Rashi Goel

Jan 16, 2025 | bluedotliving.com | Rashi Goel

Wildlife expert Gaurav Gurjar sits on the short white parapet of Maruvan’s sole well. Maruvan, which translates to “forest of the desert,” is a 30-acre reforestation project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, supported by Afforestt, a for-profit social enterprise in India.

Jan 7, 2025 | hindi.mongabay.com | Rashi Goel

नारियल भारत की एक महत्वपूर्ण उष्णकटिबंधीय फसल है और बढ़ते तापमान के कारण इसके उत्पादन में गिरावट देखी जा रही है। मार्च और जून 2024 के बीच भीषण गर्मी के कारण हुई पानी की कमी से नारियल के बागानों में सिंचाई बाधित हुई, जिससे फसल मुरझा गई और इसकी गुणवत्ता खराब हुई। शोधकर्ता और किसान नारियल के बागानों पर जलवायु परिवर्तन के प्रभावों से निपटने के लिए मिट्टी की नमी बनाए रखने के लिए मल्चिंग, फसलों में अंतर और उन्नत सिंचाई विधियों जैसी कृषि और आनुवंशिक अनुकूलन तकनीकों की खोज कर रहे हैं। गोवा के पणजी में...

Nov 12, 2024 | india.mongabay.com | Rashi Goel

Hrutika Patole’s latest film ‘Matsyanyaya’ takes viewers on an uncomfortable journey of the widespread infrastructure development across India. The film gets its name from the Indian political philosophy of the ‘law of fish’ and shows us the negative consequences of rampant development and how it is affecting low-income groups. The 15-minute documentary-style film is being shown at special screenings.

Oct 1, 2024 | india.mongabay.com | Rashi Goel

After West Africa faced a cocoa crop failure, India’s area under cacao tree plantations is increasing. Researchers are working to develop newer plant varieties that are resilient to extreme heat. For farmers growing other crops, planting cacao as an intercrop, increases their earning potential. Naveena Krishna Shastry C.G., aged 47, owns a 20-acre large multi-crop farm in Punacha, Karnataka. Here, amidst his primary crops of coconut and areca nuts, he grows cacao trees.

Sep 26, 2024 | reasonstobecheerful.world | Rashi Goel

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. In Bangladesh, river flooding is a fact of life — and it creates islands of floodplain sediments known as chars. Around five percent of the country’s area consists of these transitional lands, which form on the banks of rivers due to flooding or a change in course of the rivers.