About
This blog is primarily about food and energy, two subjects on which much of my work has focused in the last three years. They are strongly tied together, especially in the rural districts. On Resources Research I bring out aspects of current and recent work, my own, that of groups and organisations with whom I work, and of others who have useful experiences and ideas.
A short note about me. My main work is researching rural economies with a focus on agro-ecology. I am a consultant with the National Agricultural Innovation Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, and a research associate with the Centre for Communication and Development Studies (which is in Pune, Maharashtra). I am also an examiner for UNESCO’s Culture Sector, on intangible cultural heritage. I have worked with IUCN/South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics as an editor, and have been a journalist with the mainstream and business press in India (Business Standard and the Sunday Observer), South-East Asia (the Straits Times group) and in the Persian Gulf region (The Khaleej Times).
So glad I found your blog, it’s fantastic.
I have been reading Sir Albert Howard and preparing to start a local foods job with the Americorp in rural West Virginia.
Thanks for sharing this.
Joe Heathcock
November 28, 2010 at 13:48
Dear Joe. Thanks for the encouragement. Howard is a terrific read. He and Yashwant Wad did some remarkable work on low input farming. I’d run across a link some time ago to some of his writing which was available as an ebook. Have you seen this collection?
makanaka
November 28, 2010 at 14:45
Stumbled across your blog whilst doing research for my job and love it! Very informative and impressive.
Alyssa Duncan
January 13, 2011 at 12:53
I love your blog and your use of pictures and graphs. It helps to understand issues discussed better. Also your blog is very professional. Keep it up.
Waleed J
November 24, 2011 at 14:42
Was searching for an International Market Researcher for Agricultural products n came across your blog post. Would love it if we could connect on my id pratik@abseilconsulting.com.
Pratik Deo
December 13, 2011 at 14:00
What a nice discovery – I have developed a huge interest in Food Security. I have just started my blog on Wild Resource (Seafood utilisation) – however I I am keen to learn more about the interface between food production and rent distribution/development – something I can see you have discussed quite widely.I definately have to spend some time reading this blog.
greenfishbluefish
February 7, 2012 at 15:04
Hi Makanaka !
I really love your blog, I’d be very interested in using some of your pictures – especially those concerning India for the moment – for my own website on poverty (www.poverties.org).
What I usually do in this case is that I leave an attribution to the author (“photo courtesy of …”) and a link back to the original page/article. Would that work for you?
Would love to work on some project with you one day
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Awesome work you’ve got here.
Dario
Dario
April 3, 2012 at 13:17
Love it and Thanks!!
pramod mane
May 1, 2012 at 19:34