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A bargain-basement knowledge 'mandi' The new US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture will re-examine and overhaul existing curricula in agricultural education institutions in India. It will also leave Indian agriculture open to the interests of the world's largest food and agri-business corporations, says Rahul Goswami More... Are micro-finance institutions exploiting the poor?The high interest rates and forced loan recovery practices of micro-finance institutions have been held responsible for the suicide of several farmers in Andhra Pradesh. It is evident that poverty makes good business sense to MFIs, writes Sudhirendar Sharma More... National Environment Policy 2006: Economics over environmentThe final version of the National Environment Policy 2006 continues to put the interests of the economy before those of the environment. What then has the process of 'public participation', in the course of which grassroots organisations pointed out the contradictions and weaknesses of the policy, achieved? More... Breathing life into farmingThe guarantee of 100 days of work in a year cannot by itself provide food security. The trick, says alternative technologist K R Datye, lies in using the NREGA not to build roads but to regenerate the land and create permanent rural assets which will facilitate sustainable livelihoods More... 4 lakh AIDS deaths in India: 'It is pure mathematics'Denis Broun, country representative of UNAIDS, defends a recently-published report by his organisation that states that over 4 lakh AIDS-related deaths occurred in India in 2005 -- the highest in the world More... Man does not live by bread aloneBhutan's concept of Gross National Happiness, like E F Schumacher's concept of Buddhist economics, Hazel Henderson's compassionate economics, and the modern measure of Happy Life Years, is a recognition that progress is inextricably linked not with material growth or financial gain but with the absence of suffering or samsara. Darryl D'Monte reports from the world's last Shangri-La More... Sardar Sarovar: Don't forget the environmentIn the current debate over the rehabilitation of those displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project, the fundamental question about the environmental impact of the dam, and whether such a dam should be built at all, has been forgotten, says Ashish Kothari More... 'It's time we had a transparency revolution': Wajahat HabibullahThe bureaucracy is an institution designed to maintain the status quo, says Wajahat Habibullah, recently appointed Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) for the Right to Information Act. But the government's insular approach will have to change now More... Public sector research and agricultural biotechnologyOver 20 research studies related to GM crops are ongoing in the public sector in India. It is important that public sector research be supported in order to facilitate a level playing field with resource-rich private sector companies More... |
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