Research Papers
Jai SRI': Celebrating civil society involvement in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:17 AMSRI 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
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:51 AMClick here to read more: Read the report
Critical issues related to groundwater: Centre for Water Policy
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 02:16 PMClick on the link below for a comprehensive understanding about the issues related to groundwater.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from India: Improvements made in GHG inventory estimation
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 02:03 PMCurrent 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
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 11:23 AMIn 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
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 06:04 PMIndia 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
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 05:11 PMThis 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.
Technologies for lake restoration: A paper from Helmut Klapper on water quality and restoration of lakes
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 03:46 PMDownload this guide to technologies which can assist you in your goal to restore lakes.
Collection of articles on climate change with special reference to India
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 12:36 PMClimage 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)
Posted on 14 Aug, 2009 02:57 PMThe 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.