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Tags: Agriculture, Bihar, Farmers, green revolution, pobreza mundial, rural poverty, sustainable agriculture | Category: Agriculture, Community development, Farmers, Nutrition, Social Problem
Malnutrition affecting one in five Indians 45 percent of all children under age three in India are underweight – a higher average prevalence than in sub-Saharan Africa (UNISEF) Despite vast improvements in the country’s economy, under-nutrition remains a challenge in India. While real incomes and real wages have increased, there has been an offsetting reduction in Continue reading Cause of declining nutritional quality in India: is it biased Green Revolution? Print This Post
Tags: agricultura, cambio climático, climate change, Farmers, india, pobreza mundial, world poverty | Category: Agriculture, Farmers, climate change, environment
The impact of climate change on the world poverty is an issue of great significance but has not given needed attention in current climate change debate. It is not an issue that can be left to the future as the impact is already felt in many parts of the world. Climate change can affect our Continue reading Climate change politics and poor farmers Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, EU Farm subsidies, Farmers, farmers' suicide, pobreza mundial, Pojh, suicidio agricultores | Category: Agriculture, Farmers, Social Problem, environment
Recently I was in Tarragona (Spain) and had some discussion about poverty in India, Indians’ resistance to EU-US farm subsidies, and links to poverty and farmers’ suicide in India. I was putting some strong points like we in Europe are equally responsible for farmers’ suicide and poverty in the world. We all have blood in Continue reading EU farm subsidy, world poverty and Indian farmers’ suicide Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, Brazil, Farmers, favelas, natural resources, rural poverty, sustainable agriculture | Category: Agriculture, Community development, Farmers, General, Social Problem
Land distribution in Brazil Today, 47 percent of Brazil’s land is owned by just 1 percent of the population, making the country’s land distribution the second most unequal in the world and a glaring inequality in a nation known for its stark division between rich and poor. As a result, a class of four and a Continue reading Brazil and Bihar – different context but same story Print This Post
Tags: Bihar, Calcutta, city of joy, Ciudad de la alegría, Farmers, Kalkota, Patrick Swayze, película | Category: General
“One thing I’m not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won’t live.” – Patrick Swayze. The actor Patrick Swayze died on 14th of Sept 2009 at the age of 57 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Still from film City of Joy Patric Swayze Continue reading Patrick Swayze, City of Joy and Bihar Print This Post
Tags: Farmers, green revolution, natural resources, sustainable agriculture | Category: Agriculture, Farmers, environment
…The Green Revolution contributed significatnly in technology transfer from developed world to poor countries. These technologies included improved crop varieties, irrigation methods and management, chemical fertilizers (mainly nitrogen and phosphate), chemical pesticides, management practices etc. Print This Post
Tags: Farmers, natural resources | Category: Agriculture, Community development, Farmers, General, Social System model, environment
Blaming poor villagers for our cities problems seems a strange logic but this is very true at least in India. When I was talking to some researchers in urban planning at university of Sheffield, they found it very interesting complex system research in social science. Continue reading Underdeveloped Agriculture – cause of the most of cities’ problem Print This Post
Tags: Agriculture, climate change, Farmers, grounwater, natural resources | Category: Agriculture, Farmers, environment
India’s annual monsoon rainfall has been 27% lower than the 50-year average in the June 1-Aug 17 period. In Bihar annual rainfall this year is 43% lower than the average of last 50 years(some media is quoting more than 50% shortfall). There was a shortfall of 57.7 per cent in paddy crop coverage and 27.4 Continue reading Effect of draught… Print This Post
Today India is celebrating the 63rd anniversary of Independence which they got on 15th of August 1947 from British coloniser. They celebrate this day as victory of Indian Freedom fighters who chose to risk ‘their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honour’ against the militarily-superior British. Family outdoor house where my grandparent use to live Continue reading Indian Independence or an emotional slavery? |
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