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Khaichum as an agro-ecological system: Indigenous knowledge and integrated farming in Ukhrul, Eastern Himalaya
Integrated agriculture–fishery systems represent long-standing agro-ecological practices that combine crop cultivation with aquatic resource management within a shared landscape. Such systems are widely documented across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. While regional variations exist, they are unified by the principle of optimising land and water use through ecological integration. These systems contribute to food and […]
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Delhi NCR
Rising With the River: Can Floating Homes Break Bihar’s Cycle of Flood Destruction?
In 1958, riverine communities of the Kosi River, called “the sorrow of Bihar”, celebrated the construction of the Kosi Barrage that would relieve them of frequent destructive flooding. Decades later, the dam and hundreds of kilometres of embankments have failed to tame the river’s ferocity. Instead, experts say, it has made the floods catastrophic by […]
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Kerala’s Fisher Communities are Defending the Ocean from Climate and Corporates
On the southwest coast of India, long before policymakers began speaking of “nature-based solutions” or “ocean literacy”, fishers in Kerala already knew where life thrived beneath the waves. They called these underwater ecosystems “paru” – reefs, rocky outcrops and seabed formations where fish aggregate, breed and take shelter. For generations, this knowledge guided when to […]
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Dehradun
Meet the Chandrayaan-2 Scientist Solving the Water Crisis on Earth
In India’s vast but fragmented agricultural landscape, where livelihoods tilt with the monsoon winds, water is both lifeline and gamble. Riddhish Soni set out to change this through Aumsat Technologies, with tools forged for space exploration turned towards the Earth. Using radar, remote sensing and technologies that can detect resources under the surface of heavenly […]
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