Andhra Pradesh
International conclave on climate change by Engineering Staff College of India, 12th to 14th October 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 12:47 PM
Clean Energy & Energy Security
Organizer: Engineering Staff College of India
Venue: Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited, Hyderabad
Management training programme on “Collaboration for Sustainable Livelihoods of Forest Communities”, 24th to 26th February 2011, Secunderabad
Posted on 16 Feb, 2011 11:46 AM
Organizer: Center for People's Forestry
Venue: Center for People's Forestry, Secunderabad
Call for papers, Sixth Biennial Conference, The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE), 20th - 22nd October, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 16 Feb, 2011 11:28 AM
Nature, Economy and Society - Understanding the Linkages
Organizer: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
Venue: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Begumpet, Hyderabad
Topics:
- Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services for Life and Human Well-being
- Accounting for Nature including indices, macro and micro approaches
Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in Andhra Pradesh - An overview - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 02:57 AMThis paper describes a PIM initiative undertaken by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The need for PIM in Andhra Pradesh, was felt because farmers, especially those in the lower reaches of the command area of the project, suffer from inadequate and unreliable supplies.
Posters on the factors responsible for excess fluoride and fluorosis by MASS Education
Posted on 01 Feb, 2011 12:01 PM
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Subash Palekar Zero Budget workshop, Raviji Ashram, 31st Jan to 4th Feb, 2011, Penugonda, Anantapura Dist.
Posted on 31 Jan, 2011 06:06 PMOrganizer: Raviji ashram.
Venue: Raviji ashram, Penugonda, Anantapur district.
Topics:
- Utilizing agriculture waste for development of humus.
- Microbial culture.
- Minimization of water usage, (Mulching).
- Minimization of thermal power ( By avoiding water usage).
Assessment of fluoride in drinking water in Andhra Pradesh - A report by Arghyam
Posted on 31 Jan, 2011 12:11 AM
High amounts of fluoride (>1.5 ppm) in drinking water is a serious issue in many parts of India. Fluorosis has been a serious issue in Andhra Pradesh, as early as 1999 with maximum reported levels at 29 ppm. Evidence indicates that 70-100% of the state is affected.
Traditional water management practices and water sector reforms in South India - A comparative analysis of three systems and Participatory Irrigation Management policy - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 06:13 PMThe authors study three tanks; one each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and find that almost all tanks in Southern India face similar problems that include farmers in command area being deprived of water, siltation, lack of proper maintenance of such structures, lack of political will to decentralise authority to tank institutions etc.
Decline of tank irrigation institutions in South India - A case-study of Tamil Nadu - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 03:34 AMThe author gives a brief history of tank irrigation in South India. The number of irrigation tanks in India were 208,000, of which 120,000 were in the three Southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These tanks irrigated 1.8 million hectares. The author uses graphs to point out to the decline in tank irrigation.
National Conference on Contexual changes in Indian Slums – A Critical Analysis, 17th - 18th April 2011, Kadapa
Posted on 25 Jan, 2011 05:07 PM
Organizer: Voluntary Initiative Services In Our Neighbourhood
Venue: Kadapa
Description:
India's urban population is increasing at a much faster rate than its total population. India will have 41 percent of its population living in cities and towns by 2030 from the present 28 percent. According to Registrar General of India there are 81 million urban poor in India. Nearly 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to live in pathetic conditions.