Publication Date: 01/05/2012 Source: The World Bank Download link: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/carbon%20sequestration%20in%20agricultural%20soils.pdf The purpose of this report is to improve the knowledge base for facilitating investments in land management technologies that sequester soil organic carbon. While there are many studies on soil carbon sequestration, there is no single unifying volume that synthesizes knowledge on the impact of different [...]

Small, competitive and resilient How small-scale producers contribute to food security Food insecurity threatens almost one billion people. At least 70 percent of these very poor live in rural areas in developing countries. Most of them are engaged with farming activities.  Scientists estimate that the world’s population will grow to 9.1 billion by 2050. Since natural resources are already [...]

Report on Gujarat Visit Oct 2011 Children_Migrating_for_work_from_Dungarpur_District_to_Gujarat_by_Neera_Burra ChildLabourInProductionOfCottonSeedsOnMonsantoPlots Child labour and MNCs in cotton seed production signsofhope Danger Fields childbondagecotton Child_Labour_in_Cottonseed_Production_by_Ashok_Khandelwal child labor in hybrid cotton seed production in AP 2004 Dirty-Cotton-Report Final Several reports on using child labor in hybrid cotton seed production.  National Child Rights Protection Commission has taken note of it and [...]

 A committee set up by Ministry of Rural Development to review the functioning of DRDA (District Rural Development Agency) has recommended abolishing the DRDA. http://rural.nic.in/sites/downloads/latest/DRDA_FinalD30042012.pdf

Download the latest report from IFPRI on decade of Bt cotton in India http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01170.pdfhttp://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01170.pdf    

NSSO survey brings India’s deep urban-rural divide into focus, Per capita expenditure of urban India was 88% higher than rural India: The survey estimated average MPCE in 2009-10 to be INR1054/USD23.71 and INR1984/USD44.63 in rural India  and urban India  respectively implying per capita expenditure level of the urban population was on an average 88% higher than the rural  counterpart. [...]

Special Correspondent http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3371450.ece?css=print 2012 BT Brinjal GPI report download ‘Spread of the Bt gene could make the brinjal a problematic weed’ An independent enquiry has revealed that the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified, or GM) Bt brinjal poses risks to the environment and possibly to human health. The occurrence of wild, weedy and also [...]

BKS & ASHA welcome Gujarat Govt’s decision project sunshine rapid appraisal rpt-ASHA-feb2012 finalAhmedabad/New Delhi, 26th April 2012: The Gujarat government’s cabinet decision yesterday to withdraw controversial American MNC Monsanto’s proprietary seed from ongoing government projects was welcomed by Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA). BKS state President Maganbhai Patel, Kapil Shah [...]

http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/functional_ecosystems.html 14 September 2011   |   Permalink  An ecosystems-based approach to food production could result in more efficient water use to meet growing demand. Photo: N. Palmer/CIAT The intensification of food production often causes pollution that can put biodiversity and pollination at risk and lead to soil erosion. A more intelligent and balanced approach to agricultural practices [...]

This publication has been compiled with inputs from the experiences of thousands of SSI farmers from different states of India. These stories clearly demonstrate that it is possible to produce sugarcane differently with less inputs and get more yields by following the various SSI practices. The information presented here indicates that: (a) the seed material [...]