agriculture

Rising farm wages will lift all boats

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 14-05-2013

Fish and the City

Written by Anna, 30-04-2013

Combining aquaculture and hydroponics, Aquaponics provides a sustainable food production option right in your own backyard. Read on

India has already seen the ‘green’ and ‘white’ revolutions in its food industry come to pass; it now seems well on its way to realizing a ‘pink revolution’ too; the modernization of meat production processes. Is going pink an environmental and health hazard in the making? Read on

Urbanity

Following the Flow: Where Wastewater goes

Written by Kirsten , 10-04-2013

The rapid rate of population growth and urbanisation that has been taking place domestically has made it difficult for India's infrastructural developments and regulations to keep pace. Read on

Ilse Aigner: Bavaria's dirndl-wearing 'dinosaur'

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 01-01-2013

Ilse Aigner, just named "Dinosaur of the Year" by a nature group, is our latest "German of the Week." The dirndl-wearing agriculture minister is thought to be planning a strategic retreat from Merkel's cabinet to mount a challenge for the Bavarian state premiership. To source

How can we build a sustainable farming system for all?

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 26-10-2012

Food, the bedrock of life and the foundation of our physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing, is at the heart of many of the critical environmental and social challenges we face in the 21st century. And the need for addressing the interlinked challenges of hunger and sustainability must be among our top priorities. To source

Development

Food drive set up to coincide with World Food Day

Written by Anna, 11-10-2012

To coincide with World Food Day happening next Tuesday, the India FoodBanking Network is currently hosting a one week food drive, calling on everyone to donate whatever food they can which will then be provided to people in need. Read on

Development

Nero's Guests

Written by Anna, 03-10-2012

Farmer suicides. The issue that is, at times, shoved under the rug and only ever so slightly cracks the surface in mainstream media. Read on

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