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Natural Farming, A Climate Solution in India?
Natural Farming, A Climate Solution in India?

A new Tufts CREATE Solutions report reviews evidence for Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), one of the largest efforts to implement agroecology at scale. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, India plans to expand ZBNF to millions of farmers in the state over the next several years. The review finds ZBNF generally increases farmers’ income, but critical gaps remain concerning climate change outcomes.

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabAuthor - Sabrina Rose, Author - Timothy Griffin, Author - Jeremy Halstead, Author - Amy Myers Jaffe, ZBNF, IndiaComment
A Climate-responsible COVID Stimulus Makes Sense for India
A Climate-responsible COVID Stimulus Makes Sense for India

Since the onset of the COVID crisis, economic stimulus has been re-framed as roadmaps to ‘green recovery’ or ‘building back better’. The question is whether these ideas are useful for India, especially when it is facing a longer road out of the pandemic than previously thought. Evidence supports that they are relevant, for three reasons.

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabTarun Gopalakrishnan, India, green stimulus, climate policy, green jobs, pollution, energy RD&D, energy innovation, climate policy performance, equity, electric grid, 2021, oil, carbon tax, climate finance, coal, green infrastructure, electric vehicles, solar, innovationComment