Delhi, Jan 20: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that 21st century will be led by “Start-up” leaders and tomorrow’s India will be entrepreneur’s India. He was addressing a one-day conference on “Start-up […]
Interested in good food but didn’t know where to look? CSE organising a Farmers’ Market on January 30 at the India Habitat Centre. The event will bring together farmers from different parts of the country who will showcase and sell their produce at the IHC’s lawns – the focus will be on millets. The event […]
The Malnad Mela in Bengaluru has been an important way of linking women farmers/gardeners with consumers in a bid to promote better understanding of rural agrarian issues, conservation of the Western Ghats and to help augment the income of women. At this Malnad Mela, we also feature youth farmers from Chamarajnagar who are part of […]
New Delhi, Jan 17: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it would set up a panel of experts for re-examining the eight-year-old National Policy for Farmers (NPF), particularly in the wake of rising cases of farmer suicides. The Ministry of Agriculture said it has proposed to set up an expert committee to initiate […]
Gangtok, Jan 17: Speaking at the inaugural of the National Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers Welfare at Chintan Bhawan, Gangtok today, the minister said Sikkim has taken steps for organic farming which can take a lead for others to learn. The minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi several […]
Gangtok, Jan 18: Sikkim lawmakers PD Rai and Hissey Lachungpa today made a recce of Ipecac Garden, Saramsa and Ridge Park to oversee the preparation for ‘Sikkim Organic Festival’ to be declared open by the Prime Minister during his visit to the state tomorrow. The Prime Minister will visit the organic horticulture at Ridge Park in […]
Global, Jan 15: “Food systems have been reduced to a model of industrialised agriculture controlled by a few transnational food corporations together with a small group of huge retailers. It is a model designed to generate profits… Instead of being dedicated to the production of food … it focuses increasingly on the production of raw […]
Sikkim Jan 15: Sikkim has become the first organic state of India under the visionary leadership of our Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. He has led from the front to bring us to where we are. All right thinking Sikkimese have to be proud of this fact. We are truly giving the meaning to sustainable agriculture. However, nothing remains static […]
A path to good health! In order to fortify our traditional food system and easily include the high fibre food into our daily diet, ‘Millet Calendar 2016 ’ a unique and the first of its kind is brought out with efforts of Sahaja Samrudha, an organic farmers association of Karnataka. The calendar looks at the kind […]
Jan 16: The secret’s out!!! R Raveendran, a farmer known for cultivating paddy on the rooftop, has started giving away his secrets for free. The other day thirty farmers arrived at his place, as part of practical field training school, a programme by Agricultural Technology management Agency (ATMA). Thirty would have been a crowd for […]