symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Mihir Shah, Secretary, Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli, Madhya Pradesh

• UNLOCKING THE HIDDEN POTENTIAL OF DRYLAND AGRICULTURE
  P.S. Vijay Shankar,  Director, Research Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli

• INDIA'S LIVESTOCK ECONOMY
  Sagari R. Ramdas, Anthra, Secunderabad; and Nitya S. Ghotge, Anthra, Pune

• RESEARCHING THE DRYLANDS
  Rajeswari S. Raina, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi

• RAIKA PASTORALISTS IN RAJASTHAN
  Arun Agrawal, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Vasant K. Saberwal, Ford Foundation, Delhi

• LOST AND FORGOTTEN: GRASSLANDS AND PASTORALISTS OF GUJARAT
  Charul Bharwada, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Social Studies, Surat; and Vinay Mahajan, SANDARBH Development Studies, Ahmedabad

• DRYLANDS: THE WAY FORWARD
  A. Ravindra, agriculture economist, Director WASSAN, Hyderabad; G.V. Ramanjaneyulu, agriculture scientist, Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad; and Kavitha Kuruganti, Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad

• FROM GUAR AND BAJRA TO APPLES AND CAULIFLOWERS 
  V.K. Madhavan, works with CHIRAG, a rural development agency in the Kumaon region of Uttarnchal

• THINKING ABOUT ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY
  Sharachchandra Lele, Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, ISEC, Bangalore

• bOOKS
  Reviewed by Prakash Kashwan, Bernard D'Mello, K.J. Joy, Meeta and Rajivlochan, Crispino Lobo, Nitin D. Rai, Rohan D'Souza, Harini Nagendra, Asmita Kabra and Nikhil Anand

• FURTHER READING
  A select and relevant bibliography

• COMMENT
  From Ennui to Abyss
  Received from Ratnakar Tripathy, a researcher on culture-politics-media continuum based in Patna

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