Summer 2009


Sustainability of soybean production in Madhya Pradesh

Introduction

Soybean is currently a major crop grown during the Kharif, or monsoon, season (July-October) in the dry-land areas of central and peninsular India. Madhya Pradesh is known as the “soybean state” of India, comprising 55% of the total national area of soybean cultivation.

Soybean yield

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Interview of Nitin from Seva Mandir Deaf Dumb and Blind school
This interview aims to give an overview of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind school (DDB) in Indore and to raise people’s awareness in the UK about related development issues in India. First Nitin’s personal experience at DDB, then about DDB itself, DiA volunteers and lastly development in India in general.
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Are the women of Angalakuppam village really so different to the urban women of Pondicherry?
I spent five months working for a social and development organisation in South East India. During this time, I worked with women both in the city of Pondicherry and a rural village called Angalakuppam, situated fourteen kilometres south of Pondicherry. Both sets of women seemed to express opinions
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Volunteering in Action: Summer 2009
DiA Photographer of the Year 2009 – Winner Amy Sheppey: 'A beautiful street girl; not in the conventional Indian sense of the word, but she captured me'. Welcome to this summer issue of the Development in Action magazine, in which it gives me great pleasure to announce that the winning picture of th…
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