By MYNENI VENKATA SAI VAMSI Rice is one of the most important food crops and more than 50% of the world population’s staple food. India is the world’s second-largest producer of rice and the largest exporter of rice in the world. India has the largest area under rice cultivation. A…

A case study of Dommasandra village, Sheegehalli Gram Panchayat, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka By Srestha Roy “The lake started overflowing and that became a huge concern which drove us to stop the waste dumping in the lake. Where would the waste be disposed was the question. It was then we…

By Nupur Dubey Whether it is the black and frothy waters of Yamuna in Delhi, the polluted backwaters of Kerala, the literal mountain of wastes or symbolic pictures of smog in Delhi, nobody is unaware of the fact that the environment in India is under deep stress. However, even after…

Potential of India to tap into the carbon market with carbon credits generated from Electric Vehicles (EVs) By Nikita Shukla India’s transportation sector accounts for about 10 percent of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is also the third-largest energy-related GHG emission source for the country, after power generation…

By Risen V. Mathew The main focus on perspective building led me to think about monocropping being a way of creating a monopoly by single variants. If we have to dig through the history of harm by monocropping we can go back to the 1840s when the Irish famine happened…

By Ruchika Mehrotra The global food system, which is not just limited to production, but also post farm practices that enables the food to reach us in, and, now before time, contributes to a fairly large share of emissions. Currently, food is credited to be giving out 26% global GHG…

By Viyona Mohan Veganism is defined as the overall eating practice of not consuming anything that is derived from animals. It can also be extended to avoiding consumption of other non-food produce as well such as clothing if they exploit animals (VEGANISM | Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary, n.d.)…

By Afsel CK Social media post in a local farmer’s club group to encourage farmers to avail free electricity from Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) made me think about environmental governance from a social justice perspective. The infographics highlighted two schemes — (1) Subsidised tariff on Agriculture Connection for Irrigation(no…

By Maitri Patel Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk recently launched the XPrize Carbon removal competition to create devices that can sequester carbon dioxide to reduce the impact of climate change. The four-year competition will have a prize fund of $100 million. Carbon Capture and Storage is a technology…