Scientists Say India Needs to Adopt New Technology and Remove Constraints The 2011 Global Hunger Index ranked India 67th out of 81 countries -- even below Pakistan, Nepal, Rwanda and Sudan. The government of India (GOI) has proposed an ambitious Food Security Bill, which would require over 65 MMT of additional food grain procurement. This makes us wonder how that will happen, and how India will feed its 1.3 billion people.There are two potential solutions: having more land under grains and pulses, or adopting new technologies that have proved beneficial in other countries. The prime minister has called for enhancing "efforts to rid the country of the scourge of malnutrition" through increased production of food grains. Agri-biotechnologi...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot[3] or the Brower's marmot,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.