Hira Jhamtani | Aug 7, 2016 | Books and Films, Featured, Sustainable Development and Globalisation
Modern shrimp aquaculture applies the eyestalk ablation process on female shrimps. Its basically cutting the eyestalk of females, using hot tweezers. The aim is to accelerate ovulation and egg formation, in order to fulfil the demands for fry for the shrimp industry....
Hira Jhamtani | Aug 5, 2016 | Books and Films, Sustainable Development and Globalisation
Investment is a risky business, not just for investors, but for host countries and their people. While investors enjoy many guarantee, developing countries host and its people are without any guarantee against bad investors. Investmen should not be a case of...
Hira Jhamtani | Jul 28, 2016 | Featured, Free Thinking, Sustainable Development and Globalisation
Your banana and papaya peel, remains of rotten vegetables and other kitchen scraps are valuable source of fuel. With the simple biogas technology, you can cook using fuel from your kitchen. This article explains how kitchen waste can generate fuel. The original...
Hira Jhamtani | Jul 18, 2016 | Sustainable Development and Globalisation
Sugar may taste sweet but not for the sugarcane harvest. In 1997/1998, IMF conditionalities asked for liberalization of the sugar market and the tariff for raw sugar was set at 20% while that for white sugar was at 25% These tariffs are among the lowest in the world...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 28, 2016 | Sustainable Development and Globalisation
Climate change is now recognized as a major, if not the most important, environmental problem. A major area in the search for solutions is the design and spread of more energy-efficient technologies. However, intellectual property rights (IPR) over such technologies...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 26, 2016 | Sustainable Development and Globalisation
The most severe impacts of climate change will fall on countries least able to cope with it, although they have a lower greenhouse gas emission. It is a global injustice that those who are the least responsible for the problem are paying the price. This presentation...
