July 23, 2015 While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, facts show a different story, explains Manoj K. During the last week of May 2015, several central government ministries released performance report cards on their achievements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s one year in office.
Shishir Arya | Jul 25, 2015, Nagpur: After right-wing organizations raised objections against allowing field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in Maharashtra, the committee examining the issue has written back to the state government that all such concerns have been already addressed and there is no need for any relooks.
IANS | Jul 23, 2015 Actor Irrfan Khan, who is known for his critically acclaimed roles and movies, is fond of organic farming. Besides being known for his acting, he has been into organic farming since a very young age in his hometown in Jaipur and has been longing to visit his farms.
July 23, 2015 THE HANS INDIA The agriculture ministry has claimed that in the first year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s term, it launched several new initiatives, such as soil-fertility boosting neem-coated urea and soil-health cards, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGY). […]
J Arockiaraj, TNN | Jul 22, 2015, MADURAI: In a unique move, a group of farmers in Madurai district on Monday floated a ‘club’ to grow vegetables using only organic farming techniques.
By Indulekha Aravind, ET Bureau | 19 Jul, 2015 On her 60-acre farm off Kanakpura Road, around 30 kilometres outside Bengaluru, Sunita Prabhakar, director of Gopalan Organics, is overseeing the packaging of vegetables before they are sent off to stores in the city before noon. “We are not able to keep up with the demand,” […]
S Sanandakumar & PK Krishnakumar, ET Bureau Jul 19, 2015 When popular Malayalam actor Manju Warrier decided to return to work in 2014 after a 15-year sabbatical, she waited for a movie centred on a socio-economic and political theme. How Old Are You? , the film she finally picked espoused food safety, telling the story […]
Friday, July 17, 2015 Ashok Kumar/OneWorld South Asia Ashwani Muthoo, Deputy Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation, IFAD, talks to development journalist Ashok Kumar about the agency’s role in making smallholder farming profitable in India. IFAD is a financial institution under the United Nations that focuses on the task of eradicating rural poverty, and […]
By Kitty McConnell Mohan Viddam left India 35 years ago with one suitcase. After earning his first master’s degree in animal science at Kansas State University, Viddam planned to return to India and pursue a career in organic farming. He became fascinated with computers while writing his thesis, however. Instead of returning to India, he […]
Ruchira Talapatra, July 23, 2015 The importance of eating organic has enhanced our understanding of ‘healthy food’. But even organic food takes more than 24 hours to reach the market, and longer to reach our doorstep and even longer to be consumed. In such a situation, many in and around the city have started growing […]