Amita Bhaduri

Best practices on flood resilience from Indian and global cities

A basket of solutions that Indian cities can choose based on their need and priority Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 6 months ago

East Kolkata Wetland (Image: Dibyendu Ash; Wikimedia Commons)

Healthy soil critical to human health and for achieving SDGs

Soil research must focus both on technology development and implementation Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

The ability of soils to support soil functions or services is decreasing (Image: Katrin Park/International Food Policy Research Institute)

Mobilising communities for WASH

WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)

Why farmers are not adopting crop insurance in India?

Study looks at behavioral biases in crop insurance adoption Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

Adoption rate of crop insurance low in India despite government efforts (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)

The water that you eat

Need to shift to a more sustainable diet without compromising on major nutrients and calories Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)

A successful model of integrated farming system in Koraput

Integrated rice–fish-poultry farming system is a sound strategy for harmonizing joint management of various resources Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

Mangaraj's farm is a model for the region (Image: Tripati Khura)

COP-27: Act now

In 2022, almost every country in the world has been affected by natural disasters Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 7 months ago

The the poor and developing countries are more affected by these climate change induced natural disasters than the rich and developed ones(Image: MaxPixel)

Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India

Adoption of hybrid solutions - grey and green structures appropriate for resilience building Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Healthy wetland ecosystems help in reducing disaster risks and managing climate risks (Image: Pxhere)

Supporting social businesses from rural India

IIMB’s NSRCEL and Yunus Social Business Fund join hands for social business financing Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

YSB’s mission is to promote social business as a sustainable alternative to long-term aid, bridging the gap between business and philanthropy (Image: YSB website)

Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play

In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)

Children demand ecological rights ahead of COP-27

Children say ‘Nothing about us children without us children’ Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Millions of children face the brunt of climate change in their day to day lives. There Is No Planet B (Image: Blaine O'Neill; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Decentralised urban water management in Chhattisgarh

A film that focuses on importance of communitarian in situ water management Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

People are struggling to get the quantity and quality of water in urban areas (Image: Makarand Purohit)

Climate Asia addresses concerns about climate change

A masterclass by Climate Asia on “Localisation of Economy from Climate Lens” talks of various aspects from the ground up. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Effects of climate change on this low-lying lands (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains

Study indicates that better management of the annual cropping calendar can pay dividends for food security Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Greater adjustments to the annual cropping calendar are anticipated to increase wheat yield potential by an average of 0.84 t/ha (Image: Pixnio)

Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam

This book by Dr. Mitul Baruah presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This is an excerpt from the book. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Floods are recurrent phenomena in Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)

Assessing Udaipur’s groundwater reserves

A study using geospatial techniques suggests the need to regulate groundwater abstraction for long-term sustainability of groundwater use Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

here are various methodologies involved in evaluating groundwater reserves. (Image: Needpix)

Groundwater policy affects stubble burning in the north west

Shifting from monoculture to diversified crop pattern a solution to stubble burning Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Burning of rice residues in south east Punjab, prior to the wheat season(Image: CIAT/NeilPalmer via Flickr Commons)

Young woman's work is impacting Odisha villages

Urmila, a young woman's earnestness has brought a major shift in the mindset of a remote village in Odisha. She is bringing about a change in the way communities approach their shared natural resources, one village at a time. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Urmila engaging children on local bird diversity (Image: FES)

What causes tropical cyclone driven floods in India?

In the Indian region, landfalling tropical cyclones have the potential to cause floods in the river basins. Both tropical cyclone rainfall and antecedent soil moisture of the basin controls the severity of floods. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Tropical Cyclone Phailin made its way over the Bay of Bengal towards the eastern Indian coast in 2013, with winds recorded at over 200kmph (Image: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, CC BY-ND 2.0)

Groundwater prospective zones in Bundelkhand

Integrating geographical information systems and remote sensing for delineation of groundwater potential zones in Bundelkhand region Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 8 months ago

Numerous studies have been performed worldwide in which remote sensing data is used to delineate the groundwater potential zones (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)