Women

Mushroom production is an untapped potential source of employment and income in Kerala. Janaki who has established herself as an enterprising entrepreneur in mushroom production is now a role model for several unemployed youth.

Publication Date:

01/09/2009

Author(s): G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair

Source: Leisa India

Vol:

11

Issue:

3

pp:

25

Tags:

Agriculture, Vermiculture, Mushroom, Women, Kerala

Economy

Grameen and microcredit: A tale of corporate success

The Grameen Bank

Publication Date:

29/08/2009

Author(s): Anu Muhammad

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

35

pp:

35

Tags:

Development, Economy, Women, Finance, Poverty, Governance And Institutions, World Bank, NGO, Bangladesh, Statistics, Globalisation

Food Policy

Food for all

IT is not surprising that questions of food security and the right to food have become such urgent political issues in India today. The rapid growth of aggregate income over the past two decades has not addressed the basic issue of ensuring the food security of the population.

Publication Date:

28/08/2009

Author(s): Jayati Ghosh

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Food Supply, Nutrition, Women, Children, Anaemia, Poverty, FAO, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Food Security, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)

Health

Deadly puff: Indian women 3rd on global list

Indian women are among the worst in the world when it comes to smoking. According to the latest Tobacco Atlas, the country ranks third in the top 20 female smoking populations across the globe.

Publication Date:

27/08/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Tobacco, Health Effects, Health, Women, Smoking, China, Pakistan, India, Developing Countries

Health

MP equals Ethiopia in human index

MUKESH RANJAN
To witness abject poverty, as it exists in subSaharan Ethiopia, one need not travel to that country.
Similar situation exists in India, as Madhya Pradesh (MP) has human development indicators which match the Ethiopian reality.

Publication Date:

10/08/2009

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Nutrition, Malnutrition, Starvation, Women, Children, Child Health, Madhya Pradesh

Health

The life-saving shot

A vaccine invented 40 years ago by Baruch Blumberg has prevented millions of deaths from hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Publication Date:

08/08/2009

Author(s): Roger Highfield

Source: New Scientist

Vol:

0

Issue:

2720

pp:

23

Tags:

Cancer, Health, Jarawas, Women, Health Policy, Drugs, Vaccination, Hepatitis, Scientists, Africa, China, Taiwan, A & N Island

People

Magsaysay for a white revolution in red belt

- Modelled on Amul, Deep Joshi

Publication Date:

05/08/2009

Source: Telegraph (Ranchi)

Tags:

Animal Care, Dairy Development, Economy, People, Women, Jharkhand, Ranchi (D), Naxalites

Forests

Trees are brothers

THE protection of forests and rivers is at the heart of protecting the ecology of the Himalayas. But any long-term, sustainable effort must include the concerns of people living near forests and rivers.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): Bharat Dogra, Reshma Bharti

Source: Civil Society

Vol:

6

Issue:

10

pp:

0

Tags:

Forests, Himalaya, Traditional Water Harvesting, Tehri, Forest Conservation, Watershed Development, Trees, Women, Popular Movements, Uttarkashi (D)