Worms, Water & Bollywood
Geographical Magazine, 01 November 2012
Worms, Water & Bollywood: An article that talks about improving water access and soil fertility for rural families. IDEI is featured in the article as one successful model for dissemination of affordable technologies in rural India amongst the smallholder farmers.
Innovate Against Hunger, a Photo Collection
ICRISAT, 26 September 2012
ICRISAT is a member of the Consortium of 15 Centres making up the CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Poverty and hunger will reduce if farmers have access to innovations and adopt them. To make this happen we must work with farmers, governments, national research organizations, NGOs and the private sector.
En Inde, des films Bollywood encouragent les femmes à adopter la micro irrigation
New Agriculturist, 01 March 2012
Water and the nutrition are indissociable. The access or not to the water to irrigate their cultures is one of the causes of poverty and food insecurity to which face many households in India. 90% of the small farmers do not have access to the equipments of irrigation and principally depend of the pluvial cultures of exposed subsistence to climatic hazards and repeated droughts.
Catalogue of Good Practices in Water Use Efficiency
Water Resources Group, 07 February 2012
The pilot phase catalogue of good practices in water use efficiency has been completed and launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos. IDEI was featured under the Agricultural section: Micro Irrigation Systems: Affordability for Small Farmers- India
Climate Conversations - Micro-irrigation – with Bollywood backup – points to new way to beat hunger
Alert Net, 26 August 2011
Tonight almost one billion people will go to bed hungry. Frequent drought spells, pressures on land and water resources and sharply rising food prices make it harder to change that.
Micro-irrigation to beat the monsoon
Livemint.com, 10 November 2010
Equipment introduced by Amitabha Sadangi has helped reduce farmers dependence on the monsoon and allowed them to grow 3 crops a year.
The farmer, the trader and the carbon credit pot
Alert Net, 29 September 2010
The article highlights IDEI's programme on Carbon Credit.
They Seek no Subsidies
The Hindu- Business Line, 23 February 2010
Many of India's social entrepreneurs — working at the grassroots, often with the poorest of the poor — don't believe in the freebie or subsidy syndrome. They neither expect nor seek any assistance from the government in their efforts.
In Pictures: Eco-friendly water solutions for Indian farmers
BBC News Asia-Pacific, 12 July 2010
With 98 million subsistence farmers relying on rain water to grow one crop a year, India has a huge need for small-scale irrigation. International Development Enterprises India (IDEI) bellieves it has found a solution.
Indian farmers go bananas for easy irrigation
BBC News, 19 February 2010
Within seven months of drought each year, Indian farmers are rarely far from disaster. Could the answer be as simple as a piece of plastic tubing?
Helping Farmers Pedal out of Poverty
The Hindu- Business Line, 19 February 2010
“Normally farmers tend to get cheated with new products, but we give them a one-year guarantee and, when necessary, either replace parts or give them a full repayment within three days.”
A Sustainable road to development and growth
World Economic Forum, 10 September 2009
IDEI participated in the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of the new champions. In the session titled "A sustainable road to development and growth" IDEI alongside business leaders, policy makers contributed towards drafting holistic strategies for energy, agriculture, infrastructure and water.
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