GoodNewsIndia :: The Sieve
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Nov 15, 2006 : India will lead organic cotton produce
India now ranked second after Turkey, is soon expected to emerge as the largest producer of organic cotton in the world. Its current production of 10,834 tonnes is within 100 tonnes of Turkey’s. Organic cotton is a premium produce commanding a handsome price in the market place. For environmentalists, a greater point of satisfaction is that its cultivation makes do without genetically modified seeds, chemical fertilisers or pesticides.Does not this news, seen in the context of GM cotton failures and farmers’ suicides, prompt us to a solution? Well-informed farmers are making money and poor farmers are un-informed.
Nov 15, 2006 : Up one notch in Human Development Ind
When main media gloats over India’s shortcomings, the news that in UNDP’s Human Development Index [HDI] for year 2006, India has moved up by one notch is a cause for quiet satisfaction. Having said that, a current rank of 126 out of 177 is pretty dismal, but could it be that India has reversed the trend and begun a slow climb from here-on?HDI looks beyond GDP figures and seeks to evaluate a country’s standing from the points of view of health, poverty and education.
Nov 14, 2006 : World forests growing - India’s too
According to a study by Pekka Kauppi and others, published by the National Academy of Sciences, USA, world’s forests are growing back. New York Times reporting on the study says, countries, including India, seem to be reversing a trend of depletions. One of the authors of the study said he had expected to live on a ‘skinhead’ earth by 2050 but now believes a steady recovery is possible.In India, China and Turkey, “a strong measure of public policy, including tree-planting campaigns, restrictions on clear-cutting and more efficient agricultural practices” has helped says the report. There is also a cautionary note, that the findings are based on data supplied by governments, which is not always reliable.
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