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Organizer: Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)
Venue: National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee
Description: Water resources management requires a holistic and integrated view that considers the surface and groundwater together and also the direct human / indirect human needs. The sustainable management of water resources should base on an integrated approach linking development and protection of the natural environment, on the participation of all actors and concerned people...
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Organizer: Environmental Law Research Society (ELRS)
Venue: Environmental Law Research Society, C-48, Third Floor, Old Double Storey, Lajpat Nagar – IV, New Delhi – 110 024
Description: ELRS is organizing a workshop in New Delhi, on...
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Organizer: National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR), MussoorieMinistry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India
Venue: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Description:The National Institute of Administrative Research, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie in collaboration with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India is organizing a three days National Seminar on...
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Article Courtesy : LEISA India
Author : Sangeetha Patil
Farm practices, even with inherent merits, are often difficult to spread over a large area
Paddy is one of the important food crops grown in Veerapur, Kallapur, Ramapur and Nagalavi villages in Dharwad district in Karnataka. The farmers in these villages have been following time-tested methods of growing crops to accomplish the challenging task of feeding themselves. Paddy is the major crop occupying 95% of the total cultivable area in...
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Article Courtesy : Times of India
Author : Jaideep Deogharia
Madan Yadav of Kuralu village under Burhmu block of Ranchi district could have never imagined visiting a five star hotel for lunch but this dream became a reality on Friday because of the bumper paddy harvest he had reaped. He got a bounty of 82.5 quintals per hectare using a hybrid variety of seed as against the standard production of 40 quintals per hectare. He was almost on a par with farmers from Patratu and Karra blocks of...
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Article and Image Courtesy : India Together
Author : Neeta Deshpande
The Malkha process seeks to avoid the long-distance transport of cotton, and as a result, do away with baling and unbaling
Andhra Pradesh is home to a diversity of exquisite handloom weaves renowned for their craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal. However, this beauty is hardly reflected in the lives of weavers, where motifs of distress and deprivation are dominant. Though they toil from dawn to dusk enmeshing warp with weft,...
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The new nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy policy provides implicit incentives to farmers to test soil samples regularly and get crop-wise recommended doses of nutrients, and offers prospective benefits from the agro-environmental management point of view. A study of six villages in the lower Bhavani Basin in Tamil Nadu by Sacchidananda Mukherjee in Economic and Political Weekly reveals that despite a strong willingness on the part of farmers to adopt agricultural best management...
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Article and Image Courtesy : The Better India
Author : Unnati Narang
Jagriti Agro Tech team continues with their research. They came across some farmers who were practicing organic farming partly but were not sure of switching to it totally. What is needed is to provide technical guidance and to ensure them a market for their produce.
I met Ashmeet Kapoor a year ago, on a one-of-its-kind train journey called the Jagriti Yatra. It was an 18-day long journey of entrepreneurship that took young,...
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Article and Image Courtesy : Forbes India
Author : Himanshu
Farmers plough a field before sowing cotton seeds in a village in Gujarat. While agricultural growth has picked up in the last seven years, the reality is also that farm business income has started declining
Can we feed a billion? If this is just a matter of whether we have enough food grains in the country to feed our population then the answer is an emphatic ‘yes’. But if the issue is whether we can ensure that everybody has access...
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Article Courtesy: Trunz Water Systems
The biggest challenge on our planet is providing people with access to clean drinking water. Lots of fresh water deposits contain disease-inducing substances, such as viruses, bacteria or chemicals. A fact that has profound consequences for the health of those people involved.Trunz water systems has converted the vision of a simple self-sufficient water treatment system into practice. The mobile, independent water treatment and desalination systems are...
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Guest post: Ramaswamy R Iyer
This is in response to the comments made by Rahul Banerjee (“National Water Policy”, 13 August 2011) and Chetan Pandit (“Alternative National Water Policy: A Critique”, 10 September 2011) on my article “National Water Policy: An Alternative Draft for Consideration” (25 June 2011).
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Content and Media Courtesy: Videovolunteers
This film describes the impact of excessive mining on water resources in South Goa and raises questions about the negative impact that excessive mining can have on the health of population in the area through contamination of water resources. The film presents the case of the Salaulim reservoir, situated in the Sanguem taluka, which is the largest dam in Goa. It supplies water to almost entire South Goa, comprising 55% of the state's population.
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Article and Image Courtesy : The Hindu
Author : Ananya Mukherjee
From food security to food justice
If the malnourished in India formed a country, it would be the world's fifth largest — almost the size of Indonesia. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 237.7 million Indians are currently undernourished (up from 224.6 million in 2008). And it is far worse if we use the minimal calorie intake norms accepted officially in India. By those counts <http://www.thehindu. com/news/...
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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...
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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 city-dwellers say. On the other hand, a true plant fiend raises a riot of colour in sunshades, windowsills and cracked buckets, topped with a robust pumpkin patch on her corrugated roof.Small gardening is not all about labour-intensive bonsais. Many of our favourite garden species are shrubs and small trees, and they often flower better in the tight...
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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 water harvesting set up at our place. I am furnishing here the slides & photos of my home RWH set up. We are able to use the water through out the year for drinking, cooking etc.
The terrace measures around 100 square metres. A 1000 litres tank with ready...
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This three day dialogue workshop on 'Mainstreaming river basin planning' held from 9th to 11th August 2011 in New Delhi intended to bring together activists involved in dam movements and other social and environmental movements, civil society groups, experts in water resources management, environment, river basin planning, officials from all the relevant ministries and departments and others concerned. Selected invitees from South Asian countries were also invited for sharing their views on...
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Ground Report India (GRI), one of the most widespread international eJournals for India for ground reporting and citizen media in the world having more than 90,000 subscribers in more than 60 countries and circulated to 1.4 million (14,00,000) persons. GRI is committed to professional journalism, ground reporting, freedom of expression and the people.
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‘Support to Improve Climate Research and Information Services in South Asia’ (SICRISA) is a two-year project which aims to increase the quality and quantity of climate change research from South Asia. This will be achieved by training and mentoring South Asian scientists through fellowships and writing workshops, and by publishing two special editions of journals.
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Guest post: Amita Bhaduri
A round table meeting was held at India International Centre, New Delhi on the topic of river basin planning for Ganga on February 1, 2012. This interactive session with NGOs working on water and river issues was held in continuation of the “Living rivers, dying rivers” series at the request of AusAid. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Honorary Professor, Centre for Policy Research and an author of books and articles on water while the lead...
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Arghyam, works in the water and sanitation sector since 2005. Our vision is “Safe, sustainable water for all”. The emphasis, of all that we do in Arghyam, is on equity and sustainability. Addressing the issues of the poor and the vulnerable in accessing water for their basic daily needs is a priority for us. Addressing these issues in a manner that is environmentally sustainable is important if the outcome is to be effective over time. We believe that the key to achieving this is in...
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Description:For a Better Manipur (FBM) and NECEER, Imphal are going to organise a photo exhibition cum contest in March 2012 at New Delhi. Photographers from different parts of the country and across the globe can participate in the photography competition by sending in their photos.
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Organizer: National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)Venue: National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
Description:
The increasing demand for fresh water due to ever growing population, calls for proper conservation and management of all the available fresh water resources, including lakes. Lakes need special attention as they are quite often the catalysts in the development of the region by supplying water for variety of uses such as drinking and civil water supply, industrial supply, irrigation,...
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Organizers: South Asia Rural Reconstruction Association (SARRA), Bangalore, XIMB & SAMBHAV, Orissa
Venue: XIM Bhubaneswar and SAMBHAV Campus, at Rohibanka, Nayagarh District Orissa.
Description:Almost 40% of the world’s poor are living in South Asia Region. Majority of the people depend on Agriculture.The sector is undergoing an irreparable loss through excess use of...
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This manual published by Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) aims at creating a basic understanding of the concept, principles and steps of community monitoring. This manual is based on the work that PRIA was involved in that included facilitating the process of social development and monitoring, and for guiding the process of developing models for community monitoring linked to community action, for child survival and development in six project sites in India.
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This paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability draws attention to the serious issue of poor water quality in the developing economies and argues that among the water challenges in the 21st century, the water quality health nexus is one of the most serious challenges that will need to be addressed at an urgent level.The paper directs attention at the rapid and unequal growth and development patterns emerging in developing economies and the impact of this...
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This paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly argues that the transformation of human settlements over time can affect the relationship between communities and commons when, for example, social geographies change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems of management to modern bureaucratic systems. Communities that were dependent on particular commons could become less dependent, or abandon those commons. New communities of interest might emerge.
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Organizer: Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of West Bengal, Ministry of drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India
Venue: Public Health Engineering Department Government of West Bengal, New Secretariat Buildings, ...
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Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) will catalyse the process of ameliorating hardships to human beings in desert ecosystems of Gujarat, following sound ecological principles and carefully using scientific knowledge, imaginative technology and capital.
Description:GUIDE invites applications for the following posts:
Principal Scientist Pay Scale: Rs 30,400–600–37,600 in Terrestrial Ecology Division.Qualification and Experience: Doctorate degree in any branches of Life/Wildlife/...
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Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
Urvi Ashok Piramal Foundation (UAPF) is a not for profit organization registered under public trust act, working on mother & child health care, livelihood and environment in India since 2008. The foundation is endeavoring to reach the deprived section of the society through its various activities with the basic objective of empowering them to sustain the development process. Foundation is reaching to 1,00,000 people in various villages of India through...
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Article and Image Courtesy : The Hindu
Author : M. J. Prabu
Mr. Ajay Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Sangh
While the government seems to laud itself claiming that the 100 days National rural employment scheme popularly called as NAREGA is a big success in villages, a study conducted by Bharat Krishak Sangh in Delhi revealed that the expenditure of candidates for Panchayat elections increased 10 fold since work started under the employment scheme, and that most people elected as Sarpanch (...
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Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
Centre for Women's Development and Research (CWDR) recognizes the importance of female-led organizations to improve women's issues.CWDR's goal was to serve marginalized , vulnerable communities of women in the slums of chennai and surrounding communities. Through education, organization, and advocacy, CWDR focuses on empowering three populations in particular: domestic workers, single women, and adolescent girls.
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Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an established research and advocacy institute needs Senior Researchers for its programme on clean air and transportation, to do high quality policy and technical research, interact with policy makers, scientists & other target groups and develop networks and campaign.
Description:The Centre for Science and Environment, an established research and policy advocacy institution, needs an experienced person to lead...
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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...
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Organizer: Assam Agricultural University
Venue: Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara campus, Guwahati
Description:
The North East Regional Agriculture Fair 2012 is being organized by the Assam Agricultural University from February 10 to February 12 at the College of Veterinary Science Play Ground, Khanapara, Guwahati on the theme ‘North East Marches towards Food Security’.
North Eastern Region of India is known to have hidden potentialities to increase agricultural production...
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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 institutions, whose published email IDs never work...
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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. All postings are...
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We conducted testing for fluoride in drinking water at our school in Salugara, Siliguri, West Bengal. Here is a photo of the activity:
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Sample No.
Date
Time
Location of the sample with address
Pincode
Water source
Level of fluoride (mg/L)
1
5/1/2012
5:25pm
Kalaish Vihar, Ladpur, Raipur
248008
Handpump
1
2
5/1/2012
6:00pm
Garwali Colony Ayudh Vihar L-7E,
248008
Handpump
1
3
5/1/2012
6:00pm
Gujrowali Chowk, Raipur
248008
Handpump
1
4
5/1/2012
5:30pm
Kalaish Vihar, Ladpur, Raipur
248008
Handpump
1
5
5/1/2012
4:30pm
Shamsherghar road, Balawala
248001
Handpump
1
6
5/1/2012
5:30pm
Garwali Colony Ayudh...
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Source: SANDRP
National water policies are extremely important legal and institutional tools as they reflect the basic intent and direction that the government is planning to take regarding water resources. To ensure that this is a direction acceptable and beneficial to all, open public consultations need to be the backbones of such policies. Thus looking at the immense importance of water to society & environment, it is extremely important to have consultations on the recently published...
