Inga Vesper Civil society organisations have called on influential donors to stop funding industrial agriculture programmes, which they say harm smallholder farmers and the environment. The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) — which represents 200 million small-scale food producers — along with 165 organisations from 40 countries, sent a letter Tuesday to donors of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa… Continue reading Calls for halt to funding for industrial agriculture in Africa
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Comment: The lurking danger of India’s dying dams and failing reservoirs
J Harsha Current projections of surface water security for India are outdated and inaccurate with crisis looming in the 21st century t is very encouraging to hear that India can currently store 257 billion cubic metres (BCM) of surface water in its reservoirs. Even more welcome is the prognosis that this quantity of water held in reservoirs… Continue reading Comment: The lurking danger of India’s dying dams and failing reservoirs
Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests
Omair Ahmad The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots in income insecurity, which is driven by changing rainfall patterns and incentives that promote the overuse of water The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from sporadic in August 2020 to the biggest… Continue reading Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests
Rainwater harvesting brings hope to farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab
Aamir Saeed Punjab’s Small Dams Organisation constructed 20 mini dams during the year 2000 and 2010 to help farmers irrigate more acres of land Extreme weather conditions and erratic rainfall had added an edge of desperation to Muhammad Khan’s struggle for survival, taking him and his family to the brink of ruin. But that is… Continue reading Rainwater harvesting brings hope to farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab
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