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Challenges for India’s Irrigation Sector
Over dependence on groundwater poses a tough challenge to the agriculture sector, especially in water scarce regions and during dry spells. Measures such as precision farming, incentivising farmers fo...
M S Swaminathan | Green Revolution should not become Greed Revolution
Green Revolution should not become Greed Revolution
GM Cotton: Can We Restore the Technology?
In India, the efficacy of biotechnology and genetic modification appears to have taken a hit with the latest trend anticipating a decline in the yields of Bt cotton and a hostile climate pervading for...
Negotiating the GM Minefield
Progress in biotechnology has brought in genetically modified (GM) crops that are expected to change the agricultural contours. However, unlike the developed world, there are latent as well as vocal a...
Indian Agriculture: Seven Decades of Development
Post independence, the agriculture sector has experienced growth, though not as rapid as the non-agricultural sectors. A large number of public sector interventions are operational to help small farme...
Central India Has a Tectonic New Collision Zone
<p>Most of the seismic activity in Asia occurs in highly deformed orogenic belts and is triggered by active deformations of the crust owing to India-Asia collision zone. However, unusual seismic activ...
भारत में जैव विविधता, एक्शन प्लान तथा एनबीए
<p>भारत जैव विविधता समृद्ध देश है। विश्व का 2.4 प्रतिशत क्षेत्रफल होने के बावजूद यह विश्व की 7-8 प्रतिशत सभी दर्ज प्रजातियों (जिनमें 45,000 पादप प्रजातियां एवं 91,000 जंतु प्रजातियां) का पर्यावास स्थल...
C R Babu | We Need To Save The Aravalli To Save The Entire North Indian Region
<p>C R Babu, Professor Emeritus, Delhi University speaks with G’nY on the need to preserve the Aravalli ranges, the importance of biodiversity and the ways in which degradation can be checked.</p>
मानव के कारण जलवायु होगा 50 मिलियन वर्ष पहले जैसा
<p>हाल में प्रकाशित एक अध्ययन के अनुसार महज दो सौ वर्षों में मानव ने शीतलन प्रवृत्ति को उलट दिया है और जलवायु को आज से 50 मिलियन वर्ष पहले ले गया है। जलवायु में परिवर्तन यह गति हमारी पृथ्वी पर निवास क...
Planktonic diversity of a polluted creek system
<p>A sampling of zooplankton was carried out using vertical hauls of a 300-μm net with a flow meter (Hydro-Bios) at all designated points. The samples collected were preserved in formaldehyde (4 per c...