Tamil Nadu Road Safety Conference 2026: From Mission to Action
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Green Action Week 2026 - Revival of native seeds
India's traditional seed and grain varieties are disappearing at an alarming rate. Decades of promotion of high-yielding and hybrid varieties have narrowed crop diversity, leaving farming systems more vulnerable to climate stress, market shocks, and dependency on repeated seed purchases. Traditional seeds, by contrast, are adapted to local soil and climate, require fewer external inputs, and are often more nutritious than modern alternatives. Yet, awareness of their value among both farmers and consumers remains limited. This initiative works with farming communities and young consumers in Thiruvannamalai and Tirupathur to revive interest in traditional seeds and grains, strengthen local knowledge of seed conservation, and build consumer demand for traditional grain-based foods.
The erosion of traditional seed diversity is a growing concern for food and farming systems in India. The spread of high-yielding varieties has reduced the number of traditional seed varieties in active cultivation, weakening the resilience of farming systems to pests, disease, and unpredictable weather. Farmers who rely on purchased hybrid seeds face rising input costs and repeated dependency, while consumers largely remain unaware of the nutritional and ecological value of traditional grains. Reviving traditional seeds requires both empowering farmers to save, multiply, and share seeds, and building consumer awareness and demand that supports and sustains this shift.
District Road Safety Conference | Trichy
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Consumer Update (July - Aug 2026)
Consumer Protection is one of CAG's core areas of work and as part of our efforts to educate and inform consumers on various consumer issues and related happenings, including our own activities, we publish "Consumer Update", a bi-monthly e-newsletter.
Launch of the Report ‘Moving Without Barriers: Documenting mobility barriers encountered by people with disabilities in Chennai’
Venue: Novotel, Nandanam
Date: 20 August, 2026
Key Note Speaker: Mr. S.Saravanan, I.A.S. - Joint Commissioner, Works, Greater Chennai Corporation
Panelist: Mr. Gopinath Mallya - Chief Advisor (O&M), Chennai Metro Rail Limited
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Road Safety Conference | Madurai
Date: 27th August
Venue: Hotel Royal Court, Madurai
Time: 10:20 am to 1:30 pm
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Green Action Week 2026
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District Road Safety Conference | Chengalpattu
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District road safety conference | Coimbatore
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Learnings from Kisan Swaraj Sammelan for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Marathwada
Marathwada is a dry region where rainfall is both low and unreliable. In a good year, it may get around 500 to 800 mm of rain, but even that doesn’t come evenly. There are long dry spells in between, and sometimes heavy rains come all at once and damage crops instead of helping them. Because the region sits in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, it misses out on steady monsoon rains.
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