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Coal versus water

Hub | May 15, 2013 at 18:14

Maharashtra's agricultural hinterland – especially Marathwada and Vidarbha – have been facing severe water crisis year after year. Issues of debts, crop failure, bad monsoon etc, have historically wreaked havoc on the farmers' livelihoods and...

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Punjab farmers trash Centre's strategy to tackle soil degradation

Punjab farmers trash Centre's strategy to tackle soil degradation

Press release | October 27, 2010 at 12:05

Baghwangarh, Sangat, Punjab, 26 October 2010: In a first of its kind jansunwayi [public hearing] in Punjab farmers today trashed the Centre’s strategy to tackle soil degradation through the new Nutrient Based Subsidy System (NBS) . Hundreds of...

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  • India's soil health needs..

India's soil health needs urgent attention

Press release | February 3, 2011 at 15:00

New Delhi, Feb 3, 2011: Releasing the report of the first-ever social audit of soil health and support systems in India titled, Of Soils, Subsidies and Survival, Greenpeace today said the state of country’s soil health needs urgent attention to...

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Union budget is a missed opportunity: Greenpeace

Press release | February 28, 2011 at 16:24

New Delhi, 28th February, 2011: Reacting to the Union budget today, Greenpeace said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has not only missed a historical opportunity to ring in a concrete policy to address the soil health crisis but also failed to...

Protecting farmers from future drought does not need “extreme measures” but a strong political will

Protecting farmers from future drought does not need “extreme measures” but a strong...

Blog entry by Jai Krishna Ranganathan | April 9, 2013

An open letter to Deputy Chief Minister Maharashtra, Mr Ajit Anantrao Pawar. Respected Sir, Greenpeace India is appalled at the callous and insensitive comments made by you as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in Indapur,...

The country cannot be turned into a laboratory and all of us labrats!

The country cannot be turned into a laboratory and all of us labrats!

Blog entry by Rajesh Krishnan | October 23, 2012

The last three months have been eventful in our struggle to keep our food and farming free from genetically modified (GM) crops. Having stopped Bt brinjal from reaching our farms and our plates the challenge was about stopping the open...

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  • Kadia, this is for you…

Kadia, this is for you…

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | March 8, 2012

"My rice crops dried.. as if they were burnt with fire... I did not harvest rice the year before too... Last year the rain started well, but it suddenly stopped... Some days we can not find food for our children ..." these plaintive...

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  • They are talking soils
They are talking soils

They are talking soils

Blog entry by Gopikrishna S R | March 17, 2011

Finally, there is attention on soils. The Finance Minister tried to give it some importance during his budget speech. A day after the budget speech, a few concerned parliamentarians quizzed the Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar,...

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  • Art for a living soil

Art for a living soil

Blog entry by Usha Saxena | February 24, 2011

The sweet fragrance of the soil after the rains, the lively brown-ness of recently ploughed fields, the pleasant crunch of grit as you bite into sweet carrots and mooli , the glistening sweat on the farmer's brow, the feel of wet soil...

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हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से सुधरेगी माटी की सेहत

हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से सुधरेगी माटी की सेहत

Blog entry by डा.सीमा जावेद. Photo: © Greenpeace/Yogesh Kumar | February 16, 2011

निर्देशिका   अनुषा   रिजवी   के साथ कुछ पल जानी मानी फिल्‍म निर्देशिका अनुषा रिजवी ने पीपली लाइव बनाने के दौरान एक लम्‍बा समय खेत खलिहानों में बिताया। इस बीच उन्‍हें किसानों के सुख-दुख को बहुत करीब से देखने और उनकी...

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