Energy

A new hope for Africa

Bioenergy could help bring food security to the world's poorest continent, say Lee R. Lynd and Jeremy Woods.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S020a.html

Publication Date: 
23/06/2011
Lee R. Lynd, Jeremy Woods
Nature
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7352
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Tags:
Biofuel, Africa, Food Security, Poverty, Wastelands, Agriculture, Food Prices, Green Revolution, Land Use, Benefit Sharing, Cooperatives, Exports, Energy
Agriculture

Farming the wasteland

The Assam government has drafted an ambitious plan to introduce cultivation of jatropha (Jatropha curcas ) to help farmers boost their income, and also to produce bio-diesel.

The state agriculture department last week organised a day-long training workshop for farmers and NGOs working in rural areas to popularise the crop.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wastelands, Wasteland Development, Agriculture, Jetropha, Biodiesel, Barpeta (D), Guwahati, NGO, Nagaon (D)
Agriculture

Save our soils

Researchers must collaborate to manage one of the planet’s most precious and threatened resources — for food production and much more.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7350/full/474151a.html
 

Publication Date: 
09/06/2011
Steve Banwart
Nature
474
7350
151
Tags:
Soil Resources, Soil Science, Food Security, Agriculture, Carbon Sinks, Wastelands, Ecosystem Services, Global
Land

New land Bill allows states to script own role

Proposes that the percentage of land to be acquired by state agencies should be decided by their governments.

The modified Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill is likely to suggest giving state governments the power to determine their roles in acquiring land for industry.

Also, in a positive for farmers, the Bill proposes that if the land remains unused for five years, it should be automaticall

Publication Date: 
03/06/2011
Saubhadra Chatterji
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Industry, Farmers, Irrigation, Wastelands, Agriculture, Haryana
Agriculture

Wasteland into mango basket

Ranchi, May 16: The king of fruits has finally conquered Lohardaga, Latehar, Gumla and West Singhbhum.

For the first time this year, mango trees planted by the state government under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) have borne a large number of fruits, promising a bumper crop.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2011
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Paschim Singhbhum, Jharkhand, Mango, Horticulture, Agriculture, Wastelands, Land, Gumla (D), Farmers
Industry

Minutes of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) : Final recommendation on M/s Nirma Ltd

MoEF has accepted these recommendations of the Expert Committee on the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Says that the plant is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area and the construction must stop.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Nirma, Cement Industry, Bhavnagar (D), Gujarat, Supreme Court, Reservoirs, Wetlands, Pollution, Limestone, Agriculture, Wastelands, Bhandara, Hydrology, Salinity, Industry
Energy

Economy-wide impacts of biodiesel production and use in India: a computable general equilibrium model assessment

This paper examines economy-wide impacts of expansion of biodiesel production to meet the blending target using a computable general equilibrium model. Assesses impacts of biodiesel expansion on household welfare, other sectors of the economy, carbon emissions, rural development, and employment generation.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Herath Gunatilake, Sanjib Pohit, Guntur Sugiyarto
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Biofuel, Biodiesel, India, Emission Targets, Rural Development, Wastelands, Oilseeds, Economy, Carbon Dioxide, Energy

The great wetland robbery

30 villages in Andhra Pradesh are up against a coal-based thermal power plant being built by East Coast Energy Pvt Ltd on Kakarapalli swamp. The contested site is a marshy land with at least 40 middle-sized ponds and a vast area used as salt farms. About 30,000 people depend on it for survival.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2011
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Birds, Common Property Resources, Conflicts, CSE, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Fisheries, Industry, Land Acquisition, Public Hearing, Thermal Power Plants, Wastelands, Wetlands
Solid Waste

A wasteland for polls: Keralas rising garbage piles may upset many MLAs

Thiruvananthapuram: Pramila, a resident of Vilappil panchayat, 15 km from Kerala

Publication Date: 
11/04/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wastelands, Kerala, Garbage, Solid Waste, Waste Processing, Sanitation, Thiruvananthapuram (D)
Agriculture

Performance of agriculture in river basins of Tamil Nadu in the last three decades: a total factor productivity approach

The main objectives of the study are: To analyze the agricultural growth in all the 17 river basins of Tamil Nadu using the total factor productivity approach;  To study the income inequality in all the river basins of Tamil Nadu, and  To suggest policy options to improve the productivity of agriculture in the basins;  To assess the performance of agriculture, apart from growth r

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies
Tags:
Agriculture, River Basin, Tamil Nadu, Irrigation, Land Degradation, Wastelands, Pollution

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