Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India
Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coast...
Our Fragile Coasts: Scientific Approaches and Solutions
The Indian coasts hold diverse geomorphological features—mudflats, rocky shores, cliffs, sandy beaches and deltaic reaches that shelter unique ecosystems. However, significant sections of the coastlin...
Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis
Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS) is an integrated GIS-based decision support system developed for Chennai and Mumbai that provides flood inundation scenarios and helps state governments to put...
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Organic agriculture: prospects and potential
During the last two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in global communities towards environmental preservation and quality food. Growing concerns due to depleting resources, and deterioration o...
Swajaivik farming-sustainable organic farms for all
Using the vast resource of rooftops and kitchen gardens in urban and rural areas to promote swajaivik farming through intensive trainings.
Uncertain weather: organic farmers keep sowing
Though organic farming in the Sundarban is bringing food security, economic uplift and increased protection against climate change, it is largely the women who are working themselves to the bone. Unfo...
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Organic agriculture: prospects and potential
During the last two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in global communities towards environmental preservation and quality food. Growing concerns due to depleting resources, and deterioration of soil health and fertility has forced scientists and planners to look for alternatives. Organic agriculture emerges as one such alternative.
Swajaivik farming-sustainable organic farms for all
Using the vast resource of rooftops and kitchen gardens in urban and rural areas to promote swajaivik farming through intensive trainings.
Uncertain weather: organic farmers keep sowing
Though organic farming in the Sundarban is bringing food security, economic uplift and increased protection against climate change, it is largely the women who are working themselves to the bone. Unfortunately women here have no definite property rights and are often in the danger of losing the fruits of years of hard work if divorced, widowed or when the sons get married.