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Design – India: NH-37 East West Highway, Kaziranga NP, Assam

27 April 2022
India is host to a rich wildlife with an estimated 2,413 rhinoceros in Kaziranga alone. Faced with increasing loss of wildlife due to habitat loss and fragmentation and roadside accidents, the government of Assam is currently working on a wildlife-friendly development project specifically on…

Urban Flood Forecast Early Warning System

19 March 2021
Numerous studies rank Kolkata among the top ten most vulnerable cities in the world due to high exposure to flooding under climate change projections. Kolkata City faces most of its floods from local rains. High spatial inhomogeneity in rainfall distribution makes urban flood forecasting a…

Building Asia and the Pacific Back Better

20 August 2020
This presentation discussed ADB's alignment with HELP principles for water disaster risk reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a few examples of how ADB responded to the needs of member countries during the pandemic.

Renewable Energy-enabled Community-scale Agriculture: Evidence from Gram Oorja's Work

17 June 2020
The presentation discussed some initial interventions in community-scale solar pumping for agriculture. Preliminary learnings suggested that the approach is suitable for remote communities. Scaling these interventions holds promise and can facilitate further investments at the nexus of energy,…

Farmer Producer Organizations: Experience in Maharashtra

29 October 2019
[Session Summary] Check out how establishing farmer-producer organizations has helped farmers in Maharashtra, India.

A Country of Famished Farmers

29 October 2019
Cases of farmer’s suicides have been documented in Bangladesh due to persistent losses in crops. Every year, Bangladesh's farmers incur huge losses with their products due to the lack of storage facilities and the government's failure to control the market.

Agrarian Crisis One of the Biggest Challenges for New Govt

29 October 2019
The article gives a glimpse of the challenges and tasks ahead for the new government. More than the money, the long-term challenges need consensus to implement tough but necessary reforms to address the agricultural crisis in India. Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest…

Farm Life: Why Gitanjali Rajamani Quit Everything To Go Back to Farming

28 October 2019
Farmizen, a startup in Kerala, India that allows you to rent farmland outside the city to grow your food in a secure and organic manner. The COO shares her journey. They now have about 1500 subscribers and 24 farms across three cities with around 40 acres under cultivation.

India’s Farming Crisis is a Crisis of the Ecological Commons

28 October 2019
The agro-pastoral crisis has emerged as a significant issue for the 2019 national Lok Sabha elections in India. In the run-up to the elections, political parties have announced a number of measures aimed at farmers, including crop insurance, loan waivers and a minimum basic income.In this…

Agriculture Needs 1991-like Reforms Push

28 October 2019
Agriculture and manufacturing sectors showed signs of slowing down in 2018 in India. Four steps — income support, Centre-State action, RBI moves and change in bank attitudes — can transform the sector.