- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history.
- Harvesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rain-cum-solar energy centre functioning in Chennai is a source of credible public information on rainwater harvesting and solar energy use. Such centres need to be replicated in all our cities, towns and block headquarters.
- Frequent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Famines were frequent in colonial India and some estimates indicate that 30 to 40 million died out of starvation in Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Bengal during the later half of the 19th century.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of my University education was to get into a medical college and equip myself to run a hospital in Kumbakonam left behind by my father, M.K. Sambasivan, who died at a young age in 1936.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Bengal Famine, Parliament is likely to pass the National Food Security Bill which will be the world’s largest social protection measure against hunger.
- Ground
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Green Revolution was criticised by social activists on the ground that the high-yield technology involving the use of mineral fertilizers and chemical pesticides is environmentally harmful.
- Ahead
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking ahead, the bright spot in Indian agriculture is the availability of a large untapped production reservoir.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of India's major blessings is the rich store of experience and knowledge available in the rural and tribal areas.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future of food security will depend on a combination of the ecological prudence of the past and the technological advances of today.
- Healthcare
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- Nov 07, 2020
Green Revolution technologies are scale-neutral but not resource-neutral. Inputs are needed for output; therefore market-purchased inputs become important in providing soil and plant healthcare for higher yields.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
The smaller the farm, the greater is the need for marketable surplus, so that the family will have cash income to meet their needs.
- Credit Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
In spite of the dominant role played by women in both farming, they are denied credit as they lack land titles. Only a small percentage of Kisan Credit Cards goes to them.
- Charging
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- Nov 07, 2020
A number of non-banking finance companies have entered the rural microcredit market. Many microcredit agencies have been charging interest rates not very dissimilar to those charged by moneylenders. Borrowing then becomes more to meet pressing consumption needs, rather than for farming or small-scale enterprises.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation. The most vulnerable but neglected segment is the first 1,000 days in a child's life - the period from conception to the age of two, when much of the brain development takes place.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
Denying a child even at birth an opportunity for the full expression of its innate genetic potential for physical and mental development is the cruellest form of inequity.
- Farmland
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- Nov 07, 2020