by Karishma Shelar, P Srinivas Vasu | Dec 1, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Feeding Humans Has Trapped World in Debt, Degradation: FAO A new FAO report blames “unsustainable business-as-usual practices” for escalating human and environmental costs of producing food. A groundbreaking report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture...
by Veena Srinivasan, Sneha Singh | Sep 20, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Photo by Nirjon Nakib, Pexels. Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in fertilisers as well as a major pollutant. We need to address both problems The problem with the fertilisation of land is as...
by Zumbish | Aug 7, 2023 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion India’s looming groundwater...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | Jun 13, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China? Dong’an Wetland Park in the city of Sanya in China’s Hainan Island, an example of a sponge city designed by Kongjian Yu. Credit: Turenscape Kongjian Yu was only...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | May 25, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
Soak Up the Rain: How a ‘Sponge City’ Makes Urban Areas Climate Resilient Indian cities are rapidly urbanising and becoming more vulnerable to floods. Credit: Dibakar Roy on Unsplash Bengaluru, India’s high-tech IT capital, was in deep water even before the arrival of...
