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How Sustainable Management of Natural Resources may achieve Food & Rural livelihood security in India?

How Sustainable Management of Natural Resources may achieve Food & Rural livelihood security in India?
Start Date :
Feb 10, 2015
Last Date :
Aug 31, 2015
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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As the Indian population continues to grow there will be an immense competition for natural resources while achieving food, nutritional, environmental and livelihood security in ...

As the Indian population continues to grow there will be an immense competition for natural resources while achieving food, nutritional, environmental and livelihood security in the country. In addition, the negative consequences of climate change become more evident in agriculture with exploitation of natural resources, decline in soil fertility, ground water levels to meet the ever increasing demands for food and nutritional requirements. To maintain sustainable balance between natural resources and the demand, immediate attention is needed in several areas viz., imbalanced use of fertilizers, declining soil organic carbon, lowering of water table, soil health, organic farming and climate change impact in agriculture sector.

Recent studies on soil biodiversity, rapid composting techniques, use of bio-filters for removal of heavy metals from compost, application of Nano sensors in agriculture to improve nutrient use efficiency, need based fortification of micro nutrients; availability of soil health card, conservation agriculture for enhancing soil health etc. will support sustainable management of natural resources in agriculture.

With a particular focus on scientific and technical understanding of natural resources management, this portal tries to incorporate stakeholders suggestions in achieving sustainable natural resources management.

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Jay Chan
Jay Chan 11 years 4 days ago
It is better if government stays ahead in adopting most modern environmental protection technology and keep itself updated of new patent technology. Only adopting most advanced environmental technology can keep pace in controlling the growing advanced pollution wastes. Be careful about everything concerned to natural resources as many people are dependent on it. Give companies that technology and funds for that technology in credit which they will pay back in installments with interest to gov.
Jay Chan
Jay Chan 11 years 4 days ago
If government does good things that anger business communities, then it is better that government keep people informed about every small detail of environmental parameters without its direct intervention. There is media and people and environmental organizations who will bring down the ego of business communities. So business communities must be responsible for any pollution from their side.
Jay Chan
Jay Chan 11 years 4 days ago
If more such industries do this, the government gets bad reputation. Reputation is important for governments to get people support.
Jay Chan
Jay Chan 11 years 4 days ago
Usually there is pressure from investors, markets and management boards and stakeholders to get more profits from companies. In order to earn the required profits targets by industries must not compromise on being 100% environmentally "Zero effect, zero defect". Because industries earn a bad name for themselves if they don't care for environment. Not caring for environment is "environmental corruption", and is more serious. It might affect the health and claim the lives of innocent.
Jay Chan
Jay Chan 11 years 4 days ago
For Soil health card, it is good decision to involve local students, science labs in schools. It is good thing that they get paid in their holiday time for useful work for farmers. Give them training by National bureau of soil survey and land use planning. Use internet training along with practical on field training. Manage data entry real time without errors. Use information storage, organizing in a great way. Integrate with GIS.