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DEVELOPMENT: High-Protein Pea Ideal for Drought-Hit Farmers
article on pigeon pea, ICRISAT
India debuts 'agricultural Wikipedia' | Checkbiotech
This should be something interesting to follow. There was another initiative of this type, through Switzerland. They will need some innovative work to assess their impact.
Google Earth used by terrorists in India attacks
Lots of issues here. Free speech. National security. Also, the concept from McLuhan, the medium is the message. Google argues that maps have been used for humanitarian purposes (Maps don't kill people, people kill people).
Cassava in Kerala, India
N ice description of agronomic practices, varieties, production constraints and other issues related to cassava in Kerala, India.
The Viewspaper - Food Security in India
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Food security has been a major developmental objective in India since the beginning of planning. India achieved self-sufficiency in foodgrains in the 1970’s and has sustained it since then. But the achievement of foodgrain security at the national level did not percolate down to households and the level of chronic food insecurity is still high. Over 225 million Indians remain chronically under nourished. In 2000-01, about half of the rural children below five years of age suffered from malnutrition and 40% of adults suffered from chronic energy deficiency. Such a high level of wasting away of human resources should be a cause for concern.
OneWorld South Asia Home / News / News:Today's Headlines - Most of world’s stunted children live in India, says Lancet
news article on a recent Lancet report about childhood malnutrition in India
MoU to develop virus resistant cassava- Agriculture-Economy-News-The Economic Times
news about an effort to devolop technologies against cassava disease
Late rains to fuel groundnut output
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Rain gods have been kind to the groundnut farmers across the country this year. Following late monsoon rains, the farmers are happy that the late showers will boost the production of groundnut this season.
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : “Malnutrition has become silent emergency”
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Malnutrition in India is so acute that it has become a “silent emergency,” said M.S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist and chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, speaking here on Monday. Fortysix per cent of children in India under the age of three were malnourished, while 72 per cent of children below 12 months and 77 per cent between the ages of one and two were anaemic.
Whitefly attack on pulse crops in Punjab @ NewKerala.Com News Channel
Whitefly problems in PUNJAB
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This insect has appeared in epidemic form due to the hot weather conditions coupled with dry monsoon spell prevailing in the state over the last few weeks. Such weather conditions are extremely conducive for the rapid multiplication of the pest.
Warming Threatens Farms in India
This article mentions some of the dangers of climate change in India in the context of recent flooding in South Asia.
The Hindu News Update Service
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has released a new cassava variety that is resistant to cassava mosaic disease.
IndianExpress.com :: Where every child doesn’t get her due
This article mentions some reasons why India has higher malnutrition rates compared to Africa, even though economically they are better off. Also, discussion of targeting interventions....
On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide - New York Times
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India’s economy may be soaring, but agriculture remains its Achilles’ heel, the source of livelihood for hundreds of millions of people but a fraction of the nation’s total economy and a symbol of its abiding difficulties.....Changes brought on by 15 years of economic reforms have opened Indian farmers to global competition and given them access to expensive and promising biotechnology, but not necessarily opened the way to higher prices, bank loans, irrigation or insurance against pests and rain.
Urban Micronutrient Deficiency
Micronutrient deficiency disorders amongst pregnant women in three urban slum communities of Delhi. The prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies amongst pregnant women of urban slum communities is high.
India facing malnutrition crisis: World Bank
News of a recent World Bank report on the status of malnourished children in India
WB Malnutrition Report
This is a comprehensive report for the world bank that has lots of implications for attacking malnutrtion in developing countries
India embarks on value added foodgrains project
More news from India on the new partnership with H+
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