Amita Bhaduri

Employment guarantee during Covid-19

Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years ago

MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)

Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level

Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years ago

People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)

Lack of data professionals in the impact sector

Arthan organizes a fireside chat to highlight the need for more data talent for social impact Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

There is a need to integrate data science into the existing education system (Image: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Public Domain Pictures)

Pyrolysis-based decentralized biorefinery can reduce residue open burning

Biochar use as carbon sink or coal substitute determines the environmental impacts, as per the study Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

It was environmentally beneficial to treat biomass locally rather than in a centralized unit. (Image: Zack Dowell)

Shrinkage of aus rice in eastern India

A paper looks at the darker side of agricultural intensification - disappearance of autumn or aus rice, entry of high yield varieties, and implications in terms of environmental sustainability in West Bengal Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Rice has undergone an unprecedented rise in production and yield during the green revolution (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Water conservation and NREGA in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh

NREGA has emerged as a go-to scheme for water conservation in tribal areas leading to higher irrigation coverage and thus augmenting agricultural production Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

The treatment must be on an area basis; both community and individual lands must be treated. (Image: AKRSP)

Climate predictions and tipping points

United in science 2022: The world is heading in the wrong direction Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Cities – responsible for up to 70% of human-caused emissions – will face increasing climate impacts (Image: cocoparisienne, Pixabay)

Shared water commons

Community reflects on how to make villages in Bhilwara water secure Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Discussion with community members of Baghmali village (Image: Ishita Gupta)

Harnessing energy from wind

Study looks at critical aspects of wind power development Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Over 23% of India's energy production comes through renewable energy sources (Image: Eric Wilde, Wikimedia Commons)

Renewable energy sector financing must go up to $600bn to meet 2030 goals

Investors deploying sizable capital as they are confident of India's long-run robust demand for renewable energy (8–10 GW/year) Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

RE tariffs will be determined by PV module costs and financing costs. (Image: ODT, Flickr Commons)

The man behind introducing guava cultivation in Paroo, Bihar

Need for better convergence with government schemes Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Harinath found a new way of self-reliance by cultivating guava on sand

Odisha’s untapped renewable energy potential

iFOREST proposed a target of ‘30 GW Renewable Energy by 2030’ for Odisha Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Experts stressed on the need to remove barriers related to land, procedure, institutional capacity and finance, to attract investments in the sector (Image: Aiseinau, Wikimedia Commons)

New landslide reporting tool uses social media and artificial intelligence

The system can detect landslide reports with a precision of 76% Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 1 month ago

Social media data has great potential for near-real-time reporting of landslide events and their associated impacts (Image: Eurico Zimbres, Wikimedia Commons)

Creating jobs while managing air quality

Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Protected orchids of India

Orchids are one of the most threatened flowering plants in the world Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Orchid size can range from a pencil head to a vigorous two tonne shrub (Image: Geoff Mckay, Wikimedia Commons)

Bring back the vulture

Poster launched to safeguard the endangered species, on International Vulture Awareness Day Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) (Image: Lip Kee, Flickr Commons)

Beris – a neglected indigenous water harvesting system

The answer to the water crisis in Rajasthan lies in this traditional system Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

A villager drinking potable water from the Beri (Image: Dileep Bidawat)

Promoting the use of Bheel language in emerging social media spaces

Languages of indigenous people have faced government neglect Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

The studio of 'Bheel Voice' has been built in the traditional architectural style of the Bhil Adivasis (Image: Khedut Mazdoor Chetna Sangath)

Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics

Study looks at microplastic types in lakes of Ladakh Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Heavy metals being discharged into coastal waters

Assessing heavy metals in the coastal environment is a critical challenge Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 2 months ago

Heavy metal contamination causes significant harm to marine ecology and aquatic life, including humans (Image: Priyadarshi Chaudhuri)