Agriculture extension systems should be strengthened in India

Thursday, February 19, 2009
The arrangements for agricultural extension in India have grown over the last five decades in terms of activities organizational types and available manpower However public investments in agriculture investments in irrigation rural roads rural electrification storage marketing agricultural research and education land development coop ... Read more

Indian agriculture is bouncing back

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Agriculture is facing several problems in India On the one hand natural calamities adversely affect agriculture production while on the other hand policy makers make agriculture policies which benefit industries more than agricultureAccording to the National Crime Record Bureau Government of India more than lakh thousand farmers commi ... Read more

Women farmers fighting for their rights and identity

Saturday, January 03, 2009
I am the first woman farmer in my block who started cultivation years back said years old Aisha Begum Khatoon of Hridaypur village in Ambedkarnagar district When she picked up the hoe for the first time all the villagers rebuked her for treading on a mans domain However she decided to move forward despite all odds in order to look a ... Read more

Living with floods is their destiny

Sunday, December 21, 2008
years old Mr Shravan Kumar becomes very happy when he sees his growing agriculture fields He did his postgraduation and Bachelor of Education form Gorakhpur He says proudly I love doing farming in my village rather than doing a job in the city This way I can sustain myself and my family members and also save about rupees annually ... Read more

'Nayana' - a unique mobile Eye Care initiative for people with diabetes

Sunday, November 30, 2008
NAYANA which means eye a diabetes retinopathy prevention and treatment van is a venture funded by the World Diabetes Foundation WDF in Karnataka state India and is indeed a great boon for the rural people living with diabetes retinopathy Three year ago when the van was first introduced in this area retinopathy treatment was only been ... Read more

Sustainable agriculture can be the back-bone of Indian economy

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Who said agriculture is a business of loss I am saving more than Rs about USD every year and providing bread butter to my family members who are dependent on me said Prabhavati Devi who lives in Sardar Nagar block of Gorakhpur district She has one and half acres land in which she is producing more than types of crops ... Read more

World Diabetes Day (14 November): Caring for children and adolescents with diabetes

Thursday, November 13, 2008
The theme of this years World Diabetes Day November is diabetes in children and adolescents The global awareness campaign aims to bring the spot light on diabetes and highlight the message that no child should die of diabetes It also aims to increase awareness in parents caregivers teachers health care professionals politicians and the ... Read more

Climate change is impeding agricultural production in Uttar Pradesh (India)

Sunday, November 09, 2008
During the last one decade Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many climatic changes Eastern Uttar Pradesh has faced severe floods while Bundelkhand region has faced one of the worst famines of the last decade Thus the impact of climate change has adversely affected agricultural production resulting in huge loss of paddy and corn ... Read more

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