indigenous perspective to understanding these inequalities. We are able to present only a snapshot of the many research publications about Indigenous health. Our aim is to provide clinicians with a framework to better understand such matters.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Michael Gracey, Malcolm King, Alexandra Smith
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Canada, Health, Migration, Urbanisation, People, Tribals, Health Care, Aged, Mental Health, N C America, Australia, New Zealand
Agriculture

Urbanisation and agricultural growth in India

An attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the relationship between urbanisation and agricultural growth in India. Agriculture is the mainstay of Indian economy because of its high share in employment and livelihood creation notwithstanding its reduced contribution to the nation's gross domestic product.