- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to initiate a bio-shield movement along the coastal areas by raising mangrove forests, plantations of casuarina, salicornia, laucaena, atriplex, palms, bamboo and other tree species and halophytes - all that can grow near the sea.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government should promote community nurseries of mangrove species and other appropriate tree species chosen under the coastal bio-shield and agro-forestry programmes.
- Fishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an urgent need for regeneration of fisheries and fostering a sustainable fisheries programme. What I mean is, designing new fishing vessels and nets so that they do not disrupt the fish lifecycle by catching young ones and also do not destroy sea grass beds, which serve as habitats for dugongs.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The construction of permanent sea walls can be taken up only in places where there is sea erosion due to heavy anthropogenic pressures. The locations for such non-living barriers should be determined on the basis of a carefully conducted erosion-vulnerability analysis.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security.
- Farmers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Farmers in rain-fed, dry areas such as Vidarbha and parts of Andhra Pradesh may own several hectares of land but their farm produce depends on the vagaries of the monsoon.
- Debt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, multiple livelihood opportunities alone can insulate farmers in rainfed areas from the debt trap.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Farmers are happy so long as their net income will not be adversely affected. In organic farming, in the first couple of years you may drop in yield until you build up the soil fertility - you need inputs for output.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Genetic modification is a very powerful tool. But like any powerful tool, when using it, you have to take into account the environmental impact, the food safety aspects and so on. There must be a strong regulatory mechanism.
- Coastal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wireless technology has completely revolutionized information transmission and exchange in India. If you go in the coastal areas, small-scale fishermen who go out in small boats, they now carry a cellphone, which has GPS data on wave heights, where the fish are, et cetera.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always ask the farmers, when you get up in the morning, is there some information which you are lacking which you would like to have? Invariably they talk about weather, the market price.
- Farmers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most pesticides lose their efficacy after a few years, because of pest resistance to pesticides. This is why companies go on changing the varieties.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Organic farming and other earlier methods can be effective, provided they can help us improve soil health and plant health. Plant pesticides like neem and tobacco need to be promoted.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The air pollution in Delhi has become a matter of public health concern nationally and internationally.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two major challenges before Indian agriculture today: ecological and economical. The conservation of our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity is a major challenge. How to make agriculture sustainable is the challenge.
- Devise
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- Nov 07, 2020