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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

Recent Developments,
Key Innovations, and
Insightful Reports

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An elegant solution to an inelegant problem

Kiva recognizes the dire need for scaling up sanitation and yet is aware of the massive costs involved in building infrastructure that even the governments of many developing countries shy away from. It is now engaged in creating loan products tailor made to make sanitation facilities affordable to the poor […]

July 24, 2012

Dirty drinking water in Chinese cities

China may be hurtling at breakneck speeds at building of infrastructure as the world watches on, but the results of a 2011 report on drinking water state that there isn’t a single city in China that provides safe tap water to all of its residents. Read more here.

July 24, 2012

India: Polio eradication and poor sanitation

Polio in India was a widespread phenomenon and now, there is not a single report in over 18 months. Since Polio spreads through faecal-oral route, many community mobilisers regularly interact with at-risk families in the Indian state of Bihar where the conditions are still not very cheery regarding Polio eradication, […]

July 24, 2012

How ‘farmerbook’ Brings Transparency and Networking to the BoP

The new ‘farmerbook,’ an initiative from Digital Green, aims to bring transparency and networking to rural India, by allowing users to see how best practices in farming promoted by Digital Green are shared and adapted. What is it? Farmerbook is an online platform that displays farmers and service providers reached by […]

July 24, 2012

Tanzania: Agriculture Bank to Boost Farming

The financial sector is an essential player in agriculture development, playing a facilitating role of bolstering the necessary capital for farming activities like storage, processing, packaging, transport, insurance and marketing of the produce. Unfortunately so far, only six per cent of Tanzanians have access to financial loans from banks, with […]

July 24, 2012

A new underground irrigation technology(the buried diffuser)

Chahtech S.A is created in 2009. It is a company manufacturing innovative products for sustainable agriculture and environment. The first product of Chahtech SA, is “The buried diffuser”. It is the result of about 25 years of applied research. The buried diffuser is a worldwide patented invention. This invention received […]

July 24, 2012

Poor rain: Inflation haunts agriculture

The prices of agricultural commodities have jumped sharply in the past month, amid expectations of their output being hit this kharif season because of deficient monsoon rainfall. The India Meteorological Department has reported 30 per cent rain deficit so far this season. The benchmark Dhaanya Index, as a consequence, is […]

July 24, 2012

Farming in India – High Risk, Low Reward or No Reward?

First of all, let me apologize for the poor-quality picture. It was getting dark and was also a bit risky to get out of the car. Poor farmer, my heart goes out to the farming community in India. This farmer must have planned the crop way ahead of time, getting […]

July 24, 2012

Adaptation priorities in agriculture

Bangladesh is a deltaic plain developed under three big river systems of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. The delta borders with the Bay of Bengal in the south. The fast growing population of the country is badly exposed to flood, drought, storms and sea-level rise. Among the 16 countries listed by […]