Research Papers

Jai SRI': Celebrating civil society involvement in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India
This paper provides an overview of civil society engagement and spread of SRI in India. Examining why civil society contribution has been important for SRI dissemination and adaptation in India, and what civil society organisations bring to the SRI agenda., The paper suggests that recognising this and understanding the changing dynamic of state civil society relation is critical for SRI uptake. Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:17 AM

SRI is an agroecological innovation that emerged as a civil society innovation and has since captured the imagination of thousands of farmers across the world, including India.

Water as the hidden export: Exploring the concept of virtual water for growing intensive commercial crops in water scarce areas
"Water: the hidden export", is a report by Shama Perveen, written in August 2004, on the concept of virtual water. The author argues that this concept must be seriously considered in India, because when water intensive commercial crops are grown in water scarce areas and the produce exported, it amounts to a virtual export of water, even as water availability in the home country becomes scarcer. Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:51 AM

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Critical issues related to groundwater: Centre for Water Policy
Understanding various critical issues related to its usage, contamination, and replenishment of groundwater is important as every individual is a user of groundwater. Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 02:16 PM

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Greenhouse gas emissions from India: Improvements made in GHG inventory estimation
An assessment of the current and projected trends of GHG emission from India submitted to the UNFCCC in June 2004
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 02:03 PM

Current Science's paper on improvements made in greenhouse gases (GHG) inventory estimation

Greenhouse gases and where they come from: A low down on the GHG scenario across the world
Navigating the numbers: Greenhouse Gas Data and International Climate Policy Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 11:23 AM

In the debate over global warming, many a time, there is an attempt to indicate that human contribution to the Greenhouse effect is on a very minuscule scale and is negligible when compared to the scale at which GHGs as a whole work.

Impact of climate change in India: An agro - ecological zone level analysis
A detailed look at the possible impacts of climate change on the different agro - ecological zones demarcated in India Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 06:04 PM

India is gifted with heterogeneous landforms and variety of climatic conditions such as the lofty mountains, the raverine deltas, high altitude forests, peninsular plateaus, variety of geological formations endowed with temperature varying from arctic cold to equatorial hot, and rainfall from extreme aridity with a few cms (<10 cm) to pre humid with world's maxim

Rain shocked: A Down To Earth's study on the effects of climate change on precipitation patterns in India
A Down To Earth research study on how climate change is leading to a rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall, which is making usable water scarce in India Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 05:11 PM

This research study (Mar 15 2009) throws light on how climate change is leading to a rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall, which is making usable water scarce in India.

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Technologies for lake restoration: A paper from Helmut Klapper on water quality and restoration of lakes
A paper on economical and ecologically safe technologies that will greatly enable restoration of lakes Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 03:46 PM

Download this guide to technologies which can assist you in your goal to restore lakes.

Read more on the Journal of Limnology

Collection of articles on climate change with special reference to India
The following documents address various issues related to climate change, particularly highlighting the Indian context Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 12:36 PM

Climage Change, Indias perceptions, positions, policies and possibilities, written by Jyoti K Parikh and Kirit Parikh, Indira Gandhi

A survey of school sanitation in Mysore district (2005)
The survey of school sanitation in seven blocks of Mysore district, was done by a group of NGOs comprising of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, MYRADA and Vikasana in 2005 Posted on 14 Aug, 2009 02:57 PM

The survey was done using a closed-ended questionnaire which was administered to key stakeholders including teachers, school children and sometimes the SDMC (School Development and Management Committee) members. All government and aided schools were included in the survey. 

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