Dimapur: Published on 27 Feb. 2013 1:04 AM IST Repeated cultivation of the same crop each year on the same piece of land robs soil of the essential nutrients leading to reduced and erratic yields. Imtilemla, SMS (Soil Conservation), KVK, Tuensang stated that in the context of depleting soil fertility and high prices of chemical […]
The Government of India is promoting organic farming in various parts of the country including Bihar through various schemes like National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY). It is already supporting financial assistance under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) for setting up of vermi-compost units @ 50% […]
Jyoti Narang Watchmaker, TNN Feb 27, 2013, 12.00AM IST With high incomes and a higher awareness, Gurgaon-waasis are finicky about what makes it on to their dining table; and increasingly, it’s only organic groceries. Everyone knows about the presence of adulterants or chemicals in food today, but it looks like Gurgaon has gotten up to do […]
FEB 26 2013 Bhaskar Savé is an activist working to reverse the harmful effects of non-organic farming through a philosophy of nonviolence. Travelling across Asia, the Perennial Plate series is on a mission to learn about sustainable food and farming practices. The latest episode begins in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat, where we meet Bhaskar Savé, an […]
TNN | Feb 26, 2013, 05.33 AM IST PATNA: Agriculture minister Narendra Singh on Monday said organic farming has started showing results by improving productivity besides improving the quality of vegetables. The income of farmers engaged in organic farming has also increased substantially. The state government has already decided to promote organic farming in at least one […]
Shruthi H M, Feb 23, 2013, DHNS : Bangaloreans continue to pay high prices for vegetables and fruits. But the farmers hardly get their due share, as too many middlemen in the supply chain pocket much of the profits. Baiyappa and Venugopal arrive in the City from Kadiri in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, every day before […]
S. HARPAL SINGH, The Hindu | February 24, 2013 Use of organic manure like cattle dung by a large section of tribal farmers in Adilabad district will soon be a thing of the past going by the current trend. An ever increasing number of aboriginal farmers prefer to sell huge quantities of indigenously produced dung […]
Published: Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013, 0:10 IST Place: Patna Bihar’s farmers have done it again. A farmer from Sohdih village of Bihar’s Nalanda district has set a new world record in potato production through organic farming this year. The potato farmer, Rakesh Kumar, has harvested 108.8 tonnes of potato per hectare and set a new world record […]
Kavita Srivastava: February 19, 2013 By arguing that GM crops are essential to food security, the Government seeks to conceal the underlying reality. The recent affidavit filed by the Ministry of Agriculture in the Supreme Court arguing that if India does not walk the path of (genetically modified) GM food, then it will starve, gives […]
By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own animals and farm waste for fertilisers. But rather than […]