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With the formation of WTO, a new international economic world order came into being. This has greatly affected the fate of farmers in developing countries across the world. While the successes of the new global trade regime have been appreciated, the issue of rising number of farmer suicides has faltered out of attention in the … Read more
Is our food safe? A red alert question that Ramanjaneyulu, puts out to all of us. Hear him talk about the quality of food we are eating. Listen to the reasons we need to adapt to organic farming as a results of excessive use of chemical pesticides and horrifying facts and statistics, surrounding them. He … Read more
Recently we come to know about some of the interesting machines used for peeling fruits and vegetables from Pelamatic located at Valencia, Spain. Do watch the videos of the machines,Orange Peel – The founder of the company (José Pérez) wanted to make a machine that will peel the many oranges ate. And after a few … Read more
CSIR-CMERI,Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI), Durgapur, West Bengal has designed and developed a “Solar Power Tree” to harness maximum solar energy utilising minimum land – In general, it requires about 3.5 acres of land to produce 1 MW of solar power. For any state in the country to survive on green energy there will be … Read more
Born in the Prajapati family, originally belonging to the village Nichimandal of Morbi, Rajkot, Mansukhbhai had exposure to the clay tradition since childhood, as this was his family’s traditional profession. He used to load clay from the ponds and fields on the donkey and ferry it to his place. Other than this, his contribution was limited … Read more
Watch this beautiful animation from skillbell which summarises the necessity to look for Eco Ganapati. As the video highlights, there is a immense necessity to look for the pollution caused by material which is mostly Plaster of Paris ( PoP ) used for making Lord Ganesh Idols. Lets look for what could be more reasons … Read more
The Open Food Network is an online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs (including coops, online farmers’ markets, independent food businesses etc); with individuals and local businesses. It gives farmers and food hubs an easier and fairer way to distribute their food. … Read more
Tingya Tingya is a 2008 Movie starring Sharad Goyekar as a lead actor, The movie is based on a life of a rural boy and his love and friendship with his bull. It concentrates on the hardships faced by the farmers in the state of Maharashtra, India. Source and Credit – Wikipedia, IMDB Khwada Khwada … Read more
Gosht Choti Dongraevadhi Is a 2009 Movie starring Makarand Anaspure as a Lead Actor. The film focuses on the plight of farmers in maharashtra’s drought hit region and Farmer Suicides. The film establishes how poor farmers are being wronged by society and government. Source and Credit : Wikipedia, IMDB Jhing Chik Jhing Jhing Chik Jhing Movie tells the story … Read more
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a term for electronic products that have become unwanted, non-working or obsolete, and have essentially reached the end of their useful life. Because technology advances at such a high rate, many electronic devices become “trash” after a few short years of use. In fact, whole categories of old electronic items contribute … Read more
Devinder Sharma is a distinguished food and trade policy analyst. An award-winning Indian journalist, writer, thinker, and researcher. His twitter profile describes himself as Writer, Researcher, Columnist, Author, Speaker, Commentator for economics, global trade food, agricultural policy and environment development. He does research and writes columns in various news papers, appears on television debates related to … Read more
7A.[(1) Income derived from the sale of centrifuged latex or cenex or latex based crepes (such as pale latex crepe) or brown crepes (such as estate brown crepe, remilled crepe, smoked blanket crepe or flat bark crepe) or technically specified block rubbers manufactured or processed from field latex or coagulum obtained from rubber plants grown … Read more
