OUR ENVIRONMENT It is no more just semantics. It is a Climate Emergency More than 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by floods since June this year. Bangladesh is grappling with...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Sustainable cooling to make post-harvest management affordable for Indian farmers Farmers in India incur nearly USD 12,520 million in post-harvest losses annually due to inadequate cold storage facilities. BASE and...
NEWS ETC ‘Everything washed away in floods; the clothes on our bodies are all that’s left’ Extremely heavy rainfall has led to massive floods in Madhya Pradesh. More than a thousand villages in five districts are...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Saving snakes can also save human lives Rescuing snakes is not an easy job. How are these rescues carried out? How dangerous can they get? Meet some...
NEWS ETC ‘The government should declare a drought’ – Gaon Connection’s ground report from rain-starved Bihar Bihar, India’s most flood-prone state and one of the key paddy growing states, has been facing drought conditions. The state...
Health 70% of snakebite victims in rural India do not seek treatment in hospitals, finds a new study In India, a life is lost every 12 minutes due to snakebite. Such deaths are preventable provided victims receive proper...
NEWS ETC Lumpy skin disease outbreak: UP gears up to safeguard cattle; puts ban on cattle fairs & inter-state transport from 5 states In a bid to protect its cattle from the prevalent lumpy skin viral outbreak in the neighbouring states, the Uttar...
What We Grow Once planted, this new variety of greens keeps giving through the year A new variety of the water spinach called Kashi Manu has been developed by agricultural scientists at the ICAR- Indian...
NEWS ETC Bangladesh: Floods have come and gone, leaving behind destruction and ‘climate refugees’ During May-June this year, the northeastern region of Bangladesh was hit by heavy monsoon rains and flash floods. Millions were...
NEWS ETC Farmers, experts come together to come up with solutions for agrarian distress In a seminar organised to discuss the socio-economic, political and environmental challenges faced by the Indian agriculture sector, farmers and...
