ICT for rural development in Tanzania
Investors have been urged to spread the new scientific and technological advancements in the rural sector in order to improve the quality of life of Tanzanians. The deputy minister for trade and industries Lazaro Nyalandu said that if the rural population is modernized the circulation of money will increase the national income and hence the [...]
Trans-boundary famine… (VIDEO)
In one of recently held international seminar in Pakistan, experts from various institutions of the world highlighted concerns related to various developmental processes, natural resource crisis and ignorance towards local governance system in the mountainous part of Himalaya. The experts highlighted the dependence of over 1.5 billion people in South Asia region on water resources [...]
Bangladesh unveils budget with high on defense, low on farm spending
Bangladesh, the world’s poorest Muslim majority country reveals a $22-billion deficit budget, which is high on defense expenditure and low in farm spending. The overall agriculture budget decreased over 12 percent while that for defense increased almost 29 percent, which is incidentally the largest rise among all major sectors. Instead of investing in human development [...]
Mahendra Singh Tikait, a doyen of farmer’s movement in India
The character of farmer’s movements has been a matter of considerable debate since the 1970s and one name that stands tall is Mahendra Singh Tikait a noted Indian farmer leader from western Uttar Pradesh. Called as the savior of farmers in western Uttar Pradesh, Tikait died on 15 May 2011 due to protracted illness from [...]
Food and nutritional security in Himalayan region-efforts and innovations
One of the reports of Planning Commission of India in 2006 revealed that, the state of undernourishment of the population, one of poverty’s finer manifestations, is much higher than national average in several Indian mountain states, like-Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Tripura. Similarly, to give an overview of the problems, a study carried [...]
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