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Agriculture, food security and nutrition in Vidarbha: Household level analysis – A special article in EPW

This special article in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) is based on an assessment of agricultural practices and livelihoods of people in Vidarbha, one of the most distressed regions in India. Using the data generated from a baseline survey on a sample of 6,990 households covering six districts, this paper attempts to assess the relationships between agriculture, food security and nutrition for children, adolescents and married women of reproductive age.

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Agriculture, food security and nutrition in Vidarbha: Household level analysis – A special article in EPW (2011)308.37 KB

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Yavatmal, MM, India
Latitude: 20.388794, Longitude: 78.120407

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Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)

This report on “Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Maharashtra (2004)” presents the groundwater estimates for the State of Maharashtra as computed by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) based on the guidelines given by the Groundwater Estimation Committee (GEC-1997) constituted by Ministry of Water Resources (Government of India). The report gives the groundwater potential of different districts of the State on watershed basis and also information about the semi-critical, critical and over-exploited watersheds.

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Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)1.1 MB
Districtwise assessment - Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)77.5 KB
Talukawise assessment - Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)637 KB
Watershedwise assessment - Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)1.43 MB
Maps - Dynamic groundwater resources of Maharashtra – A report by CGWB and GSDA (2004)1.33 MB

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Ratnagiri, MM, India
Latitude: 16.992020, Longitude: 73.292313

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Introduction to organic, natural, sustainable agriculture - Presentations from the South Asia Conference on "Outstanding Organic Agriculture Techniques", Bangalore organised by OFAI (2009)

Paddy SeedlingsThis set of presentations from the conference on Outstanding Organic Agriculture Techniques held during September 2009 at Bangalore provides an introduction to organic farming, and bringing together various issues related to organic farming.

Organic farming can feed the world

This presentation by Claude Alvares, deals with the work of India’s organic farming community and the Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI). It states that the best organic farmers look to the forest for their learning. It details out how one raises plants (or trees) without – (a) NPK (b) Dams and canal irrigation (c) Tractors (d) Pesticides, weedicides, fungicides, homicides (e) Bank credit or bank extension officers (f) Agricultural scientists or universities (g) Negative environmental effects like climate change and (h) Water pollution.Read More

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Organic farming can feed the world - Presentation - Claude Alvares - OFAI SAC (2009)12.31 MB
Biodiversity for sustainable and self-reliant farming - Presentation - V Ravi - TNFTA - Erode - OFAI SAC (2009)2.22 MB
Our biodiverse farming - Millets and mixed cropping - Presentation - Sammamma - DDS - Medak - OFAI SAC (2009)1.17 MB
Growing food on a severly eroded land - Presentation - Deepika - Auroville - OFAI SAC (2009)2.96 MB
Revival and reconstruction of saline lands by sustainable agriculture techniques - Presentation - Revathi - TNOFM - OFAI SAC (2009)2.07 MB
A visit to Subhash Sharma's organic farm at Yeotmal - Presentation - Sultan Ismail - OFAI SAC (2009)3 MB
Economics of agriculture under natural farming - Research paper - Subhash Sharma - Yeotmal - OFAI SAC (2009)67.29 KB
Organic farming through green-culture - Weeds and mulching - Presentation - BN Nandish - Shimoga - OFAI SAC (2009)388.06 KB
Innovative package of practices for paddy - Presentation - Pradeep Nikam - OFAI SAC (2009)5.19 MB
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Watershed prioritisation atlas for Maharashtra – A resource database by MRSAC on 1:2,50,000 scale using GIS technique

This document by the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre (MRSAC) presents the “Atlas on Watershed Prioritisation” using resources database on 1:2,50,000 scale adopting advanced techniques such as Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). This watershed prioritisation to plan the activities on priority basis and facilitate judicious utilization of the available financial resources was done for the Water Conservation Department (Government of Maharashtra), the nodal agency to service watershed development in the State.

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Mumbai, MM, India
Latitude: 19.017615, Longitude: 72.856164

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Kudrati Kheti (Natural Farming) - A manual in Hindi

Kudrati KhetiThis manual in Hindi developed by Rajinder Chaudhary on natural farming, also known as organic, zero budget or alternative farming, is an attempt to spread awareness among Indian farmers about the above sustainable agriculture methods.

Conventional agricultural practices with an undue emphasis on intensive use of water, chemical fertilisers and high investments has led many farmers into a debt trap.Read More

Natural farming is presented as the solution to the burning problems of farmers in the context of the crisis facing Indian agriculture because of rising input costs, uncertain yields and output prices, spurious seeds/ fertilizers/ pesticides/ herbicides and damage to environment due to unsustainable farming practices.

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Natural Farming (Kudrati Kheti) - A manual in Hindi by Rajinder Chaudhary (2010)985.6 KB

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Faridkot, PB, India
Latitude: 30.670000, Longitude: 74.750000

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Possibility of revival of dug wells in hard rock India through recharge: A discussion paper by CAREWATER

carewaterThe discussion paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on possibility of revival of dug wells in hard rock India through recharge is based on a field study across ten districts of the country. The study seeks to understand how localized governance of groundwater in hard rock areas is to be pursued through pricing (water, energy), legal regulation and community institutions. Water supply augmentation and demand management are both to be taken care of, directly through regulation or through indirect instruments such as pricing.Read More

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Dugwell Revival in Hard Rock India - A Discussion Paper by CAREWATER (2009)248.13 KB

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Dharmapuri, TN, India
Latitude: 12.130231, Longitude: 78.156973

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