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    Half a million and counting: Minor irrigation water bodies in India

    The minister for jal shakti provided a list of tanks, reservoirs or ponds counted as part of an ongoing census from various states. India has...

    Budget 2022: Disappointment for social sector

    The total union budget expenditure as a proportion of the GDP has declined to 15.3 per cent in 2021-22 from 16.2 per cent in...

    For Delhi’s ‘homeless farmers’, work satisfaction is important

    There are evidently different yardsticks for government officials to apply when it comes to the tenant farmers of Delhi's Yamuna floodplains. In the floodplains of...

    More evidence emerges of deadly weedicide in people in France

    The weed-killing agro-chemical, glyphosate, has been found in over 99 per cent of samples collected in a study of 6,848 individuals in France, according...

    Transforming a ghost village with hill-centric livelihood and tourism opportunities

    An Uttarakhand government scheme to create employment opportunities for returning migrants during the pandemic did not benefit many. Climate-resilient livelihood options are needed for...

    Farms stretched, water sources stressed and polluted, and forests shrinking, says FAO report

    As climate stresses the world and water sources get depleted and polluted, scientists around feel the need to shift to sustainable agricultural practices to...

    New tea law brews dissent

    Trade unions are up in arms against the draft Tea (Development and Promotion) Bill, 2022 mooted by the ministry of commerce and industry to...

    COVID-19, food shortage and inflation could bankrupt Sri Lanka

    Food shortage and inflation are causing distress and the government has barely any foreign exchange reserves to import food – especially as agricultural productivity...
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