National, Dec 18: Government is promoting organic farming through various schemes/ programmes under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)/ Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) of NMSA, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) Network Project on Organic Farming of ICAR and National Programme […]
Udaipur, Dec 18: Banyan Roots Organic and Shikshantar organized two days Mela and workshop on Desi Mustard. Kapil Shah, Secretary of Organic Farming association of India was facilitator of this event. On Mela day, 16th December more than 100 people and farmers who grow Desi and Organic mustard participated and enjoyed traditional dishes made out of Mustard green. […]
Sunita Rao Dec 15, 2015 A unique forest complex characterises Uttara Kannada district, where women farmers have nurtured and intimately engaged with their forest home gardens (FHGs) for centuries. These highly diverse spaces — which are home to upwards of 320 species of both cultivated and wild plants — have played a key role in […]
December 14, 2015 It’s a year since the last vat in Uravakonda vanished with Yellappa, the man who made magic with indigo There are many ways to tell the Yellappa story. We can talk about the tall, spritely and friendly Yellappa, whose nails were permanently stained a gentle indigo. We could describe Uravakonda, the village […]
This event is a forum and convergence for practitioners in the field of permaculture and ecologically sustainable agricultural practices. It will have talks and workshops on various themes including permaculture design, living soil, water harvesting and urban permaculture. For registrations and other opportunities use the website link below. The event is hosted by Aranya Agricultural […]
Press release – 11 December, 2015 Manila, 11 December 2015 – The Supreme Court of the Philippines has ordered a permanent ban on field trials of genetically engineered (GE) eggplant and a temporary halt on approving applications for the “contained use, import, commercialisation and propagation” of GE crops, including the import of GE products. GREENPEACE […]
Gagandeep Singh Tribune News Service Jalandhar, December 10 Organic food growers and consumers of the Doaba region have also raised their voice against the genetically modified (GM) mustard following resentment in other parts of the country. They have named the protest as “Sarson Satyagraha”.
Fair Trade Alliance Kerala 10th Anniversary & SeedFest 2016 January 22–‐26, 2016, Kruvanchal, Kannur, Kerala SeedFest 2016
Taking a cue from Punjab government, Haryana has declared that they will not allow any GM trial to happen in the future and have intimated all concerned authorities about the same. The government claims that they had no proof of such trials earlier, so they couldn’t act.
Dec 9, 2015 We are being far too kind to industrialised agriculture. The private sector has endorsed it, but it has failed to feed the world, it has contributed to major environmental contamination and misuse of natural resources. It’s time we switched more attention, public funds and policy measures to agroecology, to replace the old […]