I first met Lili in East London tending to vegetables on her allotment plot. Surprised by my ability to communicate with her in Bangla and my interest in her gardening, she was eager to show me what she was growing and share the fruits (quite literally) of her labour. Lili soon invited ...
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe, there has been serious disruptions in food supply chains leading to poverty, hunger and food insecurity. There is also a more serious problem associated with transportation of goods across the borders due to serious lockdown imposed across the glo...
et al. Healthy, affordable and climate-friendly diets in India. Glob. Environ. Change 49, 154–165 (2018). Article Google Scholar Vetter, S. H. et al. Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural food production to supply Indian diets: Implications for climate change mitigation. Agric. Ecosyst...
Groundwater is a primary source of drinking water, given the ephemeral, monsoonal rainfall systems that contribute to the renewable supply. Declining groundwater due to irrigated agriculture however also impacts costs and reliability of rural and municipal water supplies. Our detailed analyses of ...
He was the biggest of our Giant Runt’s, and he had always been scrappy and bold and proud. I had bred him down from a successive line of top-notch parents and he had never let me down in the squab producing department. We called him “the bomber”, and I had always looked for ...
Demand and Supply Textile: Installed Capacity: Export Oriented Unit: Composite Textile: Installed Capacity: Man Made Fibre Industry Textile: Installed Capacity: Non Small Scale Industry Textile: Installed Capacity: Non Small Scale Industry: Knitting Machine: by Major ...
Our oceans comprise 70% of the planet – covering a staggering 362 million square kilometers – and supply more than half of the World’s oxygen[1],[2]. From our earliest recorded history, oceans have enabled trade between countries from East to West, led explorers to discover new continent...
An efficient supply chain that firmly establishes the linkage between retail demand and the farmer will be important. Retionalization of agricultural incentives and strengthening of food price management will also help, toegether with a predictable trade policy for agriculture. These initiatives need to...
In many parts of the world, lake drying is caused by water management failures, while the phenomenon is exacerbated by climate change. Lake Urmia in Northern Iran is drying up at such an alarming rate that it is considered to be a dying lake, which has d
Increasing public expenditure and unfavorable foreign exchange rate have some effects on price although the results are not robust.doi:10.1016/j.jefas.2015.01.005SasmalDepartment of Economics with Rural Development, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (West)–721102, West Bengal, India;Joydeb...