Trade is considered ‘the engine for growth’. Agricultural trade adds more value to this statement since livelihoods of millions of people are dependent on the agriculture supply chains. Hence trade facilitation for agricultural products is

This report accepts the premise that most energy efficiency technologies are cost effective and wind generation technology are lowest cost renewable energy sources, and that their implementation is hampered by institutional, procedural, and process barriers. This is not unique to India.

Ensuring that the poor or the most vulnerable sections of society benefit from REDD+ projects is crucial to building both national and international legitimacy and to fostering successful delivery of conservation and social objectives.

This new report on the status of water quality in India by CPCB shows that organic pollution of aquatic resources continues to be predominant and says that discharge of untreated domestic wastewater from urban areas is the main cause for this.

Meeting the food demand of a global population expected to reach 9.1 billion in 2050 and over 10 billion by the end of the century will require major changes in agricultural production systems. Improving cropland management is key to increasing crop productivity without further degrading soil and water resources.

As a parliamentarian, you are in a position to muster the political will necessary to overcome the inadequacies of the present legal framework, and ensure land to all.

Forest conflict in Asia is on the rise as various stakeholders have different views about and interests in the management of increasingly scarce resources. Unfortunately, in many instances, local communities and indigenous peoples suffer

Addressing the challenges of water management and governance in rural and urban areas, this new IDFC report deals with water politics, leakage of water in urban areas as well as the lack of water recycling mechanisms.

International trade is a key component of sustainable development. This brochure offers a set of messages on sustainable development and trade that may be pronounced at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (commonly known as Rio+20), which will take place in Brazil in June 2012.

The future vision of Agricultural Policy of Rajasthan shall be to ensure food and nutritional security and economic empowerment to the people through accelerated yet sustainable growth in agriculture.