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From food security to food justice: A quarter of a million women in Kerala are showing us how to earn livelihoods with dignity
Article and Image Courtesy : The Hindu
Author : Ananya Mukherjee
From food security to food justice
If the malnourished in India formed a...
Author: chandrasekharnemani
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Reforming the public distribution system: Lessons from Chhattisgarh
Article Courtesy : Economic and Political Weekly
Author : Raghav Puri
Reforms to the public distribution system in Chhattisgarh that focused on extending coverage, improving delivery and increasing transparency have led to its remarkable revival. An overwhelming majority of the beneficiaries are now satisfied with the way their ration shops function and are firmly against the proposal of cash transfers. This article presents the findings of a team that visited 12 randomly selected villages in Mahasamund and Sarguja districts of Chhattisgarh as part of the PDS Survey 2011.
This article presents...
Author: chandrasekharnemani
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Planting ideas in urban spaces: You don't need more than a strip of soil, a balcony or a windowsill to green your urban home
Article and Image Courtesy : The Hindu
Author : Latha Anantharaman
Planting ideas in urban spaces
If I had the space, I would have a garden, some...
Author: chandrasekharnemani
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Rooftop rain water harvesting structure in Mysore: Water available through out the year for drinking and cooking purposes
Author : H.Ramesh
Rooftop RWH structure
In 2007, due to an unusual gap between rains we were faced with a very difficult situation with respect to water availability. On account of that bitter experience we decided to go in for a rain...
Author: H.Ramesh
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Labour shortage has become a major worry for farmers: Provide 100 days employment only during lean agriculture season
Article and Image Courtesy : The Hindu
Author : M. J. Prabu
Mr. Ajay Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Sangh...
Author: chandrasekharnemani
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Online self paced training in water distribution modelling: Training program from The Community Engineer
Article Courtesy : The Community Engineer
The Community Engineer is starting self paced online training on 'Water supply distribution modelling'. You can get trained on your own using our materials, software and presentations utilising the step to step guide to practise modelling. You will be able to build model, analyse distribution, pumps, storage, gravity mains, demands, pressure and optimise the system after your learning.
The course can be utilised by municipal engineers, consultants, NGOs, contractors and students working in this field.
For more details, please contact thecommunityengineer@gmail.com...
Author: thecommunityengineer
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Successful demonstration of defluoridation of water using Tulsi: Hearty congratulations to the team from SPM, Chandrapur
Author : P R Madhura
When I read this news item, I tried to speak with the Faculty of Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur, Maharashtra (Phone: 07172 - 255778, 271599), Phone No. (MBA) 263046, Phone No. (MCA) 272813, Web: http://www.spcollegechandrapur.ac.in - to congratulate them on their great discovery.
- The email: spmchd@sancharnet.in as given on their website returns a stock message that it has a fatal error, as in case of many academic...
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Harnessing the wisdom of crowds: Open discussion forum helps to answer many sanitation related questions
Author : Rahul Ingle
The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) secretariat has developed a new discussion forum which was launched in July 2011. The forum focusses on the topic of sustainable sanitation and is open as opposed to some existing closed fora which require a login even just for reading. Today, the SuSanA forum already has 1080 registered users, 44 topics, nearly 5000 views for the most popular topic, and some topics have attracted more than 20 replies.
Author: rahulingle
All postings are readable by everyone and search-able by search engines like Google and Yahoo. A broad range of topics are covered such as sanitation systems and technologies, health and hygiene, CLTS, school sanitation,...
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Testing for fluoride in drinking water in our school in Salugara, Siliguri, West Bengal
We conducted testing for fluoride in drinking water at our school in Salugara, Siliguri, West Bengal. Here is a photo of the activity:
Author: dsgurawalia
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