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An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

India, Feb. 22 -- Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index What is the impact of different climate-smart interventions in the farme... Read More


Rethink the way we grow food

India, Feb. 22 -- The world has enough food to feed people; the problem is that much of this food is going into feeding livestock or just to waste. This is what needs to be addressed Illustration: Yo... Read More


Centre hikes sugarcane fair and remunerative price amid farmers' protest

India, Feb. 22 -- FRP usually announced in June as sugar season starts from October; new price hikes by Rs 25 at Rs 340 per quintal In a surprising move aimed at appeasing approximately 50 million su... Read More


Single-use plastic ban unfairly targets street vendors - but they have a solution for plastic pollution

India, Feb. 22 -- Shift to a reusable system through public policy, stricter regulations across the entire plastics supply chain are key to enable just transition Street vendors are an important part... Read More


40 spotted deer translocated within Karnataka marking a new era in wildlife management

India, Feb. 22 -- Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has also successfully translocated bigger herbivores like gaur and sambar, said the state's activists In a bold and path-breaking move, the Sri Cham... Read More


Earth's early evolution: Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

India, Feb. 22 -- Singhbhum Craton's unique geological features, including its greenstone belts, provide invaluable information about Earth's surface and atmospheric processes Our Earth is around 4.5... Read More


Why is a wisent herd in Ukraine on the brink of extinction? Can matchmaking save them?

India, Feb. 22 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has decimated the population of male wisent in theZalissia National Nature Park;translocating two male bison is the only hope to revive it The Zaliss... Read More


'Dim-witted' Neanderthals? They were 'early engineers' who produced multi-component glues to handle stone tools

India, Feb. 22 -- Ability to make multi-component adhesives could be first expressions of the modern cognitive processes that are still active today, researchers say Liquid bitumen and the earth pigm... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

India, Feb. 22 -- Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Non-functioning STP in a residential project in Pani... Read More


Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention

India, Feb. 21 -- Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest Even as farmers' protest asking for a legal guarantee of min... Read More