Lessons for the future: Covid-19, Preparedness & Research

BIC, May 2023 Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern. This announcement by the WHO has received little attention. But, this is how the Covid-19 saga ends officially. This week at the BIC a panel of public health professionals and clinicians reflected on lessons from COVID-19 pandemic. It had two clinicians … Continue reading Lessons for the future: Covid-19, Preparedness & Research

Working Time and Work-Life Balance – Insights for policy?

ILO published a report on Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World. The chart on average hours of work per week across various geographic regions has been widely circulated in the Indian media. South Asians work the most hours per week with a total of 51.5 hours. East Asians follow closely with 49.4 hours … Continue reading Working Time and Work-Life Balance – Insights for policy?

India’s farming and carbon credit market

Meet the farmer with whom India's farming enters carbon credit market (Livemint) profiles a farmer from Punjab with 65 acres of landholding. He grows rice using the direct-seeded rice (DSR) method. The method reduces labour cost because transplanting of saplings as well as puddling is not involved in DSR method. He is saving on irrigation … Continue reading India’s farming and carbon credit market

Notes from the AGRF Summit 2022, Rwanda – 1

In the first week of September, 2022 I traveled to Kigali, Rwanda for the AGRF Summit 2022. It was not too long back that I came across a continent-wide initiative called the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). This appeared to be a useful forum to participate and gain a sense of national-level issues, debates and … Continue reading Notes from the AGRF Summit 2022, Rwanda – 1

On tilling vs no-tilling methods of farming – Evidence from research

Waterlogged farm from excessive rainfall. July, 2022 The long absence in writing about the farms has been on account of equipment breakdowns and a season of crop losses due to excessive rainfall in the district. In short, the kharif season of farming this year has been rife with difficulties and losses. But this post is … Continue reading On tilling vs no-tilling methods of farming – Evidence from research