environmental conservation

Lessons from Practice

Promoting Organic Farming: Lessons from Kheti Virasat Mission, Punjab

  • November 12, 2020

Will the presence of a set of successful organic farmers in Punjab, and the general perception of the safety of organic food products, encourage the majority of farmers in the state to move away from agriculture which uses chemical inputs excessively? Such a movement is needed if the negative impact on soil, water and other dimensions of the natural environment is to be reduced.

Insights from Social Contexts

Development and Environment Linkages: Lessons from Kerala

  • September 16, 2020

There is a need for a set of actions to achieve an environmentally sustainable and welfare-enhancing future for the people of Kerala. These require the use of technological solutions; institutional changes; public investments to make the future environmentally benign, and; enabling policies at the state level.
Insights from Social Contexts

Conservation of Agrobiodiversity: Lessons from Kerala

  • August 28, 2020

This article assesses the effectiveness of the institutions (laws), programs, and organisations to conserve agrobiodiversity in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the most biodiverse states in the country. The people in the state grow 142 crop plants belonging to 104 genera and 43 families. Though there are studies on the agrobiodiversity of Kerala, the current policy/institutional situation in this regard is yet to be analysed.
Lessons from Practice

Do Higher Levels of Education Make People Environment-Friendly?

  • August 20, 2020

In general, people are probably reluctant to adopt those environment-friendly behaviour that have a significant personal cost, even though they are aware of the importance of doing so. This is evident from the correlations seen in empirical studies between environmental attitude and low-cost pro-environmental behaviour (e.g. recycling).

Response to COVID-19

Lessons from Combating COVID-19 Critical for Sustainable Development in Kenya

  • July 3, 2020

Understandably, climate change, is as dramatic as the COVID-19 disease. In fact, expert opinion has it that if unchecked, climate change stands to claim even a higher number of lives compared to the coronavirus. The main contrast between the two is that climate change is taking place at a slower pace compared to the pandemic.

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