Agriculture

Status of natural resources and suitable crops & cropping systems for North Eastern region

The North Eastern Region of India has a total geographical area of 26.23 million hectares with a population of 39.08 million. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. Crop production in this region is carried out under diverse slopes and altitudes having different agro-climatic conditions.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
R. D. Singh, G. C. Munda
Agricultural Situation in India
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Land Use, Himalaya, North East, Agriculture, Agricultural Systems, Shifting Cultivation, Intercrop Systems, Organic Farming, Vegetables, Horticulture, Water Management, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Statistics
Water Resources

Hai tide: Tapping green water in northern China

The Hai Basin

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Wim Bastiaanssen, Wu Bingfang, Douglas C. Olson & et al
Stockholm Water Front
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Water Resources, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Demand, Irrigation, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, China, River Basin
Water Pollution

Water vigil: Managing non-point source pollution on watershed basis

Looking into the problem of NPS (Non-point sources) water pollution generated from agricultural activities, pollution prevention and pollution reduction initiatives, known as management measures are important. Use of the watershed approach is necessary to address water quality problems caused by NPS pollution. The watershed approach looks not only at a water body but also the entire area that drains into it.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2008
Aabha Sargaonkar, Apurba Gupta
Green Hope
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Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Conservation, Watershed Development, India

UN experts seek solutions to stressor) water supplies

It's not only our carbon footprint we should worry about.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2008
Financial Express
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Bio Fuel Crops, Water Management, Ethanol, UN, Netherlands, Brazil

 Forgotten people: Chambal's Bor Khedi villagers are still called the criminal tribe

GOVINDSAMY AGORAMOORTHY In January this year I visited the Rajasthan part of the Chambal valley to study a water resources management project implemented by the

Publication Date: 
30/03/2008
Down to Earth
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Ravines, Agriculture, Chambal, Water Management, Irrigation, Tribals, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, NGO, India, Rajasthan, Rural Poverty

Plan to make lake adoption' a mass movement

STRESSING ITS NEED: Tiruvallur Collector Rajendra Kumar speaking at a function to launch water bodies' adoption programme at SRM Eswari Engineering College recently.

Publication Date: 
27/03/2008
Hindu
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Lake Pollution, Water Resources, Lakes, Tanks, Water Management, Tamil Nadu

NGOs want ministry for water

Pots labelled after major rivers and lakes in the State were lined up, symbolically representing the death of these water bodies.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Ecology, Water Resources, Rivers, Water Management, Tamil Nadu

Prudent water management stressed

Publication Date: 
25/03/2008
New Age (Bangladesh)
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Water Resources, Water Management, Arsenic, Climate Change, Bangladesh, Food Security
Industry

Socially profitable

Given its Tata heritage, Tata Motors is a champion of responsible business.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2008
Business Today (New Delhi)
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Water Management, Health, Unemployment, Tata Motors, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Education

A long, dry summer

In parts of the world already facing unreliable food supplies, an uncertain climate adds to the future stress for soils, plants and people. March 20, 2008

Publication Date: 
20/03/2008
Quirin Schiermeier
Nature
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Soil Capability, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Remote Sensing, Africa, India, Global, Rainfall

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