Agriculture

 Dye farming

Cheap option to treat effluent

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Water Conservation
Industry

 For frugality and sensible use

A recent letter from a reader has disturbed me enormously. B P Radhakrishna, president of the Geological Society of India, in response to a story in Down To Earth about how drought was affecting

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Conservation, Mango, Drought, Research, India, Andhra Pradesh
Air Pollution

 Bytes

organic reservoir: Spreading an ultra-thin layer of organic molecules on the surface of reservoirs could prevent millions of cubic metres of water evaporating each year, according to Flexible

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
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Pesticides, Water Conservation, Canada, Malaria, Health Care, Hepatitis, Energy Surveys, Electricity, Research, WHO, Japan, European Union (EU), Toxins
Agriculture

 Effective water management by a Kenyan farmer

In Kenya, where sixty per cent of all agriculturists are small farmers with less than 5 hectares ha of land, Peter Saku is an interesting case. A marginal farmer of Kifurusha village in Kenya s Machakos district, he grows 11 different kinds of produce o

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Eklavya Prasad
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Africa, Kenya
India

 Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Binayak Das
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Drought, Governance, India, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
Agriculture

 Water warriors

Traditional water harvesters recount their success stories

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Fodder, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Gujjar, Women, Panchayats, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

 Jawan Lal Rebari

Barawa village, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Fodder, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Gujjar, Women, Panchayats, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

 Manukhbhai Suvagia

Shapar, Rajkot, Gujarat

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Fodder, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Gujjar, Women, Panchayats, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

 Manna Singh

Sahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Fodder, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Gujjar, Women, Panchayats, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

 Laxmi Narayan Joshi

Saipura, Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Fodder, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Gujjar, Women, Panchayats, CSE, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu

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