27-05-21 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

Shaji N M, a farmer fromWayanad, who took up farming tuber crops as a solution to fight lifestyle diseases and POVERTY, has won the prestigious India Award (conservation of domesticated species individual), on theInternational Day for Biological Diversity.
The India Biodiversity Awards was founded in 2012 jointly by the ministry of Environment, forest and <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change and UNDP-India.
Over an area of seven acres, he cultivates 200 varieties of tuber crops, earning the nickname tuber-man.

The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Ministry, the Government of India, and Mashav (Israel’s International Development Cooperation Agency) are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation, with 29 operational Centres of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 states.

They are establishing Advanced-Intensive Agriculture farms using Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.

The Centres of Excellence generate knowledge, demonstrate best practices, and provide farmer training.

The (NGT) has formed a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal construction activity in Mekedatu. The Karnataka government had proposed building a dam across the Cauvery River in the same location.

Highlights:

The Mekedatu multi-purpose project entails the construction of a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River near Kanakapura in Ramanagaram district.

It intends to supply drinking water to the districts of Bengaluru and Ramanagaram, as well as generate electricity.

However, Tamil Nadu has objected on the grounds that the project violates the award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.