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Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671528
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Monitoring Pesticides in Vegetables and the Environment in Meerut District
eSocialSciences; People's Science Institute PSI - 2011
Farmers in Meerut many pesticides wich are banned in West due to their carcinogenic characteristics. PSI’s staff … November 2004 and in May 2005. Considering the nature of pesticides and the possibility of their leaching into the groundwater … help of the Gas Chromatograph in PSI’s EQM lab. Information about the frequency of pesticides applications, quantity and …
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Other Side of ‘Growth’ Emerging Health Concerns in Punjab
Jain, Varinder - eSocialSciences - 2007
Environmental problems, partly a consequence of the rapid growth strategy adopted by the state are looming large. With public health services deteriorating rapidly, there is cause for concern and some rethinking on the current growth model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250254
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Pesticides and Productivity – a Study of Vegetable Farming in Nepal
Jha, Ratna Kumar; Regmi, Adhrit Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2010
raise concerns about the health and environmental impacts of farm chemicals such as pesticides.The brief looks at the … effectiveness of pesticides in reducing crop losses amongst vegetable farmers in Nepal. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480371
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Agriculture, Food Security,and Poverty in China; Past Performance, Future Prospects, and Implications for Agricultural R&D Policy
Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - eSocialSciences - 2009
China’s experience demonstrates the importance of technological development and public investment in improving agricultural productivity, farmer income, and food security in a nation with limited supplies of land and other natural resources. Technology has been the engine of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998001
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Uses and Misuses of Statistics
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2012
Statistics is used in our day to day life. Examples are there to show that statistics is misused in many. This can happen when people are information illiterate. [Address at DST-CIMS, BHU on Mar 20, 2012 as part of the 150th Birth Aniversary Celebrations of Mahanama Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya].
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Report Summary: Standing Committee on Commerce Report on FDI in Retail Sector (June 2009)
Burman, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce examined the subject of Foreign and Domestic Investment in the Retail sector beginning April 5, 2007 under the chairmanship of Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. The Committee placed its report before Parliament on June 9, 2009. [PRS REport]....
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Historical and Contemporary Factors Govern Global Biodiversity Patterns
Chase, Jonathan - eSocialSciences - 2012
Jetz and Fine that we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event on this planet and the cause is us. By achieving greater understanding of the underlying causes and correlates of current-day biodiversity, this analysis can also help point the way towards a deeper understanding of how...
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Book Review: Environmental Challenges: Posing the Problem
Pandey, Vijay Laxmi - eSocialSciences - 2007
Environmental Issues in India: A Reader Edited by Mahesh Rangarajan; Pearson Longman, New Delhi; Pp. 570, Rs 199.
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Climate Change Conference Derailed: USA 2, Rest of the World 0
Raghunandan, D. - eSocialSciences - 2008
Despite the stark warning contained in the recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), endorsed even by governments the world over, that GHG concentrations in the atmosphere are on the verge of causing irreversible, probably catastrophic, climate change that...
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